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Sunday May 19, 2013
 Israel Hayom
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Quartet plan to restart talks hits blanket Palestinian rejection
Proposal: resumption of direct talks without preconditions, significant progress within six months, and a deal by 2012 • Netanyahu: If they give, they'll get • Palestinians reject any proposal not based on return to 1967 lines, settlement freeze.
 
Dan Margalit | Abbas' historical deception
Israel does not oppose a Palestinian state next to it; Abbas proved that he does not want a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Dr. Yuval Benziman | A superpower with a siege mentality
While Israel's leaders pat themselves on the back for their diplomatic success, external pressure on the country continues to mount.
 
Benny Begin | A 63 year occupation?
Why does Abbas keep insisting that Israel's occupation of the Palestinians began in 1948?
Alan Baker | Heading toward a 'diplomatic tsunami'?
U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state would be a big headache for Israel.
Richard Baehr | After the UN charade, what’s next?
The next step is up to Abbas, who will be looking for some assurances from Obama.
Boaz Bismuth | The prophets of doom got it wrong
Abbas' speech did not deal us a mortal blow, nor did Obama throw us under the bus.
Yoav Limor | Between the Palestinians and Iran
In the absence of negotiations, Israel's security risks will continue to proliferate.
Jonathan Gal | Apples in honey and a guilty conscience
The Jewish New Year has gradually become increasingly commercialized.
Police probe whether thrown rocks caused lethal car crash
Kiryat Arba residents Asher and Yonatan Palmer were killed on Friday when their car veered off course and crashed • Judea and Samaria Police investigating whether Palestinian rock-throwing resulted in the deaths.
Student hecklers found guilty in landmark case
Ten UC-Irvine students who shouted and booed at Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren during speech found guilty of conspiring to disrupt meeting, sentenced to community service, fines.
Let's talk 'dugri'
The full text of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Friday • Netanyahu to Abbas: If we genuinely want peace, what is there to stop us from meeting today and beginning peace negotiations?
Mati Tuchfeld | Pride and unity
Netanyahu's was a lone voice of sanity above the din.
In vitriolic speech, Abbas accuses Israel of 63 years of occupation
In his speech at the U.N. General Assembly, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chooses mainly to attack Israel • Abbas: Israel racially discriminates against Palestinians • “The international community is responsible for the Palestinians.”
Eyal Zisser | In Arafat's footsteps
This was not a speech of reconciliation, but a sweeping political diatribe.
On large screens in Palestinian cities, cheers and shoe throwing
Thousands attend rally at Arafat Square in Ramallah to watch Mahmoud Abbas’ U.N. speech • Afterward, the crowd leaves quickly, before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech • In Nablus, shoes thrown at the screen as Netanyahu speaks.
Akunis: Abbas is liar, a Holocaust denier and a distorter of history
Where you sit is where you stand: Coalition MKs praise Netanyahu, condemn Abbas' call for Palestinian statehood • Opposition praises PM's rhetorical skills, while criticizing his policies • Kadima criticizes both sides for preaching to the choir.
Report: US secretly sold Israel 55 bunker busters
Originally approved by the Bush administration, the deal was carried out secretly early in Obama's term • The bombs, designed to penetrate underground targets, could be utilized by Israel if it chooses to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
US officials: Budget cuts won't affect aid to Israel
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz meets with officials over the weekend, who tell him U.S. commitment to military aid package is intact • Steinitz meets with credit rating firm Moody’s to try to sway it to upgrade Israel's status.
Israel pledges $1 million to conserve Auschwitz
Netanyahu creates "Perpetual Fund" to preserve Holocaust site • Germany, Poland, Austria and U.K. also make significant contributions • Auschwitz museum launches broad fundraising drive.
Social justice committee set to present recommendations
Appointed in response to the nationwide tent protests, the Trajtenberg Committee is expected to propose free preschools, new taxes on high incomes and reduced customs and sales taxes • Implementation expected as early as 2012.
They did their time, now they're making an honest dime
Tiberias rehabilitation program helps former convicts • Municipality provides vendor licenses to ex-cons, allowing them to sell merchandise along the city's boardwalk • Program provides stable employment and distances them from criminal activities.