http://www.israelpolitik.org Political blog of the Consulate General of Israel in New York Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:17:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Following are statistics gathered from various sources that give a current and wide-ranging picture of the economic growth in the West Bank, of a process of amelioration which Israel has undertaken to support efforts to build and rehabilitate the Palestinian economy, of frameworks for dialogue and cooperation between us and ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/11/26/wbeconomy/ Yesterday's edition of Yedioth Aharonoth carried a powerful opinion piece by Anat Meidan about the work done at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.  Even as the Qassam missiles fall, hospital staff have been working hard to ensure the recovery of all their patients--Israelis and Palestinians alike.  The full translation is ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/11/19/ambassadors-of-coexistence/ Political and religious leaders from around the world gathered yesterday at the United Nations for a conference promoting interfaith dialogue.  President Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni represented Israel at this august gathering and spoke earnestly about Israel's desire to live in peace with her neighbors and the steps ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/11/13/israeli-leaders-address-un-interfaith-conference/ The New York Times reports today on efforts by Hamas in Gaza to marry off women affiliated with the terrorist movement--preferably to the men employed as rocket launchers or smugglers.  The article goes on to say that Hamas provides each couple with a cash gift to help encourage further marriages.  ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/10/31/hamas-raising-a-new-generation-of-terrorists/ The Hamas regime in Gaza has come up with another tool to spread its ideology: A video web-sharing service for waging a terror war.  Entitled AqsaTube (clearly inspired by YouTube), the videos promoted terrorists and the idea of global jihad.  Amir Mizroch, editor of the Jerusalem Post, writes in his ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/10/29/the-saga-of-aqsatube/ Shimon Peres, the President of Israel, will speak THIS EVENING at New York University on "The Globalization of Peace." You can watch the speech live at 6:00 P.M. tonight at this site. Following the event, you will be able to watch archived footage of the speech here. The archived footage ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/09/25/peresspeechnyu/ Among the inspiring rallies yesterday in front of the United Nations was this one by the organization Stop Child Executions calling for Iran to respect the human rights of its citizens. Here is a video of Nazanin Afshin-Jam, the head of the organization, speaking at the protest, with people ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/09/24/stop-child-executions-in-iran/ The display of silent children this morning in front of the United Nations building, before Ahmadinejad’s speech. The picture shows 140 figures of blindfolded children holding a black balloon symbolizing the number of minors executed in Iran.The waves of protest against the address to the United Nations by President ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/09/24/the-silent-cry-of-iran%e2%80%99s-children/ Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside UN headquarters in New York today to protest the arrival of Iran's President Ahmadinejad. Speakers criticized Iran's reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons and the regime's failure to respect its citizens' basic human rights. Among the speakers was Dalia Itzik, speaker of the Knesset, ... http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/09/22/knesset-speakers-joins-new-yorkers-to-protest-iran/ This television show comes from Palestinian Authority TV programming for kids. Enough said. http://www.israelpolitik.org/2008/09/03/a-palestinian-geography-lesson/