Haaretz, 24.11.14

 

Then we are told: “They are ingrates. They make trouble, they are murderers by nature. What, because of the neglect of their infrastructure they murder with butcher knives? Because of construction bans they run people over and kill them? Because of the revocation of their residency status and expulsion from the country they shoot fireworks at the police?”

11 mar 2015

Israeliani alle urne tra una settimana per rinnovare la Knesset. Secondo i sondaggi, si profila un tesa a testa tra il premier uscente e il candidato dell’Unione sionista, che  guadagna consensi e rimescola le carte

Roma, 11 marzo 2015, Nena News – Molti analisti guardano alle elezioni del 17 marzo in Israele come a una sorta di referendum sul premier Benjamin Netanyahu (65 anni), che finirà con un terzo mandato consecutivo per Bibi. Ma quando manca una settimana al voto, l’esito dello scrutinio non sembra più così scontato e a mettere un po’ di pepe in questa campagna elettorale incentrata sulla sicurezza (e sulle paure degli israeliani) è il laborista Isaac Herzog, 54 anni, fondatore con Tzipi Livni della lista di centrosinistra Unione sionista.

Middle East Eye, 2 March 2015

 

Hashesh spent ten months in an Israeli jail, after arriving at a plea bargain. Within a few months of his release, however, the Palestinian preventive security forces detained him again.

Haaretz, 06.03.15

 

Despite the PLO Central Council's vote, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as head of PLO Executive Committee, is not expected to implement this decision anytime soon.

 

Gary Sick lists five significant omissions: 1. Iran has dramatically reduced its stockpile of enriched uranium. Remember Bibi’s cartoon bomb that was going to go off last summer? Well, it has been drained of fuel, and that will probably continue to be true indefinitely. No mention.