The Israeli documentary “The Gatekeepers” is now available on DVD and can be streamed on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Its a 2012 documentary film by director Dror Moreh that tells the story of the Israeli Shin Bet from the perspective of six former heads of Israel’s secretive internal security service. I watched it again last […]
CONTINUE READINGToday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in a press conference in Amman that direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are due to begin next week in Washington. The announcement comes after Kerry had traveled to the region six times within four months and spent countless hours in talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian […]
CONTINUE READINGAccording to the official election results the cleric, Hassan Rowhani, 64, won, surprisingly, a convincing 50.7 percent of the vote in the six-way presidential race. This represents a stinging repudiation of the ultraconservatives who wield power in Iran. Even worse, the four hard-line conservatives aligned with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, finished at the […]
CONTINUE READINGSecretary of State Kerry is engaging in a concerted effort to rescue the idea of a two-state solution but the chances of success are fading rapidly. Within the current Israeli government coalition a group of at least 40 Knesset members have formed an “Eretz” block intending to prevent any further concessions, expand settlements in the […]
CONTINUE READINGI applaud th efforts of the US Secretary of State to revive the moribund Israeli Palestinian peace talks. Secretary Kerry announced at a conference in Jordan on Sunday a plan to invest as much as $4 billion to develop the economy of the West Bank, suggesting that and infusion of private sector investments could increase […]
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