All Journal Posts Tagged 'peres' (19)

Obama to share Nobel Peace Prize with his teleprompter

President Barack Hussein Obama has received a Peace Prize from the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway. It will entitle him to more than a million dollars to use as he pleases. He joins Yasser Arafat -- who won the award in 1994 together with Yitzhak Rabin and, as an afterthought, Shimon Peres -- as a winner of the prestigious award. He will need to share the award with his teleprompter. Most Israeli leaders suppressed their smirks and said really nice things, joining other wo… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on October 9, 2009 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments

Key Obama backer: shoot down Israeli jets enroute to Iran

National security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, suggested that President Obama should tell Israel that if they try to strike Iran's nuclear weapons sites the U.S. Air Force will stop them. The Iranians alone, he said in an interview with The Daily Beast, couldn't prevent an Israeli strike. "They really can’t do mu… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on September 21, 2009 at 8:00pm — 8 Comments

Peres: Goldstone report mocks history

President Shimon Peres on Wednesday lambasted the Goldstone Commission's report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, saying in a statement that the report "mocks history and fails to distinguish between aggressor and those acting in self-defense." Peres claimed the commission members would not have written such a report, which accuses Israel of war crimes, "had their children been living in Sderot, under the constant threat of Hamas rockets." The president blamed Hamas for laun… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on September 16, 2009 at 10:36pm — 5 Comments

Netanyahu: Stopping Iranian nuke remains Israel's priority

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he isn't about to second-guess US President Barack Obama's equivocal approach on Iran after the Teheran government's political crackdown. He has enough problems with Obama. "I have no doubt everybody in the world is sympathetic to the Iranians' desire for freedom," he said, safely. Netanyahu stressed he is a big believer in democracy, expressing amazement and admiration for the willingness of the Iranian people to stand up for their r… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on June 21, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Peres wants to yield sovereignty over holy sites to Pope

Hinting at a secret agreement with the Vatican, Israeli President Shimon Peres and his former sidekick Yossi Beilin are pressuring the government of Israel to yield sovereignty over six holy sites to the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI is arriving in Israel next week and sources speculate this is connected to the land handover. But Interior Minister from the Shas Party, Eli Yishai, refuses to authorize the deal and the Tourism Minister is also skeptical about the surren… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on May 4, 2009 at 7:48pm — 5 Comments

Obama sends independence day greetings, will meet Peres

"On behalf of the people of the United States, President Obama congratulates the people and government of Israel on the 61st anniversary of Israel's independence," said the statement issued Tuesday by the White House. "The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds of friendship between the US and Israel remain as strong and unshakable as ever." "The president looks forward to working… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on April 29, 2009 at 9:43pm — 8 Comments

Peres to Mitchell: Talk of strike on Iran is unfounded

Talk of a possible Israeli strike in Iran is "unfounded" and the solution to the nuclear standoff with Teheran is "not military," President Shimon Peres said Thursday during a meeting with special US envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell. Peres said that confronting the threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon required broad international cooperation, adding that the world must examine whether dialogue with the Islamic republic was authentic or merely "a bluff." Peres's sta… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on April 16, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

White House displeased with Peres greeting to Persians

Apparently US President Barack Hussein Obama believes that he's the only one who can send a Nowruz greeting. The White House is reported displeased that Israeli President Shimon Peres, in a holiday message to the people of Iran, urged them to repudiate the country's radical Islamic leadership.

"On the eve of the new year, I appeal to the noble Iranian people on behalf of the ancient Jewish people and urge them to reclaim their worthy place among the nations of the en

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Added by Israel Insider on March 23, 2009 at 12:30pm — 16 Comments

Erdogan hailed in Turkey after Davos clash with Peres

After a stormy debate (watch in full) on Gaza at the normally sedate World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan returned to a hero's welcome in Istanbul,

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Added by Israel Insider on January 30, 2009 at 2:00pm — 10 Comments

Peres Says You Make Peace by Closing your Eyes

President Shimon Peres told assembled Jewish machers in Jerusalem: "You have to close your eyes" to make peace. He argued that a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority will encourage Sunni Muslims against Ahmadinejad.

Speaking at the ann

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Added by Israel Insider on November 19, 2008 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

Palestine, Peres and Poppycock

“The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.” - Sam Ervin Israel’s President -Shimon Peres - has seriously undermined Israel’s national interest in his endorsement of the 2002 Arab League Initiative proposing a comprehensive peace with Israel and the 22 members of the Arab League. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly Meeting on Inter-Faith Dialogue in New York on November 12 Pr… Continue

Added by david singer on November 17, 2008 at 4:09am — No Comments

Livni says no to Rice plan for UN diktat

Israel Television Channel One Correspondent Ayala Chason reported on the evening Mabat News program that PM Olmert and FM Livni oppose plans by U.S. Secretary of State Rice to pass a UN Security Council Resolution that would call for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Rice

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Added by Israel Insider on November 14, 2008 at 4:00am — 8 Comments

Remembering Rabin's Roadmap

“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” - Tolstoy Israel’s current President - Shimon Peres - and Prime Minister - Ehud Olmert - have used the 13th anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister - Yitzchak Rabin - to misrepresent the pursuit of their own failed and discredited political agendas as being somehow aligned with - and a continuation of - Mr Rabin’s vision. Nothing could be further from the… Continue

Added by david singer on November 12, 2008 at 2:02am — No Comments

Olmert, Peres twist Rabin positions with calls for retreat, state

The image of Rabin appears to gaze accusingly at President Shimon Peres. (Photo: Flash90)

Yitzhak Rabin, murdered 13 years ago this week, would be turning over in his grave if he could hear the way in which his positio

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Added by Israel Insider on November 10, 2008 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments

Saudi denies inviting Israel to interfaith meet

A Saudi diplomat denied in remarks published on Friday that Riyadh had invited Israel to a UN interfaith meeting in New York next week, saying the invitation had come from the United Nations.

"The president of the UN General Assembly addressed invitat

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Added by Israel Insider on November 8, 2008 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

Lieberman: If Hosni can't come to Israel, he can go to Hell

Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Israel Beitenu party, spoke for many Israelis when he reamed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday, saying that if he does not care to visit Israel, he can "go to hell." Despite Israel's chilly peace treaty with Egypt, Mubarak has never deigne

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Added by Israel Insider on October 30, 2008 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

As Knesset opens session, Peres announces new elections

President Shimon Peres declared Israel's early elections hours before the Knesset winter session opened Monday afternoon, signifying the imminent dissolution of the parliamentary body. He informed Knesset speaker Dalia Itzik that the country would be holding elections after it became apparent that no Knesset faction could form a coalition. The new elections are expected to be held between January 27 and February 17, 2009. February 10th is considered a likely date. The Knesset session may be the… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on October 27, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Soon-to-be-Sir Shimon shills for the Saudi Plan

The ego of Israeli President Shimon Peres will get a proper British stroking when the Queen of England bestows upon him a knighthood in her royal order during his upcoming trip to the United Kingdom. Peres is to be awarded the title, regarded as the United Kingdom's highest honor

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Added by Israel Insider on October 23, 2008 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

So much for sanctions: US-Russia deal ends efforts to stop Iranian nukes

Friday, September 26th, was the day that the faith-based policy of Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni and Shimon Peres, relying on the international community to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb by diplomatic means, collapsed irretrievably.

by Israel Insider staff

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Added by Israel Insider on September 27, 2008 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

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