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MIDDLE EAST: While waiting for the peace talks to begin ...
Babylon & BeyondSince reopening with much fanfare last week, peace talks between Israel and Palestinians continue to generate the typical mood swings. Parades are promptly rained on, windows of opportunity pronounced open one minute are declared closing the next. The... -
PASSINGS: Dov Shilansky
Dov Shilansky
He began recitations of Holocaust victims' names
Dov Shilansky, 86, a former Israeli Parliament speaker and advocate for memorializing victims of the Holocaust, died Thursday at a Tel Aviv hospital. The cause was not given.
Shilansky...Tags: Punishment, Tel Aviv (Israel), Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Menachem Begin
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ISRAEL: Nobel laureate Ada Yonath irks right wing, feminists
Babylon & BeyondThe Nobel Prizes take people from the forefront of their particular fields into the public eye. The intentions are good, a recognition of outstanding merit and achievement, of contribution to humanity. And it is humanity's nature to be curious about...... -
ISRAEL: Specter of Meir Kahane continues to haunt politics
Babylon & BeyondTwo decades after his party was banned from running for seats in the parliament, Rabbi Meir Kahane and his ideas are once more on its agenda. Recently, right-wing legislator Michael Ben-Ari asked to hold a discussion in parliament in memory...... -
ISRAEL: Netanyahu bids to expand government
Babylon & BeyondIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to expand his government. This week, as the intense relay-negotiations over captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit were peaking, Netanyahu invited the head of the opposition, Tzipi Livni, for a meeting.... -
ISRAEL: New peace campaign uses version of Israeli flag; not everyone's happy
Babylon & BeyondTired of hearing only Avigdor Lieberman? It's time to sound another voice, says Peace Now, the veteran left-wing NGO. In a campaign timed for Israeli independence day starting Monday evening, the organization invites people to "wave the flag of peace"....... -
ISRAEL: New campaign counts down to end of settlement construction freeze
Babylon & Beyond(click image for ticker) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December declared a 10-month construction freeze in the West Bank settlements. He said he hoped the move would "help launch meaningful negotiations to reach an historic peace... -
ISRAEL, LEBANON: The Blue Line and other observations
Babylon & BeyondThis week's cross-border shooting raised questions about the delicate balance between Israel and Lebanon and how long it will last. The border is a tight-rope negotiated by the Israel Defense Force, the Lebanese Armed Forces, UNIFIL and Hezbollah, their... -
ISRAEL: Double talk to Syria, and tax benefits to Golan
Babylon & BeyondA previous post here discussed the recent exchange of threats between Israel and Syria and the chances of regional war. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that attacking Israel would cost him his regime.... -
Is this a new Benjamin Netanyahu?
Bibi is back. Unlikely as it seemed after his resounding electoral defeat in 1999, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel's right-wing Likud Party, has returned triumphantly from the political wilderness and was inaugurated -- for the second time --...Tags: Elections, Arts and Culture, Peace Negotiations, Tel Aviv (Israel), Gaza Crisis (2008)
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Israel's right turn
Change is not in the air in Israel. The public mood is as unyielding as Jerusalem stone after a three-week war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a national election campaign that focused more on conflict management than on conflict resolution. Voters...Tags: Kadima, Elections, Mahmoud Abbas, Peace Negotiations, Gaza Crisis (2008)
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The Mideast on rewind
It's beginning to look a lot like 1998 in the Middle East. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister from 1996 to 1999, has a shot at taking over again after a very close election Tuesday. In Iran, Mohammad Khatami, the country's president from 1997 to...Tags: Elections, Iran, Jerry Brown, Nouri Maliki, Government
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