A Palestinian unity government will cause problems for Israel and further advance the Palestinian struggle for justice and equality in the long run. It is therefore in the best interest of Palestinian factions to unite against the common enemy that is Israel.
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday morning that Israeli officials are worried that a Palestinian Unity Government would create international pressure to negotiate with it even if the new government does not fully recognize Israel.
Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, reported that Israel is still skeptical that Hamas and Fateh will be able to agree on a unity government after the recent violence between Fateh and Hamas and the large number of casualties.
Israeli sources said that even if Hamas and Fateh agree on a unity government, fighters of the two movements might still reject it.
Israeli officials are worried that Hamas, which achieved an overwhelming victory in last years’ legislative elections, will be able to maintain its standards of not recognizing Israel, or recognizing the previously signed peace agreements after a unity government is formed.
Certainly such behavior is very revolting in the first place, to say the least. No further comment!
JERUSALEM - The kiss lasted a few seconds. The morality play it inspired lasted more than six months, riveting Israelis and their legal system on a single question: Did she or didn’t she want it?
The drama ended Wednesday when the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court ruled that the plaintiff, a 21-year-old female army first lieutenant “did not flirt with the accused, did not initiate the kiss, and did not consent to it.”
With that, a three-judge panel convicted Haim Ramon, a founder of the prime minister’s Kadima party and an architect of his ruling coalition, of violating Israel’s sexual harassment law by committing an “indecent act” while he was justice minister.
The unanimous verdict, which could send the 56-year-old divorced man to prison for up to three years, jolted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s scandal-plagued government. Olmert had been confident enough in an acquittal that he was holding the justice post open for Ramon, who had resigned last August to face trial.
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What is this? Arab nations betraying the Palestinian cause by secretly having contacts with Israel??
(IsraelNN.com) Vice Premier Shimon Peres said in an interview published by a Qatari newspaper Thursday that Israel maintains quiet communication with most Arab nations in the Middle East.
Peres, a second-time candidate for the presidency when Moshe Katzavֲ’s term ends July 1st, declined to tell the ֲ“Qatar Tribuneֲ†which Arab countries are in touch with the Jewish State.
Peres said he could not name Israelֲ’s Arab contacts in order to avoid embarrassment on either side.
It will be very interesting to see where all this will lead to.
Few democratic countries are able to completely avoid having the bad odor of corruption rise every so often off the body politic. But the citizens of Israel must be wondering these days what in heaven’s name is going on in their country, founded on the mightiest of ideals.
Right now, the government of Israel seems at times like an application list for a rogues’ gallery.
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So the “Land of God’s Chosen Peoples” President is a sex maniac. How wonderful. It certainly shows that Israel is a failed state made up of rapists and murderers.
Israel’s attorney general, Meni Mazus, says he has notified President Katsav that he will be indicted on charges of rape and other crimes against female employees of the president’s office. Israeli legal procedures allow the president one opportunity to present his case at a hearing before a formal indictment is issued.
The charges, some of the most serious ever faced by an Israeli politician, stem from complaints made by at least four women who worked for Mr. Katsav. Police say the charges are based on interviews with at least 10 women.
Israel’s attorney general says he has collected enough evidence to indict the president on other charges - such as obstruction of justice and receiving illegal gifts.
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