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2010
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- Editor’s Notes: For the sake of Jewish Israel
‘I didn’t go into politics out of concern for the Palestinians but out of concern for Israel,’ Kadima leader Tzipi Livni says in this extensive interview
December 31, 2010 - Livni wants Likud as partner if Kadima wins
PM has endorsed two-state solution, but ‘without real intent,’ Kadima leader tells ‘The Jerusalem Post’
December 31, 2010 Editor’s Notes: Stranger than fiction - Editor’s Notes: WikaLikes — US ME policy recalibration, Dec. 2010
Secretary of state: This cable sets out amended assessments, priorities for relevant interactions on Israeli-Palestinian Issues
December 17, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: On the road to a Better Place
Welcome to the quieter, healthier motoring of tomorrow
December 10, 2010 - Analysis: The impotent ‘If only’ of our northern inferno
Heroism, resilience, remarkable international assistance… and the terrible, gnawing sense that this disaster could have been prevented
December 5, 2010 - Analysis: Heroism, resilience… and gnawing questions
Israel, with world help, is rising to fight the northern inferno. When the flames are finally doused, there will be some harsh lessons to learn
December 3, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: The bleak logic of Bennie Begin
Why did Barak fail in 2000 and Olmert in 2008 to reach an agreement with the Palestinians? To Begin, it’s simple and obvious: The PLO leadership is bent on a two-stage plan to eliminate Israel, not a two-state plan for two peoples
December 3, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Exposed by WikiLeaks
Obama, we now know, had the diplomatic cables to prove that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was no obstacle to wide Arab backing for the toughest possible measures against Iran
December 1, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Running out of time
Sanctions on Iran are starting to bite, but not hard enough yet to force the regime to rethink its nuclear drive. Where does that leave Israel? More ambivalent than some might expect
November 26, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Didn’t we use to be on the same side?
Before we can even get to grips with the complexities of negotiating with the Palestinians, we find ourselves head-to-head with Washington, locked in tense negotiating sessions where previously we were often locked in step
November 19, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Now we’re all up a tree
Why does the US insist that pressuring Israel over settlements is the way to bring Abbas back to peace talks, when Abbas says it isn’t?
November 12, 2010 - Analysis: Was Abbas ready to accept Olmert’s terms?
In Bush’s new memoirs, there’s a lot hinging on the small word ‘We’
November 12, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Danny Seaman’s farewell voyage
The departing head of the Government Press Office lets it all out
November 5, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Unilateralism is no mirage
Netanyahu is right: The Palestinians won’t achieve peace with Israel by unilaterally declaring the establishment of ‘Palestine.’ Except they’re not talking about peace. They’re talking about statehood
October 29, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: The president is disappointed
And for that reason, and a host of others – including the belatedly acknowledged danger of the Palestinians seeking international support for a unilateral declaration of statehood – Netanyahu may yet renew the settlement freeze
October 22, 2010 - The last checkmate?
The Israeli national team won a bronze medal this month at the world Chess Olympiad, to go with the silver it won two years ago. But Alon Greenfeld, the non-playing captain, is sadly convinced these successes – which echo the phenomenally rich tradition of Jewish players’ primacy in world chess down the decades – will never be replicated
October 22, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: A most intriguing ambassador
Matthew Gould, Britain’s first Jewish ambassador to Israel, has no hesitation in acknowledging ‘my love of Israel’ in an interview. That doesn’t mean he’ll depart an iota from Britain’s formal positions
October 15, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: The fog of diplomacy
By keeping this acutely sensitive period of attempted peacemaking under wraps, Netanyahu may believe he is maximizing his chances of securing Israel’s best interests. But the key questions will have to be answered sooner or later, because the stakes are extraordinarily high
October 8, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Caught by a red herring
The issue of the settlement freeze is a short-term, tactical matter, not the heart of the peace process. And on the major strategic disputes, the sobering fact is that Abbas already chose not to respond to terms from Olmert more generous than Netanyahu would ever offer
October 1, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: The transformation of a Herut ideologue
‘Our faith meant that in order to take one inch of the western land of Israel from us, you would have t o kill us first,’ recalls Likud minister Michael Eitan, a former devout Greater Israel advocate. Not any more…
September 22, 2010 - Eitan urges ‘partial territorial agreement’ to boost talks
Likud minister proposes that Israel transfer security responsibilities to PA in most of West Bank, and resume building in major settlement blocs
September 22, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Ten years later
Our second intifada losses underline the terrible potential costs of new missteps – and the potential benefits if the Palestinians truly want peace
September 15, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: New Year’s wisdom
I don’t know how Netanyahu conceives of the Almighty, but I picture him seeking divine guidance on Rosh Hashana
September 8, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Hopes and fears as talks resume
The heart says do anything for peace. The head worries that Netanyahu’s admirable goal of finding, in Abbas, a new Sadat, will prove elusive
September 3, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Does Abbas want a deal?
If so, why was he so reluctant to enter direct talks, and why is he already so keen to leave them?
August 27, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: The rabbi’s dutiful, intransigent deputy PM
Shas head Eli Yishai sets out a series of uncompromising positions
August 20, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Underestimating our enemies
It would be extremely foolish to ridicule and dismiss Hassan Nasrallah’s public bragging this week
August 13, 2010 - Analysis: A partial freeze might not be enough for Abbas
Signs are that the PA leader would be content to walk away from direct talks, especially if he could cite settlement-building as the cause
August 13, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: When the next war comes
There’s no Arab interest in another round of conflict, says Matan Vilna’i. But the deputy defense minister is still preparing for the worst
August 6, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Drifting away from Israel
Popular sentiment in Britain is shifting against Israel, says outgoing Ambassador Tom Phillips
July 30, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Unconverted
No Knesset legislation ruling can resolve the fact that the Jewish nation includes differing streams
July 23, 2010 - Editor’s notes: The word according to Frank
The language you use affects your credibility, Frank Luntz says
July 16, 2010 - Soccer Politics: Holland’s footballing demons
Germany’s absence denies the World Cup final of its symmetry
July 11, 2010 - Analysis: Finally, presidential empathy
Obama’s first Israeli TV interview – a display of outreach
July 9, 2010 - Editor’s notes: A revived partnership with the US?
Obama on Tuesday began the process of assuring us that he has our back – something absolutely essential when any leader of our tiny country contemplates ‘taking risks for peace’
July 8, 2010 - Diplomatic rift won’t last long, says liberal Turkish editor
‘Our two countries will definitely be reconciled,’ says ‘Milliyet’s Cinar Oskay
July 7, 2010 - Frank Luntz: PM must show positive intent
Strategist urges Netanyahu in DC to copy the visual style he used at the UN last year
July 6, 2010 - Analysis: At the White House, anything would be better than last time
Both Obama and Netanyahu want a successful meeting this time
July 6, 2010 - Jewish leaders brace for new boycotts
But UK Methodist decision seen unlikely to trigger domino effect
July 4, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: European assets
Jerusalem’s touting of the importance of Europe – where support for Israel once paled in comparison with Bush’s instinctive solidarity – shows how troubled and complex the Israel-US relationship has become
July 2, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Still the optimist
Tony Blair, after mediating Israel’s new Gaza import policies, is marking three years as Quartet peace envoy
June 25, 2010 - No need for aid flotillas, says Blair
Quartet envoy hails Israel’s eased policy on Gaza
June 22, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Turkey, the ties that drowned
The main goal of the flotilla’s organizers was to deepen the wedge between Turkey and Israel. And Israel sailed straight into the trap
June 18, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Why Livni isn’t riding to the rescue
A Likud-Kadima coalition could help bolster Israel, but the two parties are actually moving further apart on the issues that are fueling the country’s isolation
June 11, 2010 - Wilders: We have no problem being tolerant of the tolerant
The growth in support for his party, says Geert Wilders, shows that the Dutch are waking up to the Islamic threat
June 10, 2010 - Wilders hails Israel fighting jihad
Dutch ‘values’ party head set to gain seats in current election
June 9, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Sailing into history
Israel simply cannot afford to continually underestimate the malevolent savvy of enemies like those behind the ‘Freedom Flotilla’
June 4, 2010 - Comment: A scandalous saga of withheld film
The delayed release of IDF footage of its commandos under attack on the ‘Mavi Marmara’ is unforgivable
June 2, 2010 - Analysis: The flotilla fiasco
Why was the IDF not better prepared for the violent ‘activists’ aboard the flotilla?
June 1, 2010 - Analysis: A race to contain the damage
Worsening fallout from the flotilla, and an uphill struggle
June 1, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Only a drill?
This week’s four-day civil defense exercise was predicated on acute concerns about the possibility of imminent conflict, and on grave assessments about how devastating such conflict could be
May 28, 2010 - Alan Dershowitz: We are not done with Goldstone
Alan Dershowitz, arguably Israel’s staunchest defender abroad, loses his customary cool
May 21, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Elvis Costello, you’re singing for the rejectionists
Your silence in Israel, Mr. Costello, certainly won’t help moderate Palestinians
May 21, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Grandmaster of dissidence, Garry Kasparov
‘To stop Iran, you must bring down Putin’
May 14, 2010 - Silvan Shalom: Palestinians will never accept that this is a Jewish state
Despite this, Silvan Shalom is firmly optimistic in this exclusive interview
May 14, 2010 - Dershowitz: Fayyad is a partner for peace
Alan Dershowitz says PA prime minister wants two-state solution
May 13, 2010 - Kasparov: US must go after Putin
Chess legend in TA: ‘Putin must feel consequences’
May 11, 2010 - Analysis: In the UK, a rather Israeli election crisis
A divided electorate, post-vote confusion. Sound familiar?
May 9, 2010 - Dan Meridor: Nobody wants a South Africa here
‘We need a Palestinian state alongside Israel, not for them, but for us,’ deputy prime minister tells the ‘Post’
May 7, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: How good a morning for Clegg?
Lib-Dem leader hoped for at least a power share
May 5, 2010 - Silvan Shalom: Talks doomed due to Arafat’s legacy
Vice premier to ‘Post’: Palestinians already functioning like state
May 5, 2010 - Analysis: A very Israeli election
In the UK, a deeply divided electorate, post-vote confusion, rival victory claims
May 5, 2010 - Analysis: Jerusalem watches the rise of Nick Clegg
Candidate last year: ‘We must stop arming Israel’
May 5, 2010 - Analysis: Proximity’s silver lining
Any success would truly be a surprise
May 4, 2010 - Jerusalem fears PA may seek UN recognition
Top coalition figures say they don’t believe Abbas wants peace
April 30, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Look who’s (almost) talking
The dispute over the modalities of peace negotiations was only the first, and the least, of the problems
April 30, 2010 - Analysis: Progress, of sorts
Mitchell might, just possibly, be close to persuading the sides to set out their positions. Maybe
April 26, 2010 - Analysis: Is PM giving ground on Arab East Jerusalem?
Some surprises in seemingly a banal TV interview by the prime minister
April 23, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: From bad to worse with Obama
Why can’t the administration simply ask Mahmoud Abbas to stand up and deliver, as Netanyahu did at Bar-Ilan last year, a ‘two states’ speech?
April 23, 2010 - Steinitz: The idea was to use the crisis to strengthen the economy
The finance minister takes stock of a roller-coaster year
April 23, 2010 - Ya’alon: Independence War hasn’t ended
Moshe Ya’alon discusses gaps with US, says settlements shouldn’t be removed
April 19, 2010 - Steinitz: If PA skips talks, end freeze
Steinitz: Further US pressure ‘would be a mistaken request’
April 18, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Avram Grant, manager and metaphor
The resonant vindication of Portsmouth’s Israeli boss
April 16, 2010 - Analysis: Say it ain’t so, Uri
Wednesday’s arrest of Jerusalem’s former mayor marks a new low
April 15, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Downhill by the numbers
Dan Ben-David’s findings show that we are becoming a country in which more and more people cannot contribute effectively
April 9, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Snubs, bold steps and a failure to learn from history
Netanyahu is grappling with a US administration that seems to be suffering from an acute shortage of institutional memory
April 2, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: At the root of the rift
One of the few areas of continuity the Obama administration has with its predecessor is the belief that an accord with the PA beckons. For the Israeli leadership this is unfathomable
March 25, 2010 - Analysis: Blundering toward disaster
At AIPAC, Clinton underlines profound US doubts about Netanyahu’s commitment to peace
March 23, 2010 - Analysis: Healing the rift
The issues at the heart of the US-Israel row should be tackled head-on, not papered over
March 21, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Crime and punishment
By deliberately inflating the Ramat Shlomo issue into a public crisis of faith in its ally, the Obama administration has encouraged Israel’s enemies
March 19, 2010 - Analysis: Settlements or us
The US sees an opportunity in the Ramat Shlomo crisis to convey to the unloved Netanyahu the fateful, urgent choice he faces
March 15, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Governing Israel, the ultimate insider’s account
As speechwriter to a series of prime ministers, Yehuda Avner was present at many of the most fateful moments in the leadership of the state
March 12, 2010 - Analysis: Biden’s get-your-act-together lecture
In his visit’s centerpiece address, the VP sometimes sounded like a frustrated parent addressing a beloved but errant child
March 11, 2010 - Rabin thought peace with Arafat was only a ‘long shot’
New Yehuda Avner book includes PM’s verbatim explanation of Oslo, two days before the assassination
March 5, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Stymied in Silwan
Did Barkat really think that the benefits of his redevelopment plan would be enough to ensure it got the go-ahead?
March 5, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Wrong troops, wrong ammunition
Delegitimization is a genuine threat. Urging ordinary Israelis to become PR ‘ambassadors’ is no way to meet it. Could we please get serious?
February 28, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Dissecting Dubai
Just as the previous mood of self-congratulation was overheated and ill-advised, so too, now, is the opprobrium
February 19, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: If he got it, would he use it?
Is Iran about to get the bomb? It’s getting closer every day, and shows no signs of changing course
February 12, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: The new maturity
Tensions have eased a little, some argue, between a young president newly recognizing the limits of his power, and a second-time PM all too aware of the limits of his
February 5, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Vicious criticism and a paucity of evidence
Netanyahu and his wife are under dramatic media fire. To date, the evidence published doesn’t justify the ferocity
January 29, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Israel to the rescue
There is a lesson for the Palestinians in Israel’s Haiti rescue outreach: If you’re in trouble and you’re not trying to kill us, there’s no one like the Israelis to help you out
January 22, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Blocking the latest exodus
Is Netanyahu really going to fence off Israel’s southwestern border?
January 15, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Welcome to Israel
At the turn of this new decade, Western leaders are being forced to grapple urgently with just one aspect of the Islamist threat that Israel routinely faces – terror in the skies. And suddenly, briefly, we are the admired exemplars…
January 7, 2010 - Editor’s Notes: Do more than look on the bright side
Israel’s goals have become clearer over the past decade, and our leaders more united around them. But that does not make their attainment more straightforward. In the pages of The Jerusalem Post 10 years ago, as we began the new millennium, hopes were high
January 1, 2010
I dreamed up an Israeli-empathetic cable last week. Turned out the former US ambassador had written the genuine article
December 24, 2010
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