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UN Flotilla Report Lacks Credibility and Transparency HRC Refuses Disclosure

September 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »


Flotilla

Human Rights Council Refuses to Disclose Witnesses, NGOs that Contributed to Report

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The Arabs are still stuck on rejection

September 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Ted Belman

By Ted BelmanLast week Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad angrily left a UN Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee meeting and canceled a scheduled subsequent press conference with Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon in New York. He did so after Ayalon refused to approve a summary of the meeting which said “two states” but did not include the words “two states for two peoples.”.

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Bet Tfila Simchat Torah Celebration Tel Aviv

September 29, 2010 | No Comments »

sunset at port Bet Tfila service

Today in Tel Aviv at Bet Tfila in the heart of the city. This is an egalitarian Torah community that comes together in the joy of celebration. This Simchat Torah-Holiday of Torah and the beginning of a new cycle in the reading from Torah. Here is the video.

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UN Flotilla Report Lacks Credibility and Transparency – HRC Refuses Disclosure

September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

flotilla

Human Rights Council Refuses to Disclose Witnesses, NGOs that Contributed to Report JERUSALEM – The UN Human Rights Council’s (HRC) report on the May 31, 2010 flotilla violence is based on secret and unverifiable allegations, is highly biased, and is therefore no more than hearsay, finds NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institution. The HRC-appointed “fact-finding mission” submitted the report to the HRC during the Fifteenth Session currently underway in Geneva.

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Netanyahu – Framework Deal Still Possible Within A Year

September 29, 2010 | No Comments »

State Deparment Photo by Michael Gross Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton meeting on September 2, 2010 * Netanyahu: I call on President Abbas to continue talks * Notable increase in attacks against Israelis; pregnant woman shot * TV networks see settlers’ building as “publicity stunt”

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Israel Seeks Compromise to Keep Peace Talks Alive

September 28, 2010 | No Comments »

Rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel this year. Photo taken July 2010

Settlements should be discussed, but in negotiations, says Israeli spokesmanNetanyahu seeks framework peace deal within 12 monthsIsrael: We continued talking despite rocket attacks and shootingsHamas urges Arab League to reject continuation of parley

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