Here is a great video on Avigdor Lieberman from J Street. “Stand up for your values,” it tells American Jews. Who is standing up? The video notes that David Harris of the American Jewish Committee was upset with Lieberman, but…
You’ll see that in this exchange with reporters yesterday at the State Department, spokesman Gordon Duguid’s talking points were to say nothing about Lieberman, and just say We welcome Netanyahu’s commitment to the 2-state solution when reporters tried to mention…
Bruce Wolman, who is taking over the mental-rock-breaking labors of this site today, notes that three American congressmen, Gary Ackerman, Brad Sherman, and Eliot Engel, all think that the new Netanyahu government is great, per Haaretz. Meanwhile, Lieberman had his…
A Palestinian killed a teenage colonist earlier today in the settlement of Bat Ayin, and Hebron colony spokesman Noan Arnon promptly issued this statement, warning Netanyahu about the peace process: “Netanyahu’s declarations regarding the continuation of the ‘peace plan’ with…
A few comments about Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with Bibi Netanyahu yesterday. –Looking thru his book Prisoners, I was freshly irritated by Goldberg’s line near the end of the book that he and his Palestinian counterpart in his story are “two…
Surprise. The new Foreign Minister of Israel, one Avigdor Lieberman, has come out against the peace talks with the Palestinians conducted by his predecessor, Tzipi Livni, and said that any concessions to the Palestinians mean war. As for the lobby,…
Tom Friedman used to say, I know what Arafat’s really thinking cause I don’t read what he says in the English press, I read the Arabic! Well I know what’s really happening in Israel cause I don’t read the American…
A lot of hasbara and “softening” in this Netanyahu piece in the LA Times– two Israel lobbyists quoted, David Makovsky and someone from the American Jewish Committee. Where’s Brian Baird, or John Mearsheimer? While in Israel, the left shouts, It’s…
We have already spilled enough pixels on this site talking about the incoming Israeli government. Netanyahu will be the Prime Minster, Avigdor Lieberman will be Foreign Minister, and Ehud Barak has weaseled his way into remaining Defense Minister. This is…