In Israel, there’s no left. There’s only a right in different forms - Opinion
Gideon Levy – Jan 03, 2019 4:17 AM
▻https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/in-israel-there-s-no-left-there-s-only-a-right-in-different-forms-1.6805651
Two days ago, there was another rift in the Israeli right: The Zionist Union faction split apart. The two main right-wingers, Tzipi Livni and Avi Gabbay, Likud traitors both, dissolved their partnership.
The sad and unbelievable joke: Israel fancies this a rift on the left; as if there are seriously two camps in Israel, left and right, locked in fierce battle over the face of the nation. There is no left, not even half a left. There is only a right, in different forms.
What is going on in our political system ahead of the upcoming election can be described like this: Right A versus Right B, a split in Right C, a possible merger in Right D, and a new glimmer of hope in Right E.
Meretz and the Joint List, the only Israeli left there is, one small and fading and the other ostracized and excluded, and both without any influence, look on from the other side of the fence. And still people say that Israel is “polarized,” that we’re this close to civil war breaking out. It’s hard to think of anything more ridiculous.
Most leaders of Israeli political parties are former Likudniks: Livni, Gabbay, Avigdor Lieberman, Ayelet Shaked, Naftali Bennett, Moshe Ya’alon and Moshe Kahlon. Orly Levy-Abekasis also grew up in a Likud household. Right, center, supposed left – they all came out of the Likud. And that’s no surprise – the right was their home and it remains their home.
This is the Likud’s real victory since the 1977 upheaval – its amazing takeover of the entire map, the way it continues to spread its tentacles in every direction. (...)
]]>Demonstrate with the Arabs - Haaretz Editorial -
The place of Livni and the other opposition leaders is in Rabin Square, alongside the Arab community. Their struggle is the struggle of all Israelis, Jews and Arabs alike
Haaretz Editorial
Aug 10, 2018 1:32 AM
▻https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/demonstrate-with-the-arabs-1.6364336
The demonstration called for Saturday night in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square by the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, which represents Israel’s Arab community, is the most important of all the protests that have taken place against the nation-state law. It’s also one of the most important demonstrations in Israel in the past several years.
No minority in Israel suffers as much discrimination as the Arab minority, which is also Israel’s largest minority. It is frequently the target of normalized, institutionalized racism.
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The nation-state law, which has sparked civic protests throughout Israeli society, was engineered precisely in order to strip the Arabs of their rights and subordinate them to rule by the Jews, the lords of the land, even at the price of sacrificing civic equality. This worldview has characterized despicable racist regimes throughout history, and its implementation in Israel is a black stain not only on the history of the state, but also on that of the Jewish people.
The nation-state law is an especially ugly milestone in the right’s delegitimization campaign against the Arabs. It’s meant to mark them as enemies, as a fifth column; to cause strife between them and Jews; and to remove them from civil society. Given this, it’s regrettable that the leaders of the opposition, who warmly embraced the Druze community’s justified protest against the law, have decided not to attend this demonstration.
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>> In Show of Renewed Activism, Arab Israelis to Protest Nation-state Law on Saturday
Opposition leader Tzipi Livni, who came to the Druze demonstration last Saturday night, announced that she won’t attend the upcoming one because some Knesset members from the predominantly Arab Joint List “don’t share my view that Israel is the nation-state of the Jews.” In the same breath, she declared her belief in “equal rights for all.” She thereby proved that even the left has adopted the right’s propaganda. If, as she says, Livni believes in equality for all and opposes the nation-state law — the issues of the demonstration — why is it even relevant what Joint List MKs think Israel’s character should be?
Livni must meet the challenge that was posed to Israeli society by President Reuven Rivlin in his “four tribes” speech, in which he argued that Israel’s future depends on abandoning a worldview based on majority and minority in favor of one that is based on a partnership with the ultra-Orthodox and the Arabs, who don’t define themselves as Zionist. The place of Livni and the other opposition leaders Saturday night is in Rabin Square, alongside the Arab community. Their struggle is the struggle of all Israelis, Jews and Arabs alike.
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Jews and Arabs: Unite, the Nation-state law poses an existential threat
This won’t be an alliance of love. It won’t even be an encounter between friends. But this is the only way to survive as a citizen of Israel and not become a political prisoner in a theocracy
Ravit Hecht SendSend me email alerts
Aug 03, 2018
▻https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-jews-and-arabs-unite-the-nation-state-law-poses-existential-threat
The abominable nation-state law was admittedly passed at this particular moment for contemptible political reasons: Elections are only a Knesset session away, and in the background are the investigations of the prime minister, a despair-inducing front devoid of achievement in the south and a terrifying front in the north.
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But these circumstances, while genuine and rational, don’t hide what comes next. And what comes next is clear. Israel, with the support of a substantial portion of its Jewish population, is en route to apartheid, both de facto and de jure, which will evict the Arabs from civil society. Next in line for the chopping block: leftists, who are going with the flow to various degrees, and ultimately, anyone defined as disloyal to the government (that is, “the state”).
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This is not a cataclysmic lamentation or a stylized prophecy of destruction. It’s reality, plain and simple. The moment you begin fiddling with democracy – that is, creating differences in the level of equality to which citizens are entitled and conditioning it on various conditions – the road is clear.
The attempts to bribe the Druze, whose pain, unlike that of the other Arabs, evokes empathy from Jewish Israelis, only makes the picture clearer: The government is creating castes among minorities and citizens in general based on the degree of sympathy the government has for them and the whims of the masses.
What can one do in light of this reality but rend one’s garments, weep bitter tears and protest at demonstrations whose importance is beyond price, but whose contribution to changing the course of reality will be limited to the point of nonexistence?
Israel’s Jewish and democratic camp has only one partner for building a front against the settler right, with its hallmarks of fascism, which is currently making historic changes to the country’s character. That partner is the Arabs.
And when we speak of making such a partnership, we aren’t talking about a Jewish and democratic camp that includes only people like opposition MKs Tamar Zandberg and Tzipi Livni, but also former senior defense officials like Gabi Ashkenazi, Tamir Pardo and Moshe Ya’alon, who still aren’t willing to be portrayed, heaven forbid, as leftists, but whom the modern right is already rejecting like a transplant, because such security establishment figures’ consciences bar them from submerging themselves in today’s right wing and joining in the destruction of democracy.
>> Planted by Netanyahu and Co., nation-state law is a time bomb exploding in Israel’s face | Analysis >>
Nevertheless, it’s not only the Jews on whom the burden of effecting a change in consciousness falls. The Arabs will also have to make what they see as painful concessions.
As long as MKs Ahmad Tibi, Jamal Zahalka and Aida Touma-Sliman keep talking about two states – a state of all its citizens on one side and the nation-state of the Palestinian people on the other – they’ll remain within the bounds of their own narrow community, plus a few thousand Jewish voters following their conscience or a fad. They’ll have no chance of taking power, no ability to have a major impact, no access to the resources that could save the voters from the bitter fate written on the wall.
Therefore, they’ll have to swallow hard and accept the Law of Return and the fact that Israel within the 1967 borders is the national home of the Jewish people worldwide, in order to enable the establishment of a Palestinian state and save themselves and us from the nightmare of occupation and apartheid.
This won’t be an alliance of love. It won’t even be an encounter between friends. But this is the only way to survive as a citizen of Israel and not become a political prisoner in a Bezalel Smotrich-like theocracy.
The battle for life requires passing through the deep wadis of painful compromise and getting scratched by the thorns of upsetting concessions. It requires changing our methods and our worldviews, because there’s no choice. Because we want to live. And just for your information, we are in a fight for our lives.
]]>Leïla Shahid : Pour les Palestiniens, la phase diplomatique est aujourd’hui terminée - Propos recueillis par Caroline HAYEK et Anthony SAMRANI - L’Orient-Le Jour
►https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1089834/leila-shahid-pour-les-palestiniens-la-phase-diplomatique-est-aujourdh
Entretien
À l’occasion de l’excellent colloque « 100 ans après la déclaration Balfour et 70 ans après le plan de partition », organisé par l’Institut des études palestiniennes et l’Institut Issam Farès de l’AUB, mercredi et jeudi derniers, « L’Orient-Le Jour » a rencontré Leïla Shahid, ancienne ambassadrice de la Palestine auprès de l’Union européenne, de la Belgique et du Luxembourg. Membre du comité exécutif et du conseil d’administration de l’Institut des études palestiniennes, l’ancienne diplomate réagit à la décision de Donald Trump de reconnaître Jérusalem comme capitale d’Israël et dresse le bilan de la stratégie adoptée par l’Autorité palestinienne depuis le début des années 1990.
Propos recueillis par Caroline HAYEK et Anthony SAMRANI | OLJ
16/12/2017
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“Netanyahu is reaping the public & political benefits of the gift given to him by Trump. It earned him support from the right, but also from his rivals on the left, including Zionist Camp co-leader Tzipi Livni & former PM Ehud Barak” ▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/12/israel-netanyahu-bribery-police-investigation-indictment.html
]]>L’Israélienne Tzipi Livni aurait dû être interpellée lundi à Bruxelles
Baudouin Loos | Mis en ligne jeudi 19 janvier 2017
Le parquet fédéral belge le confirme : dans le cadre d’une enquête pour crimes de guerre commis à Gaza en 2008-2009, l’ex-ministre israélienne Tzipi Livni devait être interpellée lundi à Bruxelles pour audition.
▻http://www.lesoir.be/1419954/article/actualite/monde/2017-01-19/l-israelienne-tzipi-livni-aurait-du-etre-interpellee-lundi-bruxelles
Tzipi Livni, l’ancienne ministre israélienne des Affaires étrangères et personnalité de l’opposition en Israël, devait faire l’objet d’une interpellation lors de son séjour en Belgique programmé en début de semaine prochaine. Comme d’autres personnalités israéliennes, Mme Livni est visée par une plainte déposée à Bruxelles en 2010 pour « crimes de guerre » concernant la guerre menée par Israël contre la bande de Gaza en décembre 2008 et janvier 2009 (l’opération « Plomb durci »). Toutefois, Mme Livni a annulé sa venue en Belgique il y a deux jours pour raisons de santé.
]]>Scotland Yard a convoqué Livni pour des soupçons de “crimes de guerre”
Par i24news \ Publié: 03/07/2016 - 14:31
▻http://www.i24news.tv/fr/actu/israel/diplomatie-defense/118734-160703-scotland-yard-a-convoque-livni-pour-soupcons-de-crimes-de-guer
La convocation a été annulée suite à des contacts diplomatiques entre Israël et la Grande-Bretagne
L’ancienne ministre des Affaires étrangères et actuelle députée de l’Union sioniste Tzipi Livni a reçu jeudi une convocation de la police britannique pour être interrogée sur des soupçons de participation à des crimes de guerre pendant l’Opération Plomb Durci à Gaza en 2008.
Livni se trouve actuellement à Londres pour assister à une conférence organisée par le journal israélien Haaretz.
La convocation a cependant été annulée après des contacts diplomatiques entre Israël et la Grande-Bretagne, à la fin desquels Tzipi Livni a pu bénéficier d’une immunité.
Un haut fonctionnaire à Jérusalem, qui a requis l’anonymat en raison de la sensibilité de l’affaire, a déclaré au journal Haaretz que l’ambassade d’Israël à Londres a reçu jeudi une lettre de l’unité des crimes de guerre de Scotland Yard, demandant à ce que la convocation soit remise à Livni.
Selon le responsable, le courrier indiquait que la police britannique savait que Livni devait arriver à Londres durant le week-end, et lui a donc demandé de venir au poste de police pour être interrogée.
Le but de l’entrevue était de discuter de la participation de Livni à des crimes de guerre et des violations de la Convention de Genève, en tant que ministre des Affaires étrangères et vice-premier ministre, et en tant que membre du cabinet diplomatique de sécurité lors de l’opération Plomb durci en 2008 à Gaza.
Au cours des dernières années, les organisations pro-palestiniennes ont déposé une série de plaintes concernant cette opération contre de hauts responsables israéliens, notamment Livni, dont le dossier a été traité avec ténacité par les autorités britanniques.
La lettre a été reçue par l’ambassade deux jours avant la venue de Livni à Londres, qui devait participer à une conférence organisée par Haaretz et rencontrer la communauté juive.
Le haut fonctionnaire a précisé que la lettre soulignait le fait que la convocation devait se faire « sur une base volontaire », et qu’elle n’était effective seulement si Livni souhaitait venir.
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Des contacts ont par la suite été établis avec le gouvernement britannique, par crainte de voir Livni arrêtée à son arrivée à Londres ou durant de son séjour.
Il a alors été convenu avec le ministère britannique des Affaires étrangères que la visite de Livni à Londres allait obtenir le statut d’une « affectation diplomatique spéciale », qui lui accorderait automatiquement une immunité, la mettant à l’abri d’une éventuelle arrestation et de poursuites judiciaires.
Dans le même temps, l’ambassade d’Israël en Grande-Bretagne a informé Scotland Yard que Livni ne se rendrait pas pour interrogatoire.
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In Unprecedented Move, British Police Summoned Tzipi Livni Over Suspected Gaza War Crimes
Livni is currently in London to attend the Haaretz Israel Conference; The summons was cancelled after diplomatic contacts between Israel and Britain.
Barak Ravid (London) Jul 03, 2016 12:41 PM
▻http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.728619
(...) Livni referred to the summons at the Haaretz conference in London on Sunday, saying that a solution needed to be found once and for all to the legal threat facing Israeli leaders who visit Britain.
Livni said that she came to the conference to “speak about what I represent, the desire for peace,” but added that for years, every one of her visits to the U.K. has been subject to legal threat due to the arrest warrants against her in connection with Israeli military action against Hamas in Gaza.
She added that she had decided to address the issue publicly in light of the police summons. “I’m proud of the decisions I made as a cabinet minister in the Israeli government,” Livni said.
She slammed Hamas, stressing that it was defined as a terrorist organization in Europe. The group’s religious ideology was not directed at establishing a state, but at fighting Jews and Christians, Livni said.
Hamas, she added, continued to attack Israel despite the fact that Israel had left the Strip and abandoned its settlements in the territory. “Just two days ago, Hamas targeted a children center in Sderot. Thank God it was closed,” she said.
Livni said she rejects any comparison between Israeli soldiers or air force pilots, who try to avoid harming civilians, and terrorists, as well as any comparison between a Hamas arch-terrorist who gives an order and Israeli decision makers.
“The British legal system is being abused,” she said.
Livni said that Israel is open to visits by British ministers, and that Israel did not question their decisions in cabinet. Israel, she said, respects Britain’s fight against global terrorism and therefore expects Britain to respect Israel.
“The fact that Israeli decision-makers and army commanders are forced to participate in a ’theater of the absurd’ when we come to London is something that is not acceptable,” she said. “It’s not a personal issue, it’s a moral issue and this is something that needs to be changed.”
]]>« Israël a déjà dévoré toutes les carottes, il ne reste que le bâton, qui s’appelle BDS »
Gideon Levy – publié par Haaretz le 13 février 2016
Traduction : Luc Delval - Pour la Palestine -le 14 février 2016
►http://www.pourlapalestine.be/israel-a-deja-devore-toutes-les-carottes-il-ne-reste-que-le-baton-qu
(...) Comme d’habitude avec les gens prudents et symétriques comme les libéraux du centre, Friedman se hâte de rejeter la faute un peu sur le monde entier – les colons, Sheldon Adelson, Benjamin Netanyahou, le Hamas et Mahmoud Abbas. Il est regrettable qu’il fasse de nouveau cela. Il y a un grand responsable à la situation actuelle, le seul dont c’était la responsabilité de mettre fin à l’occupation, et qui n’a jamais bougé le petit doigt pour le faire.
Israël n’a jamais eu l’intention, pas même un moment, de réaliser une “solution à deux États”. Israël est à la fois la partie la plus puissante et l’occupant, et par conséquent les reproches ne peuvent être divisés entre lui et la partie faible, celle des occupés. On ne peut davantage s’en tirer en blâmant Netanyahou, les colons et Adelson. Est-ce que tous les autres, de Shimon Peres à Isaac Herzog en passant par Tzipi Livni et Ehud Barak, sont un peu moins coupables ? Est-ce que la plupart des Israéliens, qui ont permis par leur indifférence que cette situation perdure pendant tant d’années, sont moins coupables ? (...)
]]>#Nétanyahou tire à droite, la #Knesset vacille
▻http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2014/11/24/netanyahou-tire-a-droite-la-knesset-vacille_1149912
Sur sa page Facebook, la ministre de la Justice, Tzipi #Livni, a affiché les premiers paragraphes de la déclaration d’indépendance de l’Etat d’#Israël, lue par David Ben Gourion en 1948, dont elle a rayé au feutre rouge les éléments qui deviendraient caduques si cette loi était adoptée par le Parlement. Ainsi, du « développement du pays dans l’intérêt de tous ses habitants », elle a retiré « dans l’intérêt de tous ses habitants ». Idem pour les termes « égalité absolue des droits sociaux et politiques pour tous les habitants sans différence de religion, de race et de sexe ». De son côté, Yaïr Lapid affirme que ce texte de loi, « qui place l’Etat juif avant l’Etat démocratique » n’aurait été approuvé « ni par Ben Gourion, ni par Begin, ni par Jabotinsky », des sionistes ayant marqué l’histoire de l’Etat d’Israël.
]]>Israël : La ministre Tzipi Livni parle d’"apartheid" au sujet des bus réservés aux Palestiniens | Haaretz
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.623770
Settlers’ demands that Jews and Palestinians travel on separate buses smack of apartheid, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said in an interview with Army Radio Thursday.
The Defense Ministry has said the new busing plan, first reported in Haaretz, stems strictly from security considerations: To ensure that Palestinians allowed into Israel to work don’t stay overnight illegally, they will henceforth have to leave via the same checkpoint through which they enter so their entry and exit can be tracked more easily. Since regular Israeli buses don’t pass through this checkpoint, the new rule effectively precludes Palestinians from riding them.
However, Haaretz reported that Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon also came under heavy pressure from settlers to approve the new rule.
“As long as we’re talking about security, the considerations are relevant ones, and the defense minister’s job really is to ensure the citizenry’s security,” Livni said in the interview. “But he said he didn’t give any such order” – i.e., one barring Palestinians from riding Israeli buses serving the settlements.
“I applied to the attorney general when I read the [Haaretz] article, because I understood that this was the result of pressure by settlers who don’t want to travel with Arabs on the bus. I read the transcripts of what was said in that Knesset committee. It’s intolerable, the claims that they [the settlers] need their own buses, because one [Palestinian] didn’t get up for a woman or an elderly person, and another wasn’t nice to them. This is apartheid!” Livni said.
“If this is due to security considerations, that’s something I can not only live with, but I’ll even support,” she continued. “But if we’re talking about settler pressure, that it’s not convenient or pleasant for them in the very places they sought to live, where there are Palestinians – that’s something I find unacceptable, and I’ll work against it. This is discrimination that’s forbidden by Israeli law.”
Earlier this week, Haaretz published transcripts from a November 2013 meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s subcommittee on the West Bank. The meeting was called to discuss the shortage of buses to the settlements, but several settlers complained about the behavior of Palestinian passengers on these buses.
Ofri Tal-Or, 23, of Ariel, for instance, complained that a Palestinian once sat next to her and started feeling her up, ignoring her requests to stop. “I was too scared to get up because the bus was filled with Arabs and I didn’t know what to do,” she said.
Yoni Dreier of Ariel added that his wife once came home from Bar-Ilan University on a bus packed with Palestinians, and even though she was nine months pregnant, none of them offered her a seat, forcing her to stand the whole way.
]]>En Israël, les conversions au judaïsme facilitées | La-Croix.com
Des partis laïques et des formations représentant les russophones militent pour que des dizaines de milliers d’Israéliens déclarés « sans religion » puissent être reconnues comme juifs
►http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/En-Israel-les-conversions-au-judaisme-facilitees-2014-11-03-1258462
Le gouvernement israélien a approuvé dimanche 2 novembre une loi facilitant les conversions au judaïsme qui pourrait permettre à des centaines de milliers d’immigrants d’être reconnus comme juifs.
Le nouveau texte prévoit que le grand rabbin de chaque ville israélienne puisse mettre en place et diriger une cour régissant les conversions selon des critères qui seront fixés par le grand rabbinat d’Israël.
Tribunaux
Les ministres israéliens se sont mis d’accord sur cette proposition de loi, lancée par le député Elazar Stern de la formation centriste HaTnuah de la ministre de la justice Tzipi Livni, qui devrait permettre d’accroître considérablement le nombre de cours régissant les conversions.
Jusqu’alors, seuls quatre tribunaux relevant du rabbinat orthodoxe étaient reconnus par l’État. Ces tribunaux ont fait l’objet de critiques pour leurs pratiques strictes et dissuasives en matière de conversions.
364 000 Israéliens
La ministre de la justice Tzipi Livni a assuré que la nouvelle loi était « une excellente nouvelle pour des centaines de milliers de citoyens qui vivent parmi nous et ont été encouragés à immigrer dans le cadre de la Loi du retour mais qui étaient jusqu’à maintenant des citoyens de seconde zone ».
La question est récurrente en Israël. Environ 364 000 Israéliens sont aujourd’hui déclarés « sans religion », la majorité étant des immigrants de l’ex-URSS qui ne sont pas considérés comme juifs selon la halakha (loi juive), la stricte tradition religieuse juive, bien qu’ils aient pour la plupart d’entre eux une ascendance juive. La loi israélienne reconnaît comme juive toute personne née d’une mère juive, ou convertie selon la halakha (...)
]]>« Jesus = fils de p*** » une église profanée à quelques heures de l’arrivée du Pape - Haaretz
►http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.592439
Israël : flambée du racisme anti-chrétien avant la venue du pape - Le Point
►http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/israel-flambee-du-racisme-anti-chretien-avant-la-venue-du-pape-13-05-2014-18
De jeunes juifs extrémistes préparent-ils une attaque de grande envergure contre un site catholique durant la visite du pape en Israël et dans les Territoires palestiniens ? À moins de quinze jours de la venue du souverain pontife, cette éventualité suscite l’inquiétude des responsables catholiques de Terre sainte, du Shin Beth et de la police israélienne.
Israël : arrestation de sept mineurs juifs soupçonnés d’actes racistes - RFI
Tzipi Livni parle de « terroristes », à suivre pour voir si le sujet n’est pas instrumentalisé : il pourrait l’être à cause de l’opposition de certains orthodoxes à l’existence même d’Israël ►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/les-juifs-orthodoxes-s-opposent-a,0564 (risque d’amalgame ?)
►http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20140505-israel-arrestation-sept-mineurs-juifs-actes-vandalisme-racistes-contre-
Des extrémistes juifs, parfois très jeunes, venant souvent des colonies, s’en prennent régulièrement aux communautés musulmane et chrétienne. Ils taguent des lieux de culte, crèvent des pneus de voitures ou arrachent des oliviers. Récemment, ils ont même attaqué l’armée. Leur motivation : se venger contre des actes ou des décisions qu’ils jugent contraires à leurs intérêts. La police israélienne admet qu’elle a du mal à faire face à la recrudescence de ces incidents ces derniers mois. Le débat gagne à présent la sphère politique.
Certains à gauche, mais également au sein du gouvernement, comme la ministre de la Justice, Tzipi Livni, appellent à qualifier les auteurs de ces actes de « terroristes », un terme réservé jusqu’à présent aux Palestiniens. Si c’était le cas, cela permettrait d’avoir plus de moyens légaux pour agir contre ces extrémistes juifs.
Israel police ban 15 extremists ahead of pope visit - Ahram Online
►http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/102043.aspx
Fearing disruption by Jewish extremists when Pope Francis visits Jerusalem this weekend, police said on Friday they would issue restraining orders against 10 more activists, bringing the total to 15.
Une visite au Proche-Orient très politique pour le pape - Le Monde
►http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2014/05/22/une-visite-au-proche-orient-tres-politique-pour-le-pape_4423513_3210.html
#Israel's Livni under fire for Abbas meeting
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israels-livni-under-fire-abbas-meeting
Supporters of the #Palestine Solidarity Campaign hold placards bearing the picture of Israeli Justice Minister #Tzipi_Livni during a demonstration in central London on May 15 2014, against her visit to the city. (Photo: AFP - Ben Stansall)
Israel’s chief negotiator Tzipi Livni came under attack in the Zionist state on Sunday for talks with Palestinian Authority president #Mahmoud_Abbas, with senior officials insisting there was no intention to resume peace negotiations. Thursday’s meeting in London was the first between the two sides since the collapse last month of the latest round of talks, and came after both held separate talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry. read (...)
]]>Israël/Palestine : entrevue Livni-Abbas
▻http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2014/05/16/97001-20140516FILWWW00421-israelpalestine-entrevue-livni-abbas.php
Le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas et la ministre israélienne chargée des négociations de paix, Tzipi Livni, se sont vus jeudi soir à Londres, dans une première rencontre israélo-palestinienne depuis la suspension des négociations de paix, a rapporté aujourd’hui la télévision israélienne. Un responsable palestinien a confirmé la tenue de cette rencontre sans donner plus de détails.
Lors de cette rencontre, la négociatrice israélienne a évoqué l’avenir du processus de paix, désormais à nouveau dans l’impasse, et a fait part de l’inquiétude d’Israël après la récente signature d’un accord de réconciliation entre l’Organisation de libération de la Palestine (OLP) et le mouvement islamiste Hamas, au pouvoir à Gaza, a précisé la télévision. « Le Premier ministre Benyamin Netanyahou a été informé de cette rencontre mais il en a exprimé de la colère », a affirmé le commentateur politique de la chaîne.
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Netanyahu désavoue Livni pour sa rencontre avec Abbas
▻http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/867747/netanyahu-desavoue-livni-pour-sa-rencontre-avec-abbas.html
Benjamin Netanyahu a désavoué la rencontre entre sa ministre Tzipi Livni et le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas, rappelant que le dialogue avec les Palestiniens était gelé, a indiqué dimanche une source proche du Premier ministre israélien.
« Le Premier ministre a dit à Tzipi Livni avant cette rencontre (jeudi soir à Londres) qu’elle n’y représenterait qu’elle-même et non le gouvernement israélien », a expliqué à l’AFP cette source, confirmant ainsi que M. Netanyahu avait été informé en amont de l’entrevue.
Selon la source, M. Netanyahu a également expliqué à Mme Livni, sa négociatrice en chef, que la décision du gouvernement de « ne pas négocier avec une Autorité palestinienne qui soutient le mouvement terroriste du Hamas » avait été prise par l’ensemble du gouvernement.
« Cette rencontre à Londres était d’ordre privé et la ministre peut rencontrer qui bon lui semble », avait pour sa part estimé samedi Avigdor Lieberman, le ministre israélien des Affaires étrangères.
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Livni sera bientôt présentée dans les médias comme une colombe et l’état d’Israël pourra redorer son blason pour pas cher.
#UK grants #Israel's Livni diplomatic immunity ahead of diplomatic visit
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/uk-grants-israels-livni-diplomatic-immunity-ahead-diplomatic-visi
Israeli Justice Minister #Tzipi_Livni has been granted temporary diplomatic immunity for an upcoming visit to the United Kingdom, in order to protect her against arrest for her alleged war crimes, British media reported on Tuesday. The British Foreign Office confirmed it had granted “special mission” status to Livni, The Guardian wrote, ahead of a planned meeting between the Israeli politician and Foreign Office ministers in London. read more
]]>Israeli minister Tzipi Livni given diplomatic immunity for UK visit
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/israel-tzipi-livni-diplomatic-immunity-uk
The British government has granted temporary diplomatic immunity to a prominent Israeli politician ahead of a visit to the UK this week to protect her against arrest and potential prosecution for alleged breaches of international law, including war crimes.
The Foreign Office confirmed “special mission” status – effectively, diplomatic immunity – has been granted to Tzipi Livni, Israel’s justice minister and lead negotiator in recent peace talks, who will meet Foreign Office ministers in London.
“Since the visit meets all the essential elements for a special mission, and for avoidance of any doubt on the matter, the FCO has confirmed consent to the visit as a special mission,” the FCO said.
The move comes amid efforts to secure a warrant for Livni’s arrest by London lawyers Hickman and Rose, acting on behalf of a relative of a Palestinian killed in the bombing of a police compound on the first day of Israel’s military assault on Gaza, which began in December 2008.
]]>« Jesus = fils de p*** » une église profanée à quelques heures de l’arrivée du Pape - Haaretz
►http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.592439
Israël : flambée du racisme anti-chrétien avant la venue du pape - Le Point
►http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/israel-flambee-du-racisme-anti-chretien-avant-la-venue-du-pape-13-05-2014-18
De jeunes juifs extrémistes préparent-ils une attaque de grande envergure contre un site catholique durant la visite du pape en Israël et dans les Territoires palestiniens ? À moins de quinze jours de la venue du souverain pontife, cette éventualité suscite l’inquiétude des responsables catholiques de Terre sainte, du Shin Beth et de la police israélienne.
Israël : arrestation de sept mineurs juifs soupçonnés d’actes racistes - RFI
Tzipi Livni parle de « terroristes », à suivre pour voir si le sujet n’est pas instrumentalisé : il pourrait l’être à cause de l’opposition de certains orthodoxes à l’existence même d’Israël ►http://orientxxi.info/magazine/les-juifs-orthodoxes-s-opposent-a,0564 (risque d’amalgame ?)
►http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20140505-israel-arrestation-sept-mineurs-juifs-actes-vandalisme-racistes-contre-
Des extrémistes juifs, parfois très jeunes, venant souvent des colonies, s’en prennent régulièrement aux communautés musulmane et chrétienne. Ils taguent des lieux de culte, crèvent des pneus de voitures ou arrachent des oliviers. Récemment, ils ont même attaqué l’armée. Leur motivation : se venger contre des actes ou des décisions qu’ils jugent contraires à leurs intérêts. La police israélienne admet qu’elle a du mal à faire face à la recrudescence de ces incidents ces derniers mois. Le débat gagne à présent la sphère politique.
Certains à gauche, mais également au sein du gouvernement, comme la ministre de la Justice, Tzipi Livni, appellent à qualifier les auteurs de ces actes de « terroristes », un terme réservé jusqu’à présent aux Palestiniens. Si c’était le cas, cela permettrait d’avoir plus de moyens légaux pour agir contre ces extrémistes juifs.
Israel police ban 15 extremists ahead of pope visit - Ahram Online
►http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/102043.aspx
Fearing disruption by Jewish extremists when Pope Francis visits Jerusalem this weekend, police said on Friday they would issue restraining orders against 10 more activists, bringing the total to 15.
Une visite au Proche-Orient très politique pour le pape - Le Monde
►http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2014/05/22/une-visite-au-proche-orient-tres-politique-pour-le-pape_4423513_3210.html
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to meet Sunday in attempt to revive talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israeli-and-palestinian-negotiators-meet-sunday-attempt-revive-pe
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are to convene on Sunday in the latest attempt to save teetering #peace_talks, a Palestinian official told AFP. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat would meet his Israeli opposite number, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s special envoy Yitzhak Molcho during the afternoon, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. There was no confirmation from the Israeli side. read more
]]>Israel to consider war crimes case - Features - Al Jazeera English
►http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/israel-high-court-consider-war-crimes-case-201432864717613233.html
For the first time Israel’s Supreme Court is set to consider evidence on April 2 that senior Israeli political and military officials committed war crimes in relation to major military operations in Gaza and Lebanon.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the current justice minister, are among the high-level figures accused of breaking the laws of war when they launched attacks on Lebanon in 2006, and on Gaza in the winter of 2008-09.
The allegations have been levelled by Marwan Dalal, the only Israeli lawyer to have served as a senior prosecutor in one of the international criminal courts at The Hague in the Netherlands.
Dalal, who spent three years as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, belongs to Israel’s Palestinian minority, which comprises a fifth of the country’s population.
He said he had based his petition to the court on “strong factual and legal findings” from public sources, including the reports of Israeli official inquiries.
His evidence includes statements from senior Israeli officials in which they appear to implicate themselves in actions - including killing, collective punishment and attacks on civilian infrastructure - not justified by military necessity. Such acts are breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention as well as Israeli law.
Dalal will argue before the court that the Israeli police are required to investigate the evidence in preparation for possible indictments for war crimes.
“The evidence is in the public realm and obliges Israeli prosecutors to order investigations,” he said. “The failure to do so is unreasonable conduct and the court must rectify the matter.”
]]>Israel to consider war crimes case
Al Jazeera English
►http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/israel-high-court-consider-war-crimes-case-201432864717613233.html
For the first time Israel’s Supreme Court is set to consider evidence on April 2 that senior Israeli political and military officials committed war crimes in relation to major military operations in Gaza and Lebanon.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the current justice minister, are among the high-level figures accused of breaking the laws of war when they launched attacks on Lebanon in 2006, and on Gaza in the winter of 2008-09.
The allegations have been levelled by Marwan Dalal, the only Israeli lawyer to have served as a senior prosecutor in one of the international criminal courts at The Hague in the Netherlands.
Dalal, who spent three years as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, belongs to Israel’s Palestinian minority, which comprises a fifth of the country’s population.
He said he had based his petition to the court on “strong factual and legal findings” from public sources, including the reports of Israeli official inquiries.
His evidence includes statements from senior Israeli officials in which they appear to implicate themselves in actions - including killing, collective punishment and attacks on civilian infrastructure - not justified by military necessity. Such acts are breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention as well as Israeli law.
Dalal will argue before the court that the Israeli police are required to investigate the evidence in preparation for possible indictments for war crimes.
“The evidence is in the public realm and obliges Israeli prosecutors to order investigations,” he said. “The failure to do so is unreasonable conduct and the court must rectify the matter.”
]]>The Israeli ’watergate’ scandal: The facts about Palestinian water -
Haaretz, By Amira Hass | Feb. 16, 2014
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.574554
Rino Tzror is an interviewer who argues with rather than flatters his subjects. Yet last Thursday, he didn’t do his homework and let Justice Minister Tzipi Livni throw sand in the eyes of the public about everything regarding the flap over water with Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament.
Livni was invited onto his Army Radio program as a sane voice who would criticize the behavior of Economy Minister Naftali Bennett and Co. toward Schulz (Bennett’s Habayit Hayehudi party stormed out of the Knesset during a speech by Schulz when he allowed himself to wonder whether indeed Israelis were allotted four times as much water as Palestinians). “I told [the EU Parliament president], ‘You are wrong, they intentionally misled you,’” she told Tzror. “‘That is not how the water is allocated. Israel gives the Palestinians more water than what we committed to in the interim agreements.’”
The very word “gives” should have lit Tzror’s fuse. But Livni kept buttering him up in her learned tone, with her grumbles against the Palestinian position on desalinated water and the Joint Water Committee.
So here are the facts:
Israel doesn’t give water to the Palestinians. Rather, it sells it to them at full price.
The Palestinians would not have been forced to buy water from Israel if it were not an occupying power which controls their natural resource, and if it were not for the Oslo II Accords, which limit the volume of water they can produce, as well as the development and maintenance of their water infrastructure.
This 1995 interim agreement was supposed to lead to a permanent arrangement after five years. The Palestinian negotiators deluded themselves that they would gain sovereignty and thus control over their water resources.
The Palestinians were the weak, desperate, easily tempted side and sloppy when it came to details. Therefore, in that agreement Israel imposed a scandalously uneven, humiliating and infuriating division of the water resources of the West Bank.
The division is based on the volume of water Palestinians produced and consumed on the eve of the deal. The Palestinians were allotted 118 million cubic meters (mcm) per year from three aquifers via drilling, agricultural wells, springs and precipitation. Pay attention, Rino Tzror: the same deal allotted Israel 483 mcm annually from the same resources (and it has also exceeded this limit in some years).
In other words, some 20 percent goes to the Palestinians living in the West Bank, and about 80 percent goes to Israelis – on both sides of the Green Line – who also enjoy resources from the rest of the country.
Why should Palestinians agree to pay for desalinated water from Israel, which constantly robs them of the water flowing under their feet?
The agreement’s second major scandal: Gaza’s water economy/management was condemned to be self-sufficient and made reliant on the aquifer within its borders. How can we illustrate the injustice? Let’s say the Negev residents were required to survive on aquifers in the Be’er Sheva-Arad region, without the National Water Carrier and without accounting for population growth. Overpumping in Gaza, which causes seawater and sewage to penetrate into the aquifer, has made 90 percent of the potable water undrinkable.
Can you imagine? If Israelis had peace and justice in mind, the Oslo agreement would have developed a water infrastructure linking the Strip to the rest of the country.
According to the deal, Israel will keep selling 27.9 mcm of water per year to the Palestinians. In its colonialist generosity, Israel agreed to recognize Palestinian future needs for an additional 80 mcm per year. It’s all detailed in the agreement with the miserly punctiliousness of a capitalist tycoon. Israel will sell some, and the Palestinians will drill for the rest, but not in the western mountain aquifer. That’s forbidden.
But today the Palestinians produce just 87 mcm in the West Bank – 21 mcm less than Oslo allotted them. The drought, Israeli limits on development and drilling new wells, and limits on movement are the main reasons. Palestinian mismanagement is secondary. So, Israel “gives” – or rather sells – about 60 mcm per year. True. That is more than the Oslo II Accords agreed for it to sell. And the devastating conclusion: Palestinian dependence on the occupier has only increased.
Israel retained the right of the mighty to cap infrastructure development and rehabilitation initiatives. For example, Israel has imposed on the Palestinian Authority pipes that are narrower than desired, forbids connecting communities in Area C to the water infrastructure, tarries in approving drilling, and delays replacing disintegrating pipes. Hence the 30 percent loss of water from Palestinian pipes.
113,000 Palestinians are not connected to the water network. Hundreds of thousands of others are cut off from a regular supply during the summer months. In Area C, Israel forbids even the digging of cisterns for collecting rainwater. And that’s called giving?
* Instead of spending time calculating whether the average Israeli household’s per-capita consumption of water is four times or “only” three times that of Palestinian consumption, open your eyes: The settlements bathed in green, and across the road Palestinian urban neighborhoods and villages are subject to a policy of water rotation. The thick pipes of Mekorot (Israel’s national water provider) are heading to the Jordan Valley settlements, and a Palestinian tractor next to them transports a rusty tank of water from afar. In the summer, the faucets run dry in Hebron and never stop flowing in Kiryat Arba and Beit Hadassah.
All of this is intentionally misleading?
]]>AG: Bill against pro-boycott Israel groups is unconstitutional
Haaretz
By Revital Hovel and Jonathan Lis | Dec. 15, 2013
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.563537
A controversial bill that would penalize any non-profit organization if one of its executives calls for a boycott of Israel is to be discussed Sunday by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation. The proposed law - which Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has described as unconstitutional - would levy a tax of 45 percent on any donation from foreign political entities to NPOs, if one of the organization’s managers has expressed support for a boycott, divestment or sanctions against Israel or its citizens.
The bill, sponsored by the Yisrael Beiteinu and Habayit Hayehudi parties, will also apply to those groups in which one of its leaders has called to put Israeli soldiers on trial in international bodies, or supports an armed struggle by an enemy country or terrorist organization against the State of Israel.
Weinstein will submit his formal opinion to the Ministerial Committee, saying that if the bill is made into law and challenged in court, he will not be able to defend it. The attorney general said that the bill infringes on a number of constitutional rights enshrined in Israel’s Basic Laws, including freedom of expression and freedom of association. He said what was presented as a tax hike was in his view a de facto fine intended to create a chilling effect on donations to the non-profits in question, which would harm freedom of expression in Israel. “Limiting donations and harming non-profit organizations’ free speech, and in general harming human rights is something done by a group of countries that it is doubtful that Israel wants to join,” said Weinstein. He added that even if the purpose of the bill was proper, which he said he doubted, it exceeded any sense of proportion because of the serious ramifications it was likely to cause.
The issue of proportionality is important because under Israeli law the state may undertake an act that harms a right in one of Israel’s Basic Laws if it is consistent with the values of the State of Israel, intended for a proper purpose and the harm done is proportionate.
The explanatory preface to the proposed law states it “wants to reduce the involvement of foreign policy entities in Israeli democracy, which is conducted via financial support for non-profit organizations, whose goals, or activities in practice, grossly exceed the limits of the Israeli democratic discussion and are an attempt to cause real harm and are a significant and serious interference in the basic characteristics of the State of Israel and its sovereignty.”
If the Ministerial Committee votes to give the bill government backing, it will then go to the Knesset later this week for its preliminary reading.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who chairs the committee, is expected to oppose the bill. She called the bill undemocratic and inappropriate yesterday. If the committee does approve the bill today, Livni is expected to appeal the vote.
In 2011, a similar bill was proposed by MK Faina Kirschenbaum (Yisrael Beitenu), that would have levied a 45 percent tax rate on donations from foreign states to organizations not supported by the State of Israel. Weinstein warned at that time that the bill was unconstitutional, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that in principle he supported the bill with some adjustments, including distinguishing between organizations whose activities focus on human rights and those that are identified with political causes. In the end, Netanyahu froze the bill and it did not advance in the Knesse
]]>Livni slams Israeli right-wing party for sabotaging #peace_talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/livni-slams-israeli-right-wing-party-sabotaging-peace-talks
Israel’s chief peace negotiator on Thursday accused a key coalition partner of deliberately seeking to sabotage talks with the Palestinians by ramping up illegal settlement construction. Speaking just hours before the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry on his second visit within a week, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni accused the far-right national religious Jewish Home of deliberately promoting settlement projects in a bid “to derail” the ongoing negotiations. read more
]]>Tzipi Livni: No Linkage of Arab-Jewish Refugees
The Jewish Press
▻http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/point-of-no-return/tzipi-livni-no-linkage-of-arab-jewish-refugees/2013/10/28
As peace talks lurch forward between Israel and the Palestinians, the burning question is whether Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief negotiator, will address the issue of the Jewish refugees from Arab countries and link it to Palestinian refugee claims. Levana Zamir, a delegate to the World Jewish Congress executive committee meeting in Jerusalem, managed to pose the question to Livni. But the answer she got was disappointing.
Here is Levana’s report:
At the closing session of the World Jewish Congress Executive Committee, gathering on 23 October in Jerusalem, presided by Ronald Lauder, one of the Israeli VIP guest speakers was Tzipi Livni, Minister of Justice.
“I cannot share with you of course, the content of the negotiations,” said Livni among other things, “but I can tell you that the proposal of ‘one country for two peoples’ is in no way an option, but two separate states, a Jewish state and a Palestinian one.
“My main concern during negotiations is the security of Israel. I met recently with a Jew from an Arab country, who told me that ‘one state for Jews and Arabs together will take us back to the very bad situation we had to flee from.”
So it was a great opportunity during the Q&A session, open to the audience, to present our “burning” question:
I introduced myself as President of the Association of the Jews of Egypt and as a member of the WJC General Assembly.
“In September 2012,” I said, “the WJC brought the Jewish Refugees issue to the United Nations opening session, asking for recognition of the million Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries. But as we say, “Charity begins at home”, and no doubt the Jewish refugees issue is a good tool during negotiations, and as a “balance” to the Palestinian refugee problem. So my question to you is: do you remember us ?”
“The answer is yes, ” said Livni, “but – the Palestinian refugee problem has no connection with the Arab countries.”
This was Tzipi Livni’s answer, short and clear. “There is no connection between the Palestinian refugees and the Arab countries.”
(“The other two guest speakers were MK Isaac Herzog and Minister Naftali Bennett, hosted by Shella Safra, WJC Treasurer. In his speech, Minister Bennett brought the Hizbollah as an example. He said: “the Hizbollah are fighting us, although they have no demands for land. Their only reason is: they do not want us here at all”.)
]]>Soldiers’ benefits mustn’t come at the expense of Israel’s minorities
discriminations contre les Palestiniens et... contre les juifs orthodoxes
Editorial
Haaretz, 29th of October 2013
▻http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.554919
The softened version of the Contributors to the State bill, which was approved Monday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, was supposed to eliminate the worst of the discriminatory excesses of the original version of the draft law. The constitutional flaws of the bill’s earlier version were pointed out by Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, among other.
The original bill, which was sponsored by coalition chairman MK Yariv Levin, was also approved by the ministerial committee, over the opposition of Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Health and Minister Yael German. Its provisions included preferential treatment for military or civilian national service veterans in admission to higher education, in government hiring (and wages and benefits), and in residential building rights. Weinstein ruled that the bill would cause injury to population groups that already suffer from severe discrimination and would violate the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Freedom.
The new version, which was drafted in consultation with Knesset legal advisor Eyal Yinon, provides for “softer” benefits, such as letting soldiers in uniform jump the queue at entertainment venues, giving preference to military or nonmilitary veterans in allocating university housing and limited preference in real estate tenders. Nevertheless, it seems as if Levin and many cabinet ministers still haven’t grasped the ethical failure such a law’s very existence entails.
The Contributors to the State bill in effect constitutes systematic discrimination, in every walk of life, against entire population groups that are by law exempt from compulsory military or civilian national service. No democracy can accept such discrimination, especially when it affects already disadvantaged communities, namely Israeli Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews. The fact that military service is compulsory for a large part of the population does not justify a law that would have far-reaching consequences on civilian life, far beyond the military realm.
Many cabinet ministers have declared a fervent wish for more Arabs and Haredim in the workforce, even calling this goal a “national project” that could have a dramatic impact on the national economy.
Blind, a priori discrimination is not the way to achieve this integration. It will only create alienation and anger in these communities, sending the message that the state is lending a hand to their discrimination.
It is indeed worthy to reward those who contribute to the state through military or civilian service, but the way to do so is not by discriminating against other groups. The cabinet and Levin must draft a new bill that would recognize the contribution of veterans, such as paying higher salaries to soldiers during service. That is the only way the benefits offered in this bill will outweigh its costs.
]]>Netanyahou n’aime pas la chanson, ni les oiseaux palestiniens…
« Et je m’en irai.
–Où l’ami ?
- Où les colombes se sont envolées, où les blés les ont acclamées
Pour étayer cet espace avec un épi qui attend.
En mon nom, poursuis ton chant
Et ne pleure pas, l’ami, un air perdu dans les souterrains.
C’est une chanson,
Une chanson ! »
Mahmoud Darwich, « La terre nous est étroite et autres poèmes »
Le « négociateur palestinien en chef », Saeb Erekat, a adressé une lettre au Secrétaire d’État américain John Kerry, dénonçant la « mauvaise foi d’Israël » et son « manque de sérieux » dans les négociations, après la construction de 1000 logements supplémentaires en Palestine. Le pauvre Saeb Erekat n’a même pas eu le temps de jouir de sa lune de miel avec son « amie » Tzipi Livni, qui n’arrêtait pas de l’appeler par son prénom « Saeb », lors du « premier cycle de négociations » tenu à Washington le 31 juillet. « Saeb » a donc découvert pour la première fois après plus de 60 ans de fourberies sionistes , que les Israéliens sont de « mauvaise foi ». Hibernation de conscience et d’esprit oblige.
Mais « Saeb », le négociateur palestinien en chef sur la sécurité d’Israël et rien d’autre, ne m’intéresse pas aujourd’hui. Ce qui m’intéresse à vrai dire c’est la réponse de Benyamin Netanyahou, Premier ministre colonisateur. Dans sa lettre au Secrétaire d’État américain John Kerry, Netanyahou charge la chanson palestinienne, responsable selon lui de cette impasse et de la poursuite des constructions.
Netanyahou charge plus précisément le jeune chanteur palestinien Mohammed Assaf, dernier vainqueur de la seconde saison de Arab Idol , une version saoudienne et émiratie du célèbre show américain, organisée et diffusée par le groupe MBC , un réseau saoudien wahha-bite de chaînes satellitaires basées à Londres et à Dubaï. C’est une autre histoire. Vous devinez à quoi je pense !
« Incitement and peace cannot coexist » (l’incitation et la paix ne peuvent pas coexister), nous apprend Netanyahou. Les Palestiniens privés de la vie, de la terre, de l’eau et de l’air, ne devraient pas chanter et conter leur souffrance et mémoire. Le « spectacle » du drame palestinien doit être mis sur « Mute » (muet) selon Netanyahou.
Le Jerusalem Post rapporte comment Netanyahou « also included a link to a YouTube video that depicts the popular winner of Arab Idol Muhammad Assaf singing a song at the Barcelona soccer game in Hebron that spoke longingly of Israeli cities within the pre- 1967 lines as belonging to Palestine. ». Netanyahou a donc envoyé le lien d’une vidéo sur le site YouTube, montrant le jeune chanteur gazaoui en train de reprendre une célèbre chanson palestinienne devant les joueurs et les responsables du club espagnol FC Barcelone, venus rendre « visite » aux fans palestiniens à Hébron.
Les paroles de la chanson Ya Tir Ya Tayer ! (Ô oiseau qui vole !), invoquent un oiseau de voler sur les villes palestiniennes et d’augurer et de promettre le retour des réfugiés palestiniens. On comprend bien que Benyamin Netanyahou, Mahmoud Abbas, Tzipi Livni et Saeb Erekat préfèrent danser et « négocier » sur l’air « Sugar baby love » !
Lire la suite ►http://chahidslimani.over-blog.com
]]>Négociations : « des années de marasme diplomatiques approchent de leur fin » dit Livni
▻http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/824416/negociations-des-annees-de-marasme-diplomatiques-approchent-de-leur-f
La ministre de la Justice et chef des négociateurs israéliens, Tzipi Livni, a salué vendredi soir l’annonce par le secrétaire d’État américain John Kerry d’un accord pour une reprise des négociations entre Palestiniens et Israéliens.
]]>pour le boycott économique d’Israël
The Israeli patriot’s final refuge : boycott
by Gideon Levy
Haaretz
▻http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-israeli-patriot-s-final-refuge-boycott.premium-1.535596
Anyone who really fears for the future of the country needs to be in favor at this point of boycotting it economically.
A contradiction in terms? We have considered the alternatives. A boycott is the least of all evils, and it could produce historic benefits. It is the least violent of the options and the one least likely to result in bloodshed. It would be painful like the others, but the others would be worse.
On the assumption that the current status quo cannot continue forever, it is the most reasonable option to convince Israel to change. Its effectiveness has already been proven. More and more Israelis have become concerned recently about the threat of the boycott. When Justice Minister Tzipi Livni warns about it spreading and calls as a result for the diplomatic deadlock to be broken, she provides proof of the need for a boycott. She and others are therefore joining the boycott, divestment and sanction movement. Welcome to the club.
#BDS
]]>Netanyahu blocks bid for transparency in legislation process of Israeli government - National Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/netanyahu-blocks-bid-for-transparency-in-legislation-process-of-israeli-gov
The chances of the public ever learning how cabinet ministers voted in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation have dropped considerably, after a legal opinion was issued stating that revealing this information will require the approval of the cabinet.
The initiative to publicize how the ministers vote on the legislative proposals the committee debates came from Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who views this as an important step toward transparency.
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation determines which bills go to the Knesset plenum with government backing − which makes it almost certain they will pass into law − and which bills go nowhere. The panel’s debates are confidential; they are not transcribed and how the ministers vote is not documented. The lack of transparency makes it easier for interested parties to exert pressure, make deals, and stymie legislative initiatives without the public being able to monitor the process.
Livni, who is chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, announced two months ago, at the current panel’s first meeting, “It would be proper for there to be transparency in the committee, and I plan to examine this.”
Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit, however, delayed the move in order to check its legality, apparently with the backing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is not very excited about Livni’s idea.
The legal opinion was provided by the Prime Minister’s Office legal adviser, Shlomit Barnea-Fargo, and is being revealed here for the first time. The adviser determined that Livni does not have the authority to make the change she wants on her own, nor is the ministerial committee empowered to change the cabinet work regulations.
Barnea-Fargo said that the authority to do so rests with the full cabinet. Livni has already asked the prime minister and cabinet secretary to bring the issue up for debate by the cabinet as soon as possible.
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Un Etat binational ? Deux Etats : Israël et Palestine ? (à suivre)
Jerusalem Post
6 06 2013
Livni : la solution des deux Etats est la seule manière de préserver le sionisme.
▻http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Livni-2-state-solution-is-only-way-to-safeguard-Zionism-315639
« Si j’avais un choix à faire entre le grand Israël ou un Etat juif et démocratique, je choisirais un Etat juif et démocratique », a indiqué la Ministre de la Justice Tzipi Livni au Forum de l’American Jewish Committee, cette semaine, à Washington. « Le temps est compté pour ceux qui croient que la solution des deux Etats est le seul moyen sioniste pour préserver notre identité », a-t-elle ajouté. »
(traduction libre)
NB : Tzipi Livni est chargé dans le gouvernement Netanyahou des négociations avec les Palestiniens.
#Livni, #sionisme, #Etat_juif, #Etat_démocratique, #solution_des_deux_Etats, #identité_juive, #Grand_Israël
Israël s’est félicité mardi de l’évolution de la Ligue arabe sur les frontières d’un futur Etat palestinien, qui valide le principe des échanges de territoires entre Israël et les Palestiniens.
« Il s’agit certainement d’une étape importante et je m’en réjouis », a déclaré la ministre israélienne de la Justice Tzipi Livni, chargée du dossier des négociations avec les Palestiniens, après que la Ligue arabe a accepté le principe d’un « échange mineur » de territoires entre les deux parties, sur lequel se sont fondés les précédents pourparlers de paix.
« L’initiative prise par la Ligue arabe renforce réellement la chance » de parvenir à un accord de paix, a estimé Mme Livni dans un entretien à la radio militaire.
« Nous sommes prêts à des changements, quelque chose qui permettra aux Palestiniens, je l’espère, de revenir à la table (des négociations) et de faire les compromis nécessaires », a-t-elle ajouté.
(...) Hamad ben Jassem al-Thani, dont le pays préside le comité de suivi de l’initiative de paix arabe, s’est dit favorable à une un « échange mineur de terre comparable et mutuellement accepté » qui permettrait à Israël de conserver les blocs de colonies les plus peuplés.
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▻http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ilDdeD02YxtH_5XK8SVNCgfung4Q?docId=CNG.7a0f2a86d03f0cc7e83599780af4f8e
]]>Jérusalem-Est : l’Autorité palestinienne convoque la représentante du Canada
▻http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_Jerusalem_Est_l_Autorite_palestinienne_convoque_la_representante_du_Canad ?
RAMALLAH (Territoires palestiniens) - L’Autorité palestinienne a convoqué dimanche la représentante du Canada pour lui faire part de son vif mécontentement après la visite controversée du chef de la diplomatie canadienne John Baird à Jérusalem-Est occupée et annexée par Israël.
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères a convoqué dimanche la représentante du Canada auprès de l’Etat de Palestine, Katherine Verrier-Fréchette, pour lui faire part de son vif mécontentement à la suite de la rencontre entre le ministre canadien des Affaires étrangères John Baird et la ministre israélienne de la Justice Tzipi Livni à Jérusalem-Est, selon un communiqué.
La polémique, qui empoisonne les relations entre l’Autorité palestinienne et le Canada, a éclaté après que M. Baird eut dérogé à la politique de la plupart de ses homologues en rencontrant cette semaine un haut responsable israélien dans le secteur arabe de la ville annexée par Israël.
M. Baird a établi délibérément un précédent, selon la presse israélienne.
Au Caire, le porte-parole du secrétaire général de la Ligue arabe Nabil el-Arabi s’est déclaré de son côté extrêmement indigné par cette rencontre à Jérusalem-Est. Cette prise de position constitue une violation des décisions de l’ONU et tente de légitimer l’occupation par Israël de Jérusalem-Est, a-t-il dit.
La communauté internationale ne reconnaît pas l’annexion de Jérusalem-Est, qu’elle considère comme un territoire occupé et où les Palestiniens veulent établir la capitale de l’Etat auquel ils aspirent.
Les dirigeants palestiniens avaient déjà fustigé vendredi une violation flagrante du droit international, parlant de provocation et de gifle à la face du peuple palestinien.
Votre récente rencontre avec des responsables israéliens à Jérusalem-Est a pour conséquence de tenter de légitimer la situation illégale sur le terrain, avait déploré le négociateur Saëb Erakat, membre de la direction de l’Organisation de libération de la Palestine (OLP), dans une lettre au ministre canadien.
Lors de sa récente visite de près d’une semaine, au cours de laquelle il a rencontré les dirigeants israéliens et des représentants des milieux d’affaires, M. Baird a réaffirmé l’alliance étroite et spéciale de son pays avec Israël.
]]>John Kerry au Proche-Orient pour relancer le processus de paix - Etats-Unis / Israël - RFI
▻http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20130408-john-kerry-secretaire-etat-americain-proche-orient-abbas-palestinien
L’administration américaine s’est donnée deux mois pour tenter de remettre le processus de paix sur les rails.
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« Cela prendra du temps », a dit Tzipi Livni, la ministre de la Justice chargée du dossier palestinien au sein du gouvernement de l’Etat hébreu.
]]>INTOX OU PAS ? Info largement relayée côté arabe, mais aucune source israélienne pour le moment. Cet article date du 28 janvier.
Tzipi Livni : Qatar Funded Netanyahu Campaign
▻http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=80996
The Zionist former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni admitted last week that the Arab Emirate of Qatar has funded the electoral campaign of Zionist Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and that of the ‘Yisrael Beiteinu’ party.
During an interview with the Zionist television Channel-1, Livni said that her rival Netanyahu has received from Qatar $3 million and the ‘Yisrael Beiteinu’ party $1.5 million for their campaigns.
However, Netanyahu promised the Qatari emir in exchange that he will meet Hamas after the elections and that the right-wing coalition will promote the creation of a Jordanian-Palestinian governed federation, she added, noting that Hamas and the Zionist officials had already secret meetings in Doha.
Livni also stated that she is a close friend of Mrs. Mozah, wife of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar.
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Tzipi Livni : le Qatar a offert 3 millions de dollars à Netanyahou
▻http://www.afrique-asie.fr/menu/moyen-orient/4728-tzipi-livni-le-qatar-a-offert-3-millions-de-dollars-a-netanyahou.h
15 morts palestiniens, 0 mort israélien, la Clinton condamne cette intolérable disproportion :
►http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4200978,00.html
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the barrage of rockets fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Clinton said in a meeting with Opposition leader Tzipi Livni in New York that Israel has the right to defend itself. Livni in turn urged the international community to speak out against terrorism directed at Israel’s southern communities.
]]>Gender segregation on rise in Israel - CBS News
►http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57320277/gender-segregation-on-rise-in-israel
This is the new reality in parts of 21st-century Israel, where ultra-Orthodox rabbis are trying to contain the encroachment of secular values on their cloistered society through a fierce backlash against the mixing of the sexes in public.
On the surface, Israel’s gender equality bona fides seem strong, with the late Golda Meir as a former prime minister, Tzipi Livni as the current opposition leader, and its women soldiers famed around the world.
Reality is not so shiny. The World Economic Forum recently released an unfavorable image of women’s earning power in Israel, and in 2009, the last year for which data are available, Israeli women earned two-thirds what men did.
]]>Très intéressant article : la nouvelle loi britannique destinée à protéger les criminels de guerre israéliens n’a pas été suffisante pour bloquer l’arrestation de Tzipi Livni à son arrivée sur le territoire anglais. Il a donc fallu un artifice du gouvernement, lui attribuant artificiellement l’immunité parlementaire, pour éviter son arrestation.
Changes to UK law didn’t protect Tzipi Livni - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
►http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/10/201110912402659549.html
In December 2009, a judge in London issued a warrant for the arrest of former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. The judge received significant evidence indicating her individual criminal responsibility for war crimes committed during Israel’s December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip. The Court’s straightforward application of the rule of law prompted a diplomatic offensive on the part of Israel, which on September 15, 2011 resulted in procedural changes to universal jurisdiction legislation in England and Wales. These changes were intended to prevent the arrest of suspected war criminals from “friendly” states.
On October 6, 2011, Ms Livni returned to the United Kingdom. A stated purpose of her visit was to celebrate this change in the law. In advance of her visit, and acting on behalf of civilian victims of war crimes in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Hickman & Rose requested that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) authorise the arrest of Ms Livni or consent to the victims applying to court for a second judicial arrest warrant. This application was made in full conformity with the recent legislative changes.
Extensive evidence indicating Ms Livni’s individual criminal responsibility was presented to the DPP, and an effective dialogue was established with senior crown prosecutors that enabled relevant, admissible additional evidence to be supplied at their request. However, following the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s last-minute (apparently) retroactive attribution of diplomatic immunity to Ms Livni, on the basis of her visit constituting a “special mission”, the DPP issued a statement that he had been blocked from making any decision as to her arrest.
]]>Qu’est-ce qu’on pourrait bien faire pour fêter le nouvel an de manière originale ? Tiens, et si on invitait une criminelle de guerre ! (Ah mais quelle bonne idée dis donc !)
Livni to travel to London - Israel News, Ynetnews
►http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4130070,00.html
Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni announced that she will travel to London next week, her first trip to the United Kingdom since it issued a warrant for her arrest in the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague called Livni last week, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, and invited her to visit the UK. On Sunday, she said that she has accepted the invitation.
The news came two weeks after British legislators amended the law that allowed arrest warrants to be issued against Israeli officials, making Livni’s trip possible.
]]>Britain changes law that enabled war crime charges against Israelis - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
►http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/britain-changes-law-that-enabled-war-crime-charges-against-israelis-1.38467
Britain has amended a law that allowed for issuing arrest warrants against Israeli politicians who visit the country, British Ambassador Matthew Gould announced Thursday. Gould called opposition leader Tzipi Livni, against whom an arrest warrant was issued in 2009, and told her the Queen has signed the amendment “to ensure that the UK’s justice system can no longer be abused for political reasons.”
Fuck la crise économique : ce dont ont réellement besoin les britanniques, c’est d’éviter que les criminels de guerre israéliens puissent être arrêtés en Grande Bretagne.
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