QUOTE OF THE DAY

PM Netanyahu comments on upcoming talks on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to reporters in Prague: “Obviously, nothing would be better than to see this issue resolved diplomatically. But I have seen…

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COMMENT & OPINION

21/05/2012

Ynet: ‘Hamas wants calm in Gaza’, by Ron Ben Yishai

“The days of the Messiah have not yet arrived. The Hamas movement constantly states that it has not renounced the “liberation of occupied land via…

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18/05/2012

The Wall Street Journal: Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran, by Meir Dagan, August Hanning, James Woolsey, Charles Guthrie, Kristen Silverberg and Mark Wallace

“As the Iranian regime races to fulfill its nuclear ambitions, the world faces a stark choice. Our near future carries the risk of a military…

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17/05/2012

World Affairs Journal: BBC Hard Talk and the ‘Israel lobby’, by Alan Johnson

In this World Affairs blog Alan Johnson discusses the appearance of anti-Zionist Norman Finkelstein on BBC Hard Talk and the controversial use of the term ‘Jewish lobby’ during the programme.

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Bloomberg: ‘In Iran Nuke Talks, Ehud Barak Is the Man to Watch’, by Jeffrey Goldberg

“Obama has studied Barak and Netanyahu carefully. He’s fully aware that Barak was Netanyahu’s commander in the Israeli army, and he understands that Netanyahu often…

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16/05/2012

Jerusalem Post: ‘Nakba and freedom’

“Israel’s vibrant – though embattled – democracy was on display Monday at Tel Aviv University in all its glory. Dozens of students – Palestinian and…

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DAILY NEWS BRIEFING

Top Story: Israel sceptical ahead of Iran nuclear talks

Israeli leaders are urging caution ahead of a week of diplomacy to address international concerns over…

LATEST ANALYSIS

BICOM Briefing: Palestinian prisoners hunger strike

On 14 May an Egyptian brokered agreement between Israel and Palestinian prisoners ended a hunger strike by inmates that began four weeks ago.


SPOTLIGHT

Peter Beinart’s ‘The Crisis of Zionism’ – A Symposium

BICOM is pleased to present an in-depth interview with Peter Beinart, author of 'The Crisis of…


LATEST PODCAST

Likud-Kadima unity deal: Briefing with MK Yochanan Plesner and Nadav Eyal

On a conference call chaired by BICOM's Israel office Director Jonathan Cummings, shortly after the shock announcement of a unity deal between Kadima and Likud, Kadima MK Yochanan Plesner and Channel 10 political editor Nadav Eyal gave sharply contrasting takes on the agreement.