This week’s New York Jewish Week covers an extremely important yet underreported story of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation. For much of the past four years, US General Keith Dayton has been training a Palestinian police force to police West bank areas under their jurisdiction. And while the[...]
Archive for May, 2009
May 18th, 2009 - 5:44 pm § in International, Politics
PM Netanyahu Meets President Obama
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Barack Obama today at the White House. Below is a transcript of what they had to say. REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, AFTER THEIR MEETING THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 2:06 P.M. EDT, MONDAY,[...]
Pope Benedict XVI in the Holy Land
Photo: State of Israel, Government Press Office The State of Israel welcomes Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land this week, when he visits holy sites throughout the region. On his trip to Israel, the Pope has meetings scheduled with the President and Prime Minster, but he will also minister to th[...]
International Law and Terrorism
One of the most important lesons to be gleaned from the recent Gaza operations is the need for the international legal system to address the military demands of fighting terrorism. As noted by Daniel Taub, senior legal advisor at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, in yesterday’s Boston Globe, [...]
May 6th, 2009 - 4:42 pm § in International, Interviews
Manhattan DA: Bank Schemes Fund Iran’s Nuclear Program
In a hearing today before the US Senate, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau called attention to the disturbing practice by which Iran has been funding its nuclear program through the aid of banks and private individuals. He cited several examples of people helping dodge the international[...]
May 6th, 2009 - 12:07 pm § in Interviews, Media
President Peres on Today’s “Morning Joe”
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy President Shimon Peres appeared this morning on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe” and, in a wide ranging interview, discussed the US-Israel relationship, Iran, among other hot-button issues. You can watch the vide[...]
May 4th, 2009 - 3:56 pm § in International, Politics
Meet Michael Oren: Israel’s New Ambassador to the US
Israeli papers announced over the weekend that historian Michael Oren is set to be named Israel’s new ambassador to the United States. Oren, who moved to Israel from New Jersey in the 1970s, has served Israel in a number of capacities, including as an army spokesman during the Second Lebanon[...]
