Posts Tagged ‘Ehud Barak’
Netanyahu Refuses UN Call for Renewed Freeze
by Sagit Levi In a rare act of defiance against imperialist pressure, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) told United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that there will be no new freeze on Jewish construction in the Samaria and Judea regions. Ban demanded earlier in the day that Netanyahu reinstate the ban on all Jewish [...]
Likud MKs Fighting to Keep Barak Out
by Eitan Abadi Member of Knesset Danny Danon (Likud) has announced a new campaign to prevent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from guaranteeing Defense Minister Ehud Barak and other members of his Atzmaut faction reserved spots on the Likud list in the next national elections. Danon’s move comes amid reports that Netanyahu is pressing [...]
PM Denies Likud Safety Net for Barak
by Naama Ben-Yaakov Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denied Monday that he had promised Defense Minister Ehud Barak a designated spot on the Likud party list should Barak's new Atzmaut faction fail to pass the electoral threshold in the next elections. "I give you my solemn word, I never promised Ehud Barak a designated slot," Netanyahu [...]
Likud ‘Rebels’ Seek to Stop House Demolitions
by Sagit Levi Ministers and lawmakers from the ruling Likud party are seeking ways to prevent the state from destroying thousands of homes in the Samaria region. Following the demolition of three homes at the Migron village in September, politicians are particularly concerned about a number of Supreme Court decisions and government [...]
Trajtenberg Passes Cabinet Vote
by Eitam Abadi Israel's government handily passed the Trajtenberg Committee report on Sunday, a week after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) was forced to retreat from bringing the report to a vote due to not being able to muster a cabinet majority. The committee's recommendations on socio-economic change prompted by the summer's [...]
Israel Succumbing to Quartet Demands
by Sagit Levi Following a five hour meeting with his inner cabinet of eight ministers Tuesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) has agreed to accept the Middle East Quartet's proposal for negotiations with the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. Although it was widely expected that Israel would submit to foreign pressure and [...]
Bill Clinton Blames Netanyahu for Thwarting US Agenda
by Sagit Levi Former United States President Bill Clinton on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud), saying his election to office represents a key obstacle to America's Middle East agenda, according to Foreign Policy magazine. During a roundtable with bloggers on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative in [...]
Yachimovich Takes Labor Primary, Reinvigorates Party
by Eitam Abadi Member of Knesset Shelly Yachimovich, the newly-elected Labor party leader, said overnight Wednesday that "the time has come to rebuild the country with a spirit of justice, equality, responsibility for the people and social democracy." During a victory speech at the party's headquarters at Beit Berl Teachers' College in Kfar [...]
Beinisch ‘Privatizes’ Non-State Land
by Eitam Abadi Outgoing Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch has ruled that any area in Israel's disputed Samaria and Judea regions that has not been officially declared as state land will automatically be considered private land. Beinisch's ruling, which will in effect allow for the demolition of all homes on land not designated as [...]
Leading Labor Candidates to Face Off in Second Round
by Eitam Abadi The leadership race for Israel's Labor party is headed for a second round after none of the candidates succeeded in achieving the necessary 40% of the votes for a decisive victory in Monday's party primaries. After 90% of the votes had been counted,Member of Knesset Shelly Yachimovich was leading with 32% of the votes, with [...]
