I thought there a lot of good in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress today. It very effectively presented Israeli as very generous while also being strong. But I thought that one of the requirements for peace that Netanyahu presented was rather peculiar: that Israel is it have a presence along the Jordan River.

What exactly does he mean? Does he mean along the entire river, or just a portion of it, like is the case now in essence (though in reality, they’re along all of it). I presume that any negotiated border will include some kind of waterway access for the Palestinian state. It will have to or else the future Palestine will be missing a key way to grow its economy.| MORE ›

Jordan is once again proving why people like your’s truly are right when they say that the Palestinian people are treated worst not by Israel, but by fellow Arabs.

The Kingdom of Jordan has now started stripping Palestinians living in Jordan of their Jordanian nationality.| MORE ›

Likud is not happy with American president Barack Obama. Likud MK’s (Members of Knesset) said they believe he is meddlng in Israeli politics by, among others, trying to get Kadiima to join the government coalition and perhaps even blow it up.| MORE ›

Meir Javedanfar:

To the current Israeli government, the Iranian nuclear program is the number one threat. The Netanyahu administration believes that moderate Arab states share the same view. This is why so much emphasis was placed on the recent discovery of a Hezbollah cell in Egypt.| MORE ›

King Abdullah of Jordan warned Israel and the United States that if Israel would not agree to a peace deal with the Palestinians, war between Arabs and the Jewish nation-state would inevitably follow 12-18 months from now.| MORE ›

The Associated Press thinks so:

During the election campaign, Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed peace talks with the Palestinians, supported expanding West Bank settlements and warned that concessions only embolden Israel’s enemies.| MORE ›

Egypt has given up on its efforts to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. The two parties / terrorist organizations declared war on each other years ago, which resulted in massive bloodshed and a Hamas take over in Gaza. Cairo tried to bring both sides together, believing that peace between Israel and the Palestinians can only be achieved if and when the latter are united.| MORE ›

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the far-right politician, on Sunday ruled out a Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 borders, saying this would not end the Palestinians – Israel conflict.

“A return to the borders of ’67 today, as we are being pressured to do, would not end the conflict, would not guarantee peace or security,” Lieberman told reporters ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting.| MORE ›

By George Friedman

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington for his first official visit with U.S. President Barack Obama. A range of issues — including the future of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Israeli-Syrian talks and Iran policy — are on the table.| MORE ›

The Los Angeles Times reports:

Reporting from Cairo and Jerusalem — U.S. envoy George Mitchell met in Jerusalem today with top Israeli officials to push for what at the moment appears unlikely: substantive talks between a divided Palestinian leadership and the new right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.| MORE ›

Israel’s upcoming Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he will seek a peace agreement with the Palestinians. The comments were clearly aimed at critics who fear the new center-right government will hinder the peace process and take a hardline approach to the Israel-Palestinians problem.

He said he will negotiate with the Palestinian leadership and work with them to improve their economy.| MORE ›