Epstein Secrets

alks with Israel, the economy is in a slump and there continue to be deep divisions between Hamas and Fatah, the rival Palestinian groupings ruling the Gaza Strip and West Bank, respectively. Under these circumstances, it would be a perfect time to have news of a poisoned martyr to deflect from the political

blishment of enabling Israel's moral decline. In turn, he has earned a reputation as "U.S. Jewry's enfant terrible," according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. Beinart recently launched a group blog at the Daily Beast called Open Zion, which is devoted to "Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish future." He was

so much missing in the report, and why does it seem like "someone has played around with it," as Avi Issacharoff, a reporter with the Israeli daily Haaretz, says? Likewise, he also finds it somewhat odd that he, an Israeli journalist, was the only one to publish the secret French medical report, rather

ng better representation from their leaders. (AFP) Palestinian Internal Affairs: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday offered to go to the Gaza Strip for unity talks with his Hamas rivals. "I declare that I am ready to go to Gaza tomorrow to end the split and form a new government," Abbas said in

Ramallah last week with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, emerged without much hope for the resumption of peace negotiations in the near future. (Haaretz) UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry briefed the Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit on Wednesday on the Quar

. Insider (5/25, Pickrell, 2.74M) reports Israel's Iron Dome accidentally "shot down an Israeli military drone during recent fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces told local media." An IDF spokesperson told Haartez, "As part of the round of fighting in Gaza and as part of the defens

ld Haartez, "As part of the round of fighting in Gaza and as part of the defense of the country's skies, an IDF Skylark drone was hit by Iron Dome." Haaretz also "reported that the IDF is `worried' about the friendly-fire incident because it calls into question whether the IDF is able `to conduct a long

Selma, and, in 1973, helped found Breira (Alternative), one of the first American Jewish groups to endorse a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu has distaste for such associations; his gestures toward Palestinian statehood are less than halfhearted. (After he spoke of giving Pale

from the festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and simple emotion and fear. What American politicians don't seem to understand but any reader of Haaretz would know is that many leading EFTA00630430 Israelis, whose experience demonstrates both their deep commitment to Israel's security and their ex

. Insider (5/25, Pickrell, 2.74M) reports Israel's Iron Dome accidentally "shot down an Israeli military drone during recent fighting with Mamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces told local media." An IDF spokesperson told Haartez, "As part of the round of fighting in Gaza and as part of the defense

ld Haartez, "As part of the round of fighting in Gaza and as part of the defense of the country's skies, an IDF Skylark drone was hit by Iron Dome." Haaretz also "reported that the IDF is 'worried' about the friendly-fire incident because it calls into question whether the IDF is able 'to conduct a long

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elp of Iran and Syria • '10, including 3 women, took part in Dubai Hamas assassination' • Israel has nothing to worry about over Dubai killing Get Haaretz news headlines delivered daily to your inboxt Click here to sign up for Haaretz newsletter Calling Israel's left Israel's liberal citizenry has

raeli state's survival. The Palestinians have had the ability to impose a significant cost on the occupation of the West Bank and the containing of the Gaza Strip, however. They have forced the Israelis to control significant hostile populations with costly, ongoing operations and to pay political costs to co

so much going on in the Middle East today, it's impossible to capture it all with one opinion. So here are two for the price of one. Opinion One: Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper, reported last week that the imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti "released an unusual statement from his cell. He

ai. The young Bedouin recently founded a Bedouin rights NGO in the desert town of Sheikh Zuweid, located only a few kilometres from the border with the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, international accords — such as the 1979 Camp David treaty with Israel — coupled with vested parties that benefit from Sinai's geo- s

Strip via the tunnels in 2011. The source stressed that Hamas taxes every item that enters the Gaza Strip via the tunnels. For its part, Israel's Haaretz newspaper estimated that control of the tunnels yield around 10 — 15 percent of Hamas's entire revenues. Reports indicate that each tunnel can empl

a week before the Gaza withdrawal, declaring: “I am not prepared to be a partner to a move which ignores reality, and proceeds blindly toward turning the Gaza Strip into a base for Islamic terrorism which will threaten the state.” To this day, Bibi, along with many Israelis across the political spectrum, draws a

ciently sensitive to Arafat’s needs in the negotiating process. Typical of the argument was a broadside by the journalist and historian Tom Segev, in Haaretz, which accused me of an “incredible arrogance” which had “led to an historic mistake. Rather than continue on the Oslo road, Barak put it into his he

extending the authority of a Palestinian state to the Gaza Strip will depend on effective control there by a legit

ime minister's office even asked him to return his diplomatic passport. What seems to be bothering some Israelis, including Ari Shavit, the respected Haaretz journalist, is that Dagan has now "made the Iranians think they can continue galloping to the bomb because they are not in any real danger". ' This c