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PA Prime Minister Fayyad building the institutions of a state

PA Prime Minister Fayyad building the institutions of a state

JERUSALEM — Pundits and politicians have taken recently to comparing PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion.

No less a figure than President Shimon Peres, one of Ben-Gurion’s foremost disciples, is the latest Israeli leader to offer the accolade.

The reason is simple: Like Ben-Gurion, Fayyad is building institutions of statehood.

In the 1920s, the Jews of Palestine under the single-minded Ben-Gurion established institutions for what they called the state-in-the-making: the Haganah with the idea of a single armed force; the Histadrut Trade Union, with a department for workers’ rights, a health fund, a bank and the Solel Boneh construction company; and the Jewish Agency dealing with immigration, schools and hospitals.

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Biden in Israel: no nuclear Iran

Biden in Israel: no nuclear Iran

JERUSALEM — US Vice President Joe Biden expressed America’s “absolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israel’s security” at a press conference in Jerusalem following a meeting with Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, March 8.

As such, Biden said, Washington was “determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and we are working with many countries around the world to convince Iran to meet its international obligations to cease and desist.”

The cornerstone of the US-Israel relationship, Biden said, was America’s unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.

“Bibi you heard me say before, progress occurs in the Middle East when everyone knows there is simply no space between the US and Israel. There is no space between the US and Israel when it comes to Israel’s security.”

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Biden set to go to Middle East with ‘big picture’ — not so fast

Biden set to go to Middle East with ‘big picture’ — not so fast

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama’s big picture guy, is set to draw it for the Israelis next week in a major address: Confront Iran internationally, talk peace regionally.

Bold strokes, but already Biden’s initiative is being dogged by scribbly little details — timing on Iran, building in Jerusalem, restoration in the West Bank, and just how far apart will Israelis and the Palestinians sit.

Biden met Tuesday, March 2, with pro-Israel leaders and the White House’s top Middle East staffers, evidently in a bid to see how he can smoothe the picture’s corners before heading to Israel. The meeting, at the vice president’s home, was hush-hush — a sign of how vexing some of the problems have been.

Among them:

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US Jewish leaders: Fatah must recognize Jewish state, stop incitement against Israel

US Jewish leaders: Fatah must recognize Jewish state, stop incitement against Israel

NEW YORK — US Jewish leaders pressed PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on incitement and the need to keep Israel a Jewish state.

At a meeting Feb. 18 in Jenin between Fayyad and a visiting delegation from the Conference of Presidents, Alan Solow, the chairman of the Jewish umbrella group, said the actions of the Palestinian leadership set back the cause of peace.

“When the Palestinian leadership visits and honors families of those who have murdered innocent Israeli civilians, or when produce is destroyed rather than used only because it originates from the West Bank, that sets back our confidence of peace,” Solow said, according to a news release from the Conference of Presidents.

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‘Mossad chief indispensable on Iran’

‘Mossad chief indispensable on Iran’

JERUSALEM — Israel has not claimed responsibility for the assassination in Dubai of top Hamas arms smuggler Mahmoud Mabhouh, but the killing is raising questions about Israel’s effort to stop Iran from obtaining the bomb.

That’s because one of the key figures behind the effort, Mossad chief Meir Dagan, is coming under heavy criticism for a sloppy, alleged operation in Dubai.

Operating under the assumption that Israel was behind the Dubai hit, some Israeli analysts are calling for Dagan’s ouster.

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JTA News

Mitchell postpones visit to Israel

16 March 2010, 12:39 pm United States' Mideast envoy George Mitchell has put a planned trip to Israel on hold.... [Link]

Israeli defense company awarded Australian contract

16 March 2010, 12:09 pm An Israeli defense company won a $300 million contract to develop a cutting-edge command and communications system for the Australian Defense Force.... [Link]

Palestinians riot in Jerusalem

16 March 2010, 12:03 pm Palestinians rioted in Jerusalem as part of a "day of rage" declared by Hamas.... [Link]

Hurva Synagogue rededicated

15 March 2010, 6:06 pm The rededication of an Old City synagogue took place without incident.... [Link]

J Street delivers petition to White House

15 March 2010, 5:09 pm J Street urged the Obama administration to take "even stronger action" in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.... [Link]

Israel signs trade agreement with S. America

15 March 2010, 4:21 pm Israel became the first country outside South America to sign a free trade agreement with Mercosur, a common market among four Latin American countries.... [Link]

Bibi: Construction in Jerusalem will continue

15 March 2010, 3:31 pm Israel's prime minister told his party that Israel will continue to build in Jerusalem.... [Link]

Brazil’s president refuses visit to Herzl’s grave

15 March 2010, 3:00 pm Brazil's president said he would not visit the grave of Theodor Herzl during his first official visit to Israel.... [Link]

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