Israel Daily News Stream 05/02/2012
May 2, 2012 14:51 by Alex MargolinArab Spring Winter
• LA Times says the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi is losing ground in the race for Egypt’s presidency.
Many Egyptians wonder whether Morsi can fashion a political Islam to solve the country’s deep economic problems. As recently as a few weeks ago, any Brotherhood candidate would have been regarded as the likely next president. Much has changed, and some now fear that the group is peddling more religion than public policy. Morsi is a front-runner but the race is tightening, especially with the popularity of secularist candidate Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister.
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• Former Kadima leader Tzipi Livni quits the Knesset but denies she’s retiring from politics.
• Khaled Abu Toameh asks if the pro-Palestinian community always has to be anti-Israel as well.
The pro-Palestinian camp in the West should raise its voice against violations of human rights and media freedoms under the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
In the past few weeks, six Palestinian journalists, bloggers and cartoonists were arrested by security forces belonging to the Palestinian government in the West Bank.
The pro-Palestinian activists around the world chose to turn a blind eye to the ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression in the West Bank.
They also failed — even refused — to condemn the Palestinian Authority government’s decision to block web sites that are critical of Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.
• Ynet op-ed by Manfred Gerstenfeld compares the behavior of IDF soldiers with the behavior of UN peacekeepers.
• The New Statesman has an interview with the Israeli who started the Israel Loves Iran campaign on Facebook. He said the threat of war with Iran was primarily a distraction to avoid dealing with social issues in Israel.
• Leaders of Norway’s Jewish community praise Norway’s media for coming out against recent anti-Semitic remarks by prominent academic Johan Galtung but warn that “more subtle forms of anti-Semitism were prevalent in the country. ”
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sandy lesberg
4:35 pm
May 02, 2012
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Dr Arthur M Blank
5:44 pm
May 02, 2012
I’m in favour of one State – Israel. The Palestinian State is already a reality. It’s called Jordan. Gaza should be absorbed by Egypt and may they all prosper and leave us alone!
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steve mann
6:08 pm
May 02, 2012
I agree with completely- But no one wants to talk about it-!
It appears not even the Israeli government. Why-?
After all King Abdullah and his Hashem people have less connection with what was the mandated land, even than the refugees created by his father.
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Tony
7:10 pm
May 02, 2012
Sandy,,
You got me baffeled here,, A 3 State Solution??? Israel is already a state.and where it BELONGS,,,But Gaza and Palestine?? Where would Palestine be,?? and who would live there?? As you “obviously” know I’m Sure,”????”,Gaza Was part of Egypt,, But after the 6 day war when Israel Vanquished all the Arab states that dared attack her, Egypt Relinquished Gaza to Israel,, In other words,, They left Israel to deal with the Palestinian Problem.,,and although Israel moved into Gaza,and built kibbutzim,which they then left and handed to the Palestinians,so they could ,at least start a LIFE But ,they decided to ,turn Gaza into a Terrorist training camp,,etc, But If we base these facts on History, then Egypt should be the Homeland for the Palestinians,,no?
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jimmy
6:36 pm
May 02, 2012
Remember there are no occupied territories. Israel is administering the same former Palestine territories that Jordan and Britain did before.
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Tony
6:58 pm
May 02, 2012
I heard recently that Egypt was ready to give citizenship to all Palestinians in Egypt?? GOOD,, why not give them The Sinai too to build their Future state??:)
As to Pro-Palestinian Activists,,,We are having Presidential elections here at the moment in France, and its getting real Hot,, I mean the debates between the Right and Left, etc,etc,, But On Monday there were Mass meetings for the candidates,,all over Paris,,to not only celebrate these Political Presidential debates But also for the 1st May, A Workers Holiday were syndicats get out on the streets and shout and yell their Grievences,,,and One Groupe of Far Left Schmucks , that only got 3% votes, decided to Stage an ANTI ISRAEL Manifestation.which as you so rightly put it,,” Do Pro Palestinians have to be Anti Israel.
That certainley is a question well worth asking these JEW AND ANTI ISRAEL HATERS.ITS A VERY PERTINANT QUESTION;
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Bob Poplar
8:07 pm
May 02, 2012
Israel uses more restraint than you and I would in dealing with terrorists who were our neighbors. When you consider that their strategy is well announced. I head on BBC a Palestinian spokesman attempting to justify their barbaric behavior saying “if we had airplanes to use as bombers we would use them, we use what we have.” Why the press continues to take sides with them is based on Oil revenues that are making some radicals in the Arab World very rich. Obviously the Royals are made more rich and that’s what this is all about. Most of the Israelis are at sympathy with the Palestinian people but what can they do if their rulers do nothing. 50 years in the camps and centuries before on the run. Also, weren’t their ancestors the so called “Barbary Pirates” centuries ago. What a heritage to come from. No wonder the “sob-sisters” are supporting them.
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