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The Ayatollah tweet referred to in the speech would be in relation to the then Israel bombing of Gaza (Operation Protective Edge 2014), concerning children that were killed by the Israeli military. The reference to al Aqsa Mosque (third holiest mosque in Islam) would be in reference to whatever dispute had then been central between the Israelis and Muslims regarding the mosque. |
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Showing posts with label Benjamin Netanyahu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Netanyahu. Show all posts
March 05, 2015
ISRAEL - IRAN: Benjamin Netanyahu Speech to US Congress 2015
March 03, 2015
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) - Netanyahu 2015 Morning Talk
Watched Netanyahu speech at AIPAC, a first for me (on the assumption that PMs regularly give talks at AIPAC). |
February 05, 2015
Politico: "Israeli officials fail to quell Democratic revolt"
Israeli officials fail to quell Democratic revolt By Edward-Isaac Dovere Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein rushed to meetings on Capitol Hill on Wednesday trying to calm a furor created by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress next month and quell a Democratic revolt that has dozens threatening a boycott. Seven Jewish Democratic members of Congress who met Wednesday in Rep. Steve Israel’s (D-N.Y.) office — Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch of Florida, Jerry Nadler and Nita Lowey of New York, Sander Levin of Michigan and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois — lit into Dermer. The invitation, they said, was making them choose between Netanyahu and Obama, making support for Israel into a partisan issue that they never wanted it to be, and forcing them to consider a boycott of the speech. One member, according to someone in the room, went so far as to tell Dermer it was hard to believe him when he said he didn’t realize the partisan mess he was making by going around Obama to get Boehner to make the invitation. “Had we been told that Rep. Pelosi wanted to attend, she certainly would have been welcome,” explained Boehner spokesman Michael Steel afterward. COMMENT This stuff sounds pretty exciting, but it's really not that big a deal (I think). Hard to see any of it affecting US-Israel relations. LINKS Josh Earnest - White House Press Secretary - here. UPDATE Haartz article:
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February 03, 2015
Psycho-bibi or Bibi-sitter?
11) Bibi-gate: Netanyahu's first major scandal of his political career emerged in 1993, when he admitted on television to having an extramarital affair with Ruth Bar, a media adviser he had hired to help him in 1992's Likud party primary. Netanyahu asserted that an anonymous person had called Sara and threatened that a secret videotape portraying Netanyahu in compromising sexual positions with another woman would be released if he did not withdraw his candidacy for the Likud leadership. The affair blew over, and Netanyahu won the election. It was not Netanyahu's first extramarital affair. He had started an affair during his first marriage to Miriam Weizman with Fleur Cates, a British woman he met while in the United States, who became his second wife. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.640386COMMENT Wow, I had no idea Netanyahu was onto marriage No. 3, so I thought I'd check it out.
Anyway, that was a bit of fun. |
February 01, 2015
Netanyahu - More Than Electoral Campaign Bluster
ISRAEL
Israel's ability to influence inter'l community, in general,
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January 30, 2015
Northern Israel, Syria, Sharon & History
JNS.ORG ARTICLE Netanyahu: Iran behind Hezbollah attack on northern Israel
COMMENT PM Netanyahu's blaming Iran "the state sponsor of Hezbollah", which is to be expected seeing his election campaign centres around exploiting the issue of Iran and national security.
Iran is obviously a supporter of the Syrian government. Looks like Israel's been an aggressor in Syria proper, bombing near the Damascus international airport. The Ariel Sharon info that caught my eye was:
The most startling find was this information regarding the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon:
Only partially read that Complaint Against Ariel Sharon. |
January 29, 2015
USA - Pro-Israel Lobbyists
Benjamin Netanyahu Stuns Israel Backers by Embracing Republicans on Iran COMMENT
Furthermore, Israel cannot afford to alienate either party. For continued support, must straddle both sides of the House.
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