04 April 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Israel has begun a series of punitive measures against the
Palestinian Authority in response to the Palestinian request to join 15
international UN treaties, Haaretz reported on Wednesday.
The present economic sanctions come in the wake of latest crisis in
the political process which reached its climax on Wednesday. During an
emergency session between US envoy Martin Indyk and the Israeli and
Palestinian negotiating teams during which Israel's chief negotiator
Tzipi Livni demanded the Palestinian Authority back down from its
request to go to the United Nations organisations otherwise Israel will
not release the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners.
The newspaper quoted an Israeli official as saying that Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon asked the
Coordinator of Activities in the West Bank Territories Yoav Mordechai
to submit proposals of punitive measures against the Palestinians.
According to the paper the suggestions included freezing the Wataniya
mobile company, which operates in the West Bank, from entering hardware
to the Gaza Strip to deploy its mobile communications network there,
and to impose restrictions on the activity of the Palestinian Authority
in the Area C in the West Bank which falls under Israeli security and
civil control.
The paper said a study of other economic sanctions is being
conducted. Options being considered include freezing the tax and customs
revenues which Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority
and collecting the Palestinian debt amounting to hundreds of millions of
shekels to the Israeli Electricity Company. No decision has been made
as to which measure will be implemented.
Link: www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/10710-israel-to-impose-economic-sanctions-on-pa.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Germany to represent Israel in Islamic countries
24 February 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Germany and Israel are today due to sign an agreement allowing Germany to represent Israel's diplomatic and consular relations in countries where Israel has no embassy especially in Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia; German Der Spiegel newspaper reported.
The newspaper quoted a statement by the Israeli Embassy in Berlin saying the agreement promotes relations between the two sides and allows Germany to represent Israel's consular affairs in countries where Israel has no embassy. Der Spiegel also quoted the Israeli ambassador in Berlin Yakov Hadas-Handelsman as saying the German offer represents a special message from Germany and reflects its global status.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet will visit Israel on Monday for two days. The delegation will participate in the annual German-Israeli joint cabinet session which started in 2008 to develop strategic partnerships between the two sides on various fields; mainly youth exchange projects and scientific cooperation.
The meetings boost relations between the two sides and make Israel on par with France, Spain, Italy and Russia, which hold joint cabinet meetings with Germany.
Link: www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/9933-germany-to-represent-israel-in-islamic-countries.
Source: Middle East Monitor
Germany and Israel are today due to sign an agreement allowing Germany to represent Israel's diplomatic and consular relations in countries where Israel has no embassy especially in Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia; German Der Spiegel newspaper reported.
The newspaper quoted a statement by the Israeli Embassy in Berlin saying the agreement promotes relations between the two sides and allows Germany to represent Israel's consular affairs in countries where Israel has no embassy. Der Spiegel also quoted the Israeli ambassador in Berlin Yakov Hadas-Handelsman as saying the German offer represents a special message from Germany and reflects its global status.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet will visit Israel on Monday for two days. The delegation will participate in the annual German-Israeli joint cabinet session which started in 2008 to develop strategic partnerships between the two sides on various fields; mainly youth exchange projects and scientific cooperation.
The meetings boost relations between the two sides and make Israel on par with France, Spain, Italy and Russia, which hold joint cabinet meetings with Germany.
Link: www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/9933-germany-to-represent-israel-in-islamic-countries.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Bibi Calls New Elections: Meet New Boss, Same as Old Boss
I have decided to have a new kind of post. I have posted articles from other websites as is. Some of them I have left a comment about what I think about the article, or the information that is in the article. I have also posted articles that I have written myself. I was thinking that maybe I should also have posts where I first write my thoughts about the article, and then I would have the article itself with the appropriate information.
On this post I will talk about an article from a blog that was written by a Zionist. This Zionist writes interesting and informative articles about The Zionist State. On the top of his blog he has the logo: "Promoting Israeli democracy, exposing secrets of the national security state". The name of this Zionist is Richard Silverstein. This particular article was written on October 9, 2012. In it he talks about the mind games that the leaders of The Zionist State are playing.
Here is the article:
"There’s hardly a better, more cynical analysis of political power relationships than the Who lyric, Won’t Get Fooled Again, which closes with the words: “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” That’s about the size of today’s announcement that Bibi Netanyahu has called new elections for three months from now. Ostensibly, the reason was that none of his coalition partners could agree on how much political patronage money and legal graft they would allot each other (i.e. they couldn’t pass a budget).
"But Bibi always has his reasons for doing things that aren’t apparent to the naked eye. For certain, there is no real leader of the Opposition, thereby no political threat. That makes this as good a time as any. He may’ve possibly worried that the resolution of Ehud Olmert’s legal woes (by no means a given) would allow him to make a run at the prime ministership under the banner of the Kadima party he once led.
"The biggest gainer from this aside from Netanyahu will be Shelly Yachimovitch’s Labor Party, whose representation should rise dramatically. The only problem is that even an exponential improvement for Labor won’t put a dent in the far right domination of Israeli electoral politics.
" The latest Globes poll says Likud will pick up one seat (to 28), as will Yisrael Beitenu. Kadima will fall from 28 to 4. Its seats will move to Labor, rising from 9 to 18 and TV personality Yair Lapid’s new party, Yesh Atid (“There is a Future”) will garner 11 seats. Ironcially, Lapid’s ostensibly centrist party has no future, as all such celebrity-driven parties have died after one election cycle. Barak’s Independence Party will fall from 5 to 2. It should be said that Israeli election polls are notoriously fickle and changeable. Results on election night could look different. But the overall calculus will not change. A far-right firmly in control of Israel will become even more entrenched.
" As I’ve written here all too often, Israeli party politics are a sham. The Knesset is a showcase for the nitwits and fools of the ultra-nationalist camp. Those in the center or on the left are at most comic jesters who get to comment, as Lear’s Fool, knowingly and ironically on the action. Almost all the business of state is transacted behind closed and not so closed doors, and involve Bibi and a few senior ministers. They make the most critical economic, domestic and foreign policy decisions, which are then dutifully ratified by the Knesset automatons. The über-right has its hands on all the major levers of power. There is no party or person who can gainsay them.
"Unlike in this country, there is no separation of powers, so the Supreme Court cannot apply a meaningful brake to the most outrageous behavior of the other branch (the Knesset and cabinet). If you read the lyrics of that Who song again you’ll see that they apply remarkably well to Israel’s predicament. All of us had such high hopes for a democratic Israel just as the narrator of the song celebrates his “revolution” and “new constitution.” But we’ve all been fooled one too many times. Which leaves anyone who cares about Israel in the direst of straits facing another four years of Bibi at the helm."
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2012/10/09/bibi-calls-new-elections-meet-new-boss-same-as-old-boss/.
On this post I will talk about an article from a blog that was written by a Zionist. This Zionist writes interesting and informative articles about The Zionist State. On the top of his blog he has the logo: "Promoting Israeli democracy, exposing secrets of the national security state". The name of this Zionist is Richard Silverstein. This particular article was written on October 9, 2012. In it he talks about the mind games that the leaders of The Zionist State are playing.
Here is the article:
"There’s hardly a better, more cynical analysis of political power relationships than the Who lyric, Won’t Get Fooled Again, which closes with the words: “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” That’s about the size of today’s announcement that Bibi Netanyahu has called new elections for three months from now. Ostensibly, the reason was that none of his coalition partners could agree on how much political patronage money and legal graft they would allot each other (i.e. they couldn’t pass a budget).
"But Bibi always has his reasons for doing things that aren’t apparent to the naked eye. For certain, there is no real leader of the Opposition, thereby no political threat. That makes this as good a time as any. He may’ve possibly worried that the resolution of Ehud Olmert’s legal woes (by no means a given) would allow him to make a run at the prime ministership under the banner of the Kadima party he once led.
"The biggest gainer from this aside from Netanyahu will be Shelly Yachimovitch’s Labor Party, whose representation should rise dramatically. The only problem is that even an exponential improvement for Labor won’t put a dent in the far right domination of Israeli electoral politics.
" The latest Globes poll says Likud will pick up one seat (to 28), as will Yisrael Beitenu. Kadima will fall from 28 to 4. Its seats will move to Labor, rising from 9 to 18 and TV personality Yair Lapid’s new party, Yesh Atid (“There is a Future”) will garner 11 seats. Ironcially, Lapid’s ostensibly centrist party has no future, as all such celebrity-driven parties have died after one election cycle. Barak’s Independence Party will fall from 5 to 2. It should be said that Israeli election polls are notoriously fickle and changeable. Results on election night could look different. But the overall calculus will not change. A far-right firmly in control of Israel will become even more entrenched.
" As I’ve written here all too often, Israeli party politics are a sham. The Knesset is a showcase for the nitwits and fools of the ultra-nationalist camp. Those in the center or on the left are at most comic jesters who get to comment, as Lear’s Fool, knowingly and ironically on the action. Almost all the business of state is transacted behind closed and not so closed doors, and involve Bibi and a few senior ministers. They make the most critical economic, domestic and foreign policy decisions, which are then dutifully ratified by the Knesset automatons. The über-right has its hands on all the major levers of power. There is no party or person who can gainsay them.
"Unlike in this country, there is no separation of powers, so the Supreme Court cannot apply a meaningful brake to the most outrageous behavior of the other branch (the Knesset and cabinet). If you read the lyrics of that Who song again you’ll see that they apply remarkably well to Israel’s predicament. All of us had such high hopes for a democratic Israel just as the narrator of the song celebrates his “revolution” and “new constitution.” But we’ve all been fooled one too many times. Which leaves anyone who cares about Israel in the direst of straits facing another four years of Bibi at the helm."
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2012/10/09/bibi-calls-new-elections-meet-new-boss-same-as-old-boss/.
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