Consequences of Return of Palestinian Refugees

This is a piece from my co-host and friend journalist  and commentator at israelseen.com Yoram Getzler. This is an important moment for the region. It is a moment where Israel must decide what it wants for a two State solution and what the Palestinians can live with.The...

Israel - A sensitive and difficult decision by Israel's Cabinet

Sergeant Gilad Schalit, 23, was abducted by Hamas militants 3 1/2 years ago.  Until recently there was speculation on whether or not the Sergeant was alive.  This mystery was resolved when Hamas leaders...
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Israel - A sensitive and difficult decision by Israel's Cabinet

Sergeant Gilad Schalit, 23, was abducted by Hamas militants 3 1/2 years ago.  Until recently there was speculation on whether or not the Sergeant was alive.  This mystery was resolved when Hamas leaders...

Consequences of Return of Palestinian Refugees

This is a piece from my co-host and friend journalist  and commentator at israelseen.com Yoram Getzler. This is an important moment for the region. It is a moment where Israel must decide what it wants for a two State solution and what the Palestinians can live with.The...

What else can we concede?

This is my very close friend and colleague. His opinion piece is taken seriously here in Israel. By Yoram Getzler Co-host of Israelseen MK Benny Begin; my response to Haaretz article “What else can we concede?” Dec 4 ’09   ...

Jewish settlers blamed in mosque attack on West Bank

After a west bank mosque was burned , Jewish settlers are being blamed.   No one has claimed responsibility for the burning and vandalization of the mosque,  but some believe recent disputes over...

Berlin Wall Gone but Separation Walls are Growth Industry

The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was one week ago today. With that behind us, it is now time to acknowledge that the construction of separation walls throughout the world is on the increase. According to l’Observatoire de géopolitique...

Leonard Cohen Performs in Israel, Despite Boycott

Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen performed to a sold out crowd in Israel Thursday night, despite many calls to cancel his show by Palestinian rights activists.  It was 75-year-old Cohen's first Israel...

West Bank Water Woes

" "  Israel and the Palestinian territories are suffering a fifth year of drought. Water shortages are especially acute in the West Bank, where an aquifer shared by Israelis and Palestinians is being...

Extremist Israeli settlers "Maniacs" attack Palestinians

Palestine Telegraph http://www.paltelegraph.com/ West Bank, August 1st, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) -Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers of the Shavot Ami illegal outpost, installed on Palestinian lands west of the...

Appointment of New Labor Judges Promises Justice

West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Palestinian workers who are wronged by their employers now have a better chance at justice, after the appointment of several labor judges in the West Bank. The...

Ziosweat meets prominent Israeli-Arab/Palestinian journalist

http://ziosweat.blogspot.com/2009/07/ziosweat-meets-prominent-israeli.html I had the great pleasure of meeting Khaled Abu Toameh, a journalist writing for The Jerusalem Post and formerly for the PLO. He is one of the first journalists international media contacts about a...

Israel Authorises 300 West Bank Homes; Releases Senior Hamas MP

Israel has authorised the construction of 300 new homes at a Jewish settlement on the West Bank, less than a week after the US pressed for halts on settlement expansion. " Israeli Army Radio said on Tuesday that 60 of the 300 homes slated for the Talmon settlement in the West...

Israel rejects demands to stop Settlements

Israel has rejected a US demand to completely stop West bank settlements and also stop natural growth.  The Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu wants no interference with natural growth and thus the...

Israel rejects demands to stop Settlements

Israel has rejected a US demand to completely stop West bank settlements and also stop natural growth.  The Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu wants no interference with natural growth and thus the...

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