Nov
4
Giving up on a Palestinian state?
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Clinton’s disastrous Middle East trip seems to have crushed the little hope there was for the renewal of negotiations. As a result voices among Palestinians for a one state solution grow louder and louder.
Unprecedented
First we heard PLO official and former PA minister Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida say this on Sunday:
“I give up the Palestinian state. I want one state. I’m ready to sign a one state and don’t want two states. If there won’t be a Palestinian state, it will be like South Africa here.” Read more
Apr
2
Where is the Ministry of Silly Walks?
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A bigger table is needed to seat all 30 ministers, and six deputy ministers of Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, the largest in Israeli history. This absurd formula is created to appease Netanyahu’s coalition partners. He even had to split the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Science into two ministries to get everyone on board.
Netanyahu also created a new ministry for himself. Apart from being prime minister he will also function as minister of Financial Strategy, while Mr. Yuval Steinitz gets the (separate!) Finance ministry. The one thing missing is a Ministry of Silly Walks.
Below a complete list of ‘who-is-who’ in the new Israeli coalition government. Read more