News from Jerusalem

Israeli President Shimon Peres warned the threat of genocide still hangs over nations around the world, and it was Israel’s duty to protect its minorities from discrimination

In his speech, Prime Minister focuses on Iran, calling it a threat to Israel and to world peace saying that people who dismiss the Iranian threat as a whim or an exaggeration “have learnt nothing from the Holocaust.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu: “Today exactly, we will start the Government’s fourth year in office. This is the most stable Government in the last 20 years and it is a Government that gets things done, a lot of things.

JERUSALEM – The U.S. should be “ashamed” of issuing an official statement on the current violence in Gaza that called on “both sides” – Israel and Hamas – to restore calm, declared a Knesset member from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party today

US military officials said on Wednesday, March 7, that contrary to the prevailing impression, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed not only their dispute over an attack on Iran at their White House meeting…

Thank you for the warm reception. It could be heard as far away as Jerusalem – the eternal and united capital of Israel. More than two thirds of the Congress is in attendance here tonight. I deeply appreciate your being here

Obama: Will use force against Iran according to “time and circumstances”
U.S. preference is “to resolve this issue diplomatically”
U.S. support for Israel is, should remain, bipartisan.

Israel’s top leaders are gearing up for a flurry of high-profile diplomacy this coming week that will influence the next steps taken to thwart Iran’s nuclear program.

The US President turned down two Israeli requests. One, to set final red lines for Iran’s nuclear program which, if crossed, would be grounds for US and Israeli attacks. Israel says America’s “shifting red lines” let Iran leap ahead from one US red line to the next.

Statistics refute Abbas claim of “ethnic cleansing” in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu: Palestinians must stop distorting reality.
Israel maintains freedom of worship for all faiths.