Cabinet Minister Benny Begin argues putting Jerusalem up for division in the past damages the city’s future. He said past negotiators for Israel agreed to consider giving up the Temple Mount, the Mount of Olives and the City of David. Begin continued, saying such deals would not again be considered by the Israeli Government. The son of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin made the statement at a conference in Jerusalem.
Avigdor Lieberman never misses a chance to speak his mind. And that’s exactly what the Foreign Minister did regarding the Palestinian Authority this week. He said every conversation begins with claims by the P-A that Israel is not sincere in negotiations. Lieberman called the tactic a larger scheme that seeks to delegitimize Israel. He said another favorite tactic of the P-A is to get foreign governments to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials.
Efforts to water down the expatriate voting bill are proving fruitful. Likud Knesset Member Zeev Elkin predicts the bill will now allow only Israelis outside of Israel for less than a year the right to vote abroad. The possible law raised tensions with Shas, which fought for limiting voting rights to those less than two months outside of the country. The religious parties stand to lose the most ground in the Knesset as a result of the law.
Pinchas Cohen will remain behind bars – for the time being at least. Cohen threw a shoe at Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish several weeks ago.
His lawyer argued before the Jerusalem Magistrate that Cohen should be put on house arrest, but Judge Alexander Ron disagreed, saying Cohen had thrown a shoe at the entire justice system.
Cohen claims the police and the courts are corrupt.
Kadima is ablaze over Knesset Member Shaul Mofaz's statements against chairwoman Tzipi Livni over the weekend prompting senior Knesset members to strongly condemn his remarks. During an interview with Haaretz published over the weekend, Mofaz claimed that the 2008 primaries results in which Tzipi Livni won were tampered with, and said that the acts committed "bordered on criminal." Sources close to the knesset member Mofaz said that despite the grave allegations against the primaries' integrity there wasn't enough evidence to file a complaint with the police.
Thirty minutes of Sharon, Ariel
Sharon. An Israeli hero, a man whose soldiers affectionately called "The King of Israel". 02/26/2008
On Wednesday the
Kadima Primaries got underway with 80,000 party members voting at booths throughout the country to select from a list 75 candidates for the February 10 general elections. At 10 o'clock , the 95 polling stations were opened, the results are expected to be announced late Wednesday night. Foreign Minister Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni, is the only female party chairman running in the general elections. Infolive.tv visited the polling station in Jerusalem where at noon 10% of the 2900 members had already voted.12/17/08
Computers appear to be dictating the outcome of
Israeli politics and appear to be the real winners in the latest round of primaries held by the Labor and Likud parties in the past week. The latest state of the art computer technology with touch screen capabiltiies have not only dominated the Israeli political scene but have also had the last say. 12/09/08
The Likud Party’s thousands of members went to the polls on Monday to vote in the party’s primary elections, amid reports of widespread malfunctions in computerized voting stations throughout the Jerusalem area. Infolive.tv was on the scene at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, to watch as Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu cast his ballot in the fateful election. 12/08/08
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced pressure from his own government on Thursday to step down following an announcement by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that an indictment against the Prime Minister is imminent. Olmert is to be indicted for his alleged use of government funds to finance private trips abroad. 11/27/08
After a two year respite from political life, Dr. Uzi Landau, a top Knesset member for the Likud party for over 22 years, announced recently that he would be leaving Likud and joining Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beitanu party. In an exclusive interview, Infolive.tv met with Dr. Landau to speak with him about his reentry into Israeli politics and his decision to change political parties. 11/26/08
Days before announcing his intention to join the Likud party, former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Boogie Yaalon who was forced to step down prior to the disengagement from Gaza in 2005 revealed his vision regarding Israel's security and regional peace at the Jewish Agency's Assembly last week in Jerusalem. Boogie declared that the present peace negotiations with the Palestinians is doomed to fail because it is based on false assumptions or myth.11/18/08
On November 12th, 2008 secular businessman Nir Barkat made history by defeating ultra-orthodox candidate Meir Porush to claim the coveted title of mayor of Jerusalem. Throughout the entire day leading up to the crucial election moment, Infolive.tv followed Nir Barkat to document the chain of events as they unfolded. Join Infolive.tv as we take a play by play look at Nir Barkat’s on amazing victory on this historic election day. 11/13/08
For almost a year now people in Israel and people around the world have been waiting in eager anticipation for the results of Jerusalem’s hotly contested mayoral race, yet early Wednesday morning the months of suspense finally came to an end as Nir Barkat was crowned the next mayor of Israel’s most sacred city. While The results sparked overwhelming joy in some and overwhelming disappointment in others, Infolive.tv descended on the streets of Jerusalem to hear what the city’s residents had to say. 11/12/08
In the early hours of Thursday morning on November 12th, 2008 secular candidate Nir Barkat declared victory over Ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, winning the coveted title of mayor of Jerusalem. In his victory speech Barkat promised to work for all Jerusalemites no matter who they voted for and no matter whether they were religious, secular, Arab or Jew. 11/12/08
