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Netanyahu Makes Israel's Case the World Over
Dec. 31, 2008 - As the Israeli-Hamas war continues, former Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is taking time out to explain Israel's position to news outlets.
- “Hamas is saying that they can target and hide behind civilians, and then telling Israel that we can’t take action because civilians will get hurt."
He argues that if the international community allows Hamas to do this they will encourage all terrorists to use this tactic. Thousands of Hamas rockets have been launched against Israel's cities. Israel must now do what Britan did in World War II. They are forced to take action to defend themselves.
- Source: Israel National News
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Israeli Cabinet votes to resume heavy attacks on Gaza Strip - 391 killed so far - Palestine News Network
Israel Vows Relentless Campaign Against Hamas
Dec. 30, 2008 - According to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the aerial bombing of Hamas facilities is "the first of several" that have been approved. A spokesman for Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel was prepared for "long weeks of military action."
- Source: Fox
Israel At 'War to the Bitter End,' Strikes Key Hamas Sites
Dec. 29, 2008 - Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, said that Israel has tried many times to facilitate peace with the Palestinian people, but Hamas, the militant faction, has continued to attack Israel with rockets.
- "But this is an all-out war against Hamas and its branches. The restraint that we have demonstrated is the source of our strength when it is time to fight."
Air assaults against Hamas targets has resulted in a death toll so far of 320. Of these, 51 were civilians. Israeli ground troops are waiting at the border in case they are needed.
- Source: Fox
- Israel in 'all-out war' with Hamas - Al Jazeera
- Gaza strikes challenge for Obama - Al Jazeera
Scores die in Israeli air strikes
Dec. 27, 2008 - Just days after the end of a cease-fire with Hamas, Israel has launched F-16 bomber attacks against Hamas security compounds and militant bases in the Gaza Strip. The strikes followed numerous rocket attacks by Palestinian militants aimed at Israeli towns. At least 155 people have been killed and another 200 injured.
- In a statement, Israel's military said it targeted "Hamas terror operatives" as well as training camps and weaponry storage warehouses.
- Source: BBC
- At least 228 die as Israel hammers Hamas-run Gaza - AFP
- Barak in US interview: Israel won't accept ceasefire with Hamas - Jerusalem Post
Israel warns Hamas over rockets
Dec. 26, 2008 - Last week Hamas ended a six-month ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip. Since then they have launched some 50 rockets into Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would not hesitate to strike Hamas and another militant group, Islamic Jihad, for their aggression.
- Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned Israel "cannot tolerate" Palestinian militants targeting Israeli citizens.
- Source: BBC
Quartet: US-led Mideast talks 'irreversible'
Dec. 16, 2008 - The Mideast Quartet met yesterday, and said that there is no turning back from the process of negotiations begun last November in Annapolis, Maryland. So far, the talks have failed to produce a peace agreement.
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about a US-drafted resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations the UN Security Council is expected to vote on Tuesday.
- Source:YNet News
- New resolution on Mideast peace passes at UN - First United Nations Security Council resolution on the peace process in five years - Christian Science Monitor
- UN resolution a positive step in promoting Middle East peace process -Chinaview
- UN adopts measure backing Annapolis - Jerusalem Post
Middle East Quartet to Meet in New York on December 15
Dec. 13, 2008 - At the urging of the current president of the European Union, the "Quartet" of Middle East peace negotiators (EU, Russia, the United Nations and the United States) will meet at U.N. headquarters in New York on December 15. Foreign ministers of some Arab countries will also participate. Most observers do not think any solution will be adopted this year.
- Source: ABC
Obama may make Powell Mideast envoy
Dec. 13, 2008 - Sources in Washington told Ynet that President-elect Obama wants to establish a special peace envoy to the Middle East, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell is a serious option.
- Powell – a Republican statesman ... served as national security advisor under the President Ronald Reagan, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush and secretary of state in the George W. Bush administration.
Powell is not the only option. Former chief negotiator Dennis Ross, ex-Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer are also under consideration for the role. It is not clear how Hillary Clinton, who has been chosen to be the next Secretary of State, will feel about a dignitary to the Middle East who will report directly to the President instead of her.
- Source: YNet News
Obama to adopt Saudi plan, ram home Israel-Arab peace deal
Nov. 17, 2008 - Advisors close to President-Elect Obama told London's Sunday Times that he plans to give top priority to concluding an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement based on the 2002 Saudi peace proposal.
- [The plan] offers the Jewish state broad acceptance in the region in exchange for surrendering 100 percent of the eastern half of Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights.
If Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, becomes Israel's Prime Minister, it is likely that she can gain acceptance of the plan by Israel. But if Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Israel's next Prime Minister, he will oppose the plan since he is against land-for-peace negotiations.
- Source: Israel Today
Israel's Livni to brief Quartet next week on peace progress
Nov. 3, 2008 - Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni will join her Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qureia to meet with representatives of The Quartet (United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia) next Sunday in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The event will take place on the anniversary of the Annapolis peace accords. They will brief attendants on the progress achieved so far in peace negotiations.
- The US will be represented by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the architect of the Annapolis summit and the leading American figure involved in the talks.
- Source: YNet News
Egypt preparing for attack against Israel
Nov. 3, 2008 - On Sunday Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman told "Meet the Press" that Egypt is just waiting for the right opportunity to move troops back into the Sinai Peninsula in violation of the peace agreement.
- Warning that Egypt was liable to surprise Israel with an attack, as it did in 1973, he continued: "There are enough signs and enough assessments that Egypt is waiting for the right moment."
- Source: Ha'Aretz
- U.S. Raid In Syria To Stop Al-Qaida Smuggling Into Iraq...
Mideast: Putting the 'Peace Puzzle' Together
Oct. 28, 2008 - Because Syria has apparently ignored terrorist activity the U.S. conducted a helicopter attack on the home of Abu Ghadiyah, a senior al-Qaeda official. Ghadiyah is responsible for funneling gunmen, weapons and cash across the border to bolster the insurgency against the Iraqi government.
- It was the first U.S. military attack on Syrian soil since 2003, when U.S. troops invaded Iraq, evidence that the Syrian border remains a battleground.
- Source: CBN
- Syria 'Gave Green Light For Raid' - Sky News
- Syria threatens to halt Iraq border cooperation over U.S. raid - Ha'Aretz
French FM says Mideast peace deal unlikely in 2008
Oct. 4, 2008 - The US-backed Middle East peace plan is moving ahead, but French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said that it is unlikely that it will be completed by the end of the year. He made the remarks after meeting with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad during a short visit to the area.
- "We were supposed to get the document, not a final result but something, before the end of the year. But now we all know it will take a little bit longer."
He promised the Palestinians that they will ultimately get their state.
- Source: Yahoo
Egypt to host 'Annapolis 2' peace summit in November
Oct. 3, 2008 - Representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the Quartet (United States, Russia, European Union and United Nations) have agreed to attend an international summit in Egypt next month November. The Israeli and PA participants will brief the Quartet over progress made in the peace talks so far.
- [The] November summit will probably take place in Sharm el-Sheikh on the anniversary of last year's Annapolis summit. Quartet representatives, including its Middle East envoy, former British prime minister Tony Blair, will participate as well as officials from Jordan and Egypt.
- Source: Ha'Aretz
Abbas: Reach peace agreement by year's end
Sept. 6, 2008 - According to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the effort continues to reach a final status peace agreement with Israel by the end of the year. He said that they will not accept a partial document that would still not settle key issues until a later date.
- Palestinian officials close to the talks have said some progress has been made on the issue of borders, but the issue of Jerusalem, especially the walled Old City with its Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites, appears as stuck as ever.
Another disagreement is whether or not to allow Palestinian refugees and their descendants to return.
- Source: Yahoo
Arab Media: Rice Urging Division of Jerusalem
Sept. 2, 2008 - Official Palestinian Authority media outlets are saying that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pressing Israel to agree to a division of land by the end of the year that would grant the Palestinians a portion of Jerusalem.
- Source: Israel National News - from Aaron Klein, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for WorldNetDaily.com
- Palestinian media: Rice urging division of Jerusalem - WorldNetDaily
Rice: peace deal still possible before Bush leaves
Aug. 27, 2008 - Preparing to wrap up her latest diplomatic trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "God willing" there could still be a Mideast peace agreement before the end of President Bush's term in office." She said she had experienced a series of very good discussions. However, she said that the growth of Jewish settlements is a major obstacle to the process.
- Source: Washington Times
Hizbullah no match for IDF, says senior officer
Aug. 4, 2008 - Israel has a new Armor Corps Commander, Brigadier-General Agai Yehezkel. He told new recruits Sunday that even though Hizbullah boasts about its continued strengthening since the end of the Second Lebanon War, they "may be surprised with just how ready" Israel is for whatever they might have planned.
- Source: YNet
- Hizbullah: Ready for war - YNet
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Steps Down In September
Aug. 2, 2008
- Who Will Lead Israel?
- Chances are, Shaul Mofaz, a former military chief and defense minister who has threatened to attack Iran, will be the next choice for Prime Minister.
- Source: U.S. News and World Report
Official: Olmert to give Palestinians state before quitting
- Prime minister plans to accelerate negotiations to reach deal on paper by next month.
- Source: WorldNetDaily
Official: Olmert to seek Palestinian peace deal before leaving office
July 31, 2008 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that he will resign in September to enable the formation of a new government.
- Until then, Olmert will remain caretaker prime minister, enabling him to push ahead with the peace talks, possibly for months... During that time Olmert will try to reach an agreement in peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators recently met with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and decided that they are going to continue to try to reach an agreement before the end of the year.
- Source: Ha'Aretz
- Bush extends wishes to departing PM - Jerusalem Post
- Turmoil ahead for Israel after PM says he will resign - Yahoo
Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel in prisoner swap
July 16, 2008 - In what is perceived as a defeat for Israel, they have turned over 5 live prisoners to Hezbollah in exchange for two dead Israeli soldiers.
- After the bodies handed over by Hezbollah were confirmed to be those of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, Israel was to turn over five Lebanese prisoners — including a militant convicted in what is perceived here as a monstrous attack.
- Source: NY Daily News
Israel weighs Jerusalem separation
July 5, 2008 - Because of a bizzare attack of vehicles in Jerusalem by a man driving a large tractor, Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon has issued a call for changing the route of the city's separation barrier. The barrier now circles much of the city, but would then cut through the city between Jewish and Palestinian areas.
- In the attack Wednesday, Hussam Dwayat, 30, drove a massive construction vehicle in a bloody rampage - ramming buses, crushing cars and targeting pedestrians. Three people were killed before Israeli security personnel shot and killed him.
- Source: International Herald Tribune
Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire
June 18, 2008 - Israel will begin a ceasefire with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Hamas, the Islamic military group that controls Gaza, says their soldiers will abide by the truce agreement.
- Source: BBC
Rice: Israeli settlement building may harm negotiations
June 15, 2008 - Meeting with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed disappointment about the continued building of new Jewish settlements.
- "I am very concerned that at a time when we need to build confidence between the parties, the continued building and the settlement activity has the potential to harm the negotiations going forward.
Rise also criticized the Palestinians for impeding the peace process. She said, "We have to bring the attacks on Israeli citizens to a stop."
- Source: YNET News
- 'Rice's criticism ruffles few feathers' - Jerusalem Post
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