Tag Archives: settlements

The impossibility of dividing Jerusalem

Posted on 16 February 2014 by

The only country in the world whose municipal construction and zoning plans make international headlines is Israel. The latest manufactured outrage was triggered by a Jerusalem city council planning committee’s announcement of plans to build another 768 housing units in … Continue reading →

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BDS-Fail News

Posted on 12 February 2014 by

We need some good news for midweek too, not just for Fridays, especially after the very difficult last few days. With the anger at John Kerry for threatening Israel with a boycott if we do not capitulate to his “peace” … Continue reading →

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Boycotting Israel for house-building, wooing Iran with its centrifuges

Posted on 3 February 2014 by

The signatures on the nuclear deal agreed with the US, whereby Iran agreed to halt its enrichment program, were hardly dry on the paper when the West sprang into action, salivating to do business with Iran once again, and to … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Scarlett Defender

Posted on 31 January 2014 by

I was going to keep this for my Good News Friday post later on, but I decided that Scarlett Johansson, with the courage of her convictions and her standing by her principles, deserves a post of her own. I mentioned … Continue reading →

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Negotiating peace under the threat of boycotts and violence

Posted on 29 January 2014 by

Another way of wording my headline would be “an offer that Israel can’t afford to refuse – for the sake of its own health”. Or we could just call it “Don Corleone rides again”. It seems quite incredible that no … Continue reading →

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Perfidious Europe and its obssession with settlements

Posted on 19 January 2014 by

Once again the settlements, international law and Israel’s international standing are in the news – if these subjects ever actually left the limelight to begin with. Last week several European countries summoned their Israeli ambassadors to rebuke them over Israel’s … Continue reading →

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