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Getting Ready for the Winter Freeze

27-Nov-09

On Wednesday Bibi, expecting that he will get cabinet approval, will announce a 10-month settlement construction freeze for the West Bank. A statement this week from the Prime Minister’s office said:
As part of our efforts to give impetus to peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and promote Israel’s comprehensive national interests, the prime minister will [...]

Filed in Arab World, Palestinian Authority, Political Crap | Also tagged Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad, Settlement Freeze | Comments (0) »

What Would Jesus Do, Really?

12-Nov-09

As it stands, it is very taboo for Jews to visit the Temple Mount. When Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon went up there in 2000, it caused the second Intifada. Jews visiting the ruin, which houses the Dome of the Rock mosque, has been the cause of Arabs rioting in the past. And there have [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli, Oy Vey | Also tagged Bethlehem, Cave of Machpelah, christians, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Intifada, muslims, Temple Mount | Comments (1) »

Trouble in Paradise: The Latest From Al-Haram al-Sharif

28-Oct-09

Sunday was a day of chaos in Jerusalem’s old-city – which houses the holiest sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.
Organized Palestinian protestors stormed the area which houses the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock mosque, famous to Jews as the site of the Temple mount, while a conference by the Jewish National Religious [...]