Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 3, 2014
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/israel-musings-december-3-2014-israeli-knesset-votes-sets-election-date-after-netanyahu-fires-cabinet-minister/
Posted by bonniekgoodman on September 3, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/israel-musings-september-3-2013-israeli-palestinian-peace-talks-continue-this-week-in-secrecy-little-progress/
Source: JTA, 9-2-13
The U.S. envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has attended a negotiating session, the U.S. State Department said, in advance of a scheduled meeting….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on September 2, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/israel-political-brief-september-2-2013-us-envoy-martin-indyk-has-attended-israeli-palestinian-negotiations-new-meeting-scheduled/
Source: Haaretz, 9-2-13
The meeting in Jerusalem will be the sixth in this round of negotiations, which are held under a heavy veil of secrecy….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on September 2, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/israel-political-brief-september-2-2013-israeli-palestinian-negotiation-teams-to-meet-on-tuesday/
Posted by bonniekgoodman on August 22, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/israel-musings-august-22-2013israel-meets-with-palestinians-for-third-peace-talks-meeting/
Source: JTA, 8-20-13
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni appointed Israel Prize winner Ruth Gavison to draft a constitutional proposal that would reconcile the country’s democratic and Jewish characters….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on August 20, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/israel-political-brief-august-20-2013-justice-minister-tzipi-livni-wants-constitutional-proposal-balancing-israels-jewish-democratic-identities/
Source: JTA, 8-4-13
Fifteen West Bank settlements were added to the list of communities approved by Israel’s Cabinet that are entitled to extra government benefits….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on August 4, 2013
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Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 24, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/israel-musings-july-24-2013-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-promises-referendum-on-any-peace-agreements/
Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 23, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/israel-musings-july-23-2013-canadian-foreign-affairs-minister-john-baird-weighs-in-on-israeli-palestinian-peace-talks-resumption/
Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 22, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/israel-musings-july-22-2013-israel-and-palestinians-agree-to-peace-talks-but-what-will-be-the-concessions/
Source: AJC, 6-3-13
Israeli Minister Tzipi Livni Delivers Impassioned Address at AJC Global Forum
Tzipi Livni, who serves as Israel’s Justice Minister and is also in charge of negotiations with the Palestinians, told an audience of over 1500 at AJC’s Global Forum that “the only way to keep Israel as both a Jewish state and a democratic state” is to create a “Palestinian state for the Palestinians.”…
Minister Livni argued for pursuing a two-state settlement as being “not a favor to the Palestinians, but rather as a necessity for Israel” and reflecting “core Jewish values.”…READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on June 3, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/jewish-political-brief-june-3-2013-israeli-justice-minister-tzipi-livni-delivers-impassioned-address-at-ajc-global-forum/
Source: JTA, 5-9-13
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni ordered her ministry to draft legislation that would make the gender-based segregation of women illegal….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 9, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/israel-political-brief-may-9-2013-justice-minister-tzipi-livni-moving-to-make-public-exclusion-of-women-illegal/
Source: JTA, 5-3-13
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni reportedly refused to accept the 1967 border as the basis for a final Israeli-Palestinian border prior to negotiations….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 3, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/israel-political-brief-may-3-2013-israel-rejects-1967-borders-precondition/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 4-7-13
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni attended a ceremony marking Yom Hashoah at the Massuah Institute for the Study of the Holocaust….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 7, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/israel-political-brief-april-7-2013-justice-minister-tzipi-livni-i-was-educated-to-remember-and-never-forget-at-the-massuah-institute-for-the-study-of-the-holocaust/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 4-7-13
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni announced Sunday that she would sponsor a law that would provide free legal help to Holocaust survivors who are seeking to reclaim property or benefits they were supposed to have received, but didn’t….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 7, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/israel-political-brief-april-7-2013-justice-minister-tzipi-livni-holocaust-survivors-deserve-free-legal-help/
Source: Bloomberg, 3-14-13
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has reached agreements with other parliamentary factions to form a new government, according to a spokeswoman for his Likud party.
“We expect that the coalition agreements will be signed by the party leaders later today,” Likud spokeswoman Noga Rappaport said in a phone interview….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on March 14, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/israel-political-brief-march-14-2013-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-reaches-coalition-deals-for-israel-government/
Source: JTA, 2-19-13
Hatnua, led by Tzipi Livni, became the first party to sign a coalition deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 19, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/israel-political-brief-february-19-2013-tzipi-livnis-hatnua-party-first-to-sign-coalition-deal-with-pm-benjamin-netanyahu/
Source: Ynetnews, 2-19-13
Hatnua Chairwoman Tzipi Livni spoke at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announcing her decision to join his coalition….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 19, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/israel-political-brief-february-19-2013-tzipi-livni-iran-palestinians-as-important-as-equal-share-of-burden/
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