Yuval Steinitz

Minister Yuval Steinitz (Photo: Israeli Finance Ministry, Flickr)

Netanyahu confidante: ‘Status quo’ in Jerusalem must remain in two-state deal

If Jerusalem is not divided, then East Jerusalem cannot be the capital of a Palestinian state, a central Palestinian demand. Israeli Minister Yuval Steinitz reveals two-state stance to the ‘Telegraph.’ Likud minister and close confidante of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Yuval Steinitz said that Israel is prepared to make “considerable and difficult” territorial concessions as part…

By Mairav Zonszein July 26, 2013

Footage of the Muhammad al-Dura shooting (Screenshot: France 2)

Children in the crosshairs: Lessons from the al-Dura affair

The continued discussion of the almost 13-year-old Al-Dura affair reflects the current Israeli government’s inability to conduct serious and impartial investigations into violations of Palestinian rights. On Wednesday, Philippe Karsenty, a French media analyst, was convicted of defamation for accusing a French television network of orchestrating video footage of the famous shooting of 12-year-old Mohammad al-Dura in…

By Brad Parker June 28, 2013

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton (photo: State Department)

‘Bill Clinton tried to dismantle Israeli natural gas revenue committee’

Former Israeli finance minister reveals how the former American president tried to influence Knesset legislation and committee hearings on behalf of U.S. energy corporations. Former Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz revealed that former U.S. President Bill Clinton tried to have the Sheshinski Committee for natural gas revenues dismantled. According to Steinitz, Clinton, along with several…

By Noam Sheizaf April 16, 2013

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Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef (Wkimeida Commons CC BY SA 3.0)

Shas spiritual leader may have paved way for attack on Iran

Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu sent National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror to the spiritual leader of Shas, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Apparently, this was done to convince the rabbi of the need to attack Iran. According to Haaretz political analyst Yossi Verter, Shas ministers Eli Yishai and Ariel Attias, “both members of the security cabinet, are…

By Ami Kaufman August 26, 2012

Women at Qalandia checkpoint on Ramadan. (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

PA-Israel trade agreements only stabilize occupation

The trade agreements signed earlier this week between Israel and the Palestinian Authority serve as a reminder of the convenient status quo of occupation. They also illustrate just how irrelevant the PA has become in the struggle against the foreign military regime, and raise the question: When and how will it pay the price? On…

By Haggai Matar August 3, 2012

Oops: Unemployment in Israel ‘leaps’ by 20% overnight

The Central Bureau of Statistics announced it is changing its criteria for calculating unemployment. On the new list: Arab communities. Off the list: IDF conscripts who are now considered “employed” . The result: A quantum leap of 20 percent. This isn’t even an April Fools joke. I wish it was. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics…

By Dimi Reider April 1, 2012

Inconvenient truths. Netanyahu speaking to the Jewish Agency. (Photo: Jewish Agency for Israel, cc by-nd 2.0)

Women’s exclusion comes from the top

Behind the rhetorical condemnations of women’s exclusion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz are at least partially responsible for women’s exclusion. Discrimination and marginalization of women in the public sphere has been fermenting for years as a direct result of Israeli policies – or lack thereof. By Gil Gan Mor Israel’s political…

By +972 Magazine January 2, 2012

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Binyamin Netanyahu is as anarchist as they come

Just how disconnected Binyamin Netanyahu and his Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz really are is unbelievable At the weekly Sunday government meeting, Netanyahu had the audacity to say the following about Israel’s striking doctors, who are protesting the agreement their “representatives” reached with the Treasury (my bold): “I understand your desire to improve the terms of…

By Ami Kaufman November 20, 2011

Circle of absurdity: Hard-working Israelis can barely make ends meet

The housing fiasco is part of a much bigger problem. It’s about the amount Israelis give, and what they get in return. This protest should be about a fundamental change in the way we set our priorities By Shaul Amsterdamski 1. I’m a parasite. My parents taught me to be independent, and yet – I’ve…

By +972 Magazine July 27, 2011

When will his Peace Prize be withdrawn? Shimon Peres speaks (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

The Palestinians have abandoned Oslo

The Palestinian leadership realized the sham of the Oslo Accords, and is moving on If any proof was necessary to understand Palestinians must leave the old paths and strike their own way, the response of Finance Minister Steinitz to the reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah provided it. Steinitz announced (Hebrew) he is withholding transferring of…

By Yossi Gurvitz May 2, 2011

Ariel settlement in 2007: We are NOT part of Israel

Not long ago, the large settlement which is now at the heart of the controversy over the refusal of Israeli theater actors to perform in its new auditorium, tried to prove in court that officially, it lies outside Israel, and therefore should be exempted from paying VAT Culture Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) was present this…

By Noam Sheizaf November 13, 2010

Reservoir Dogs: The most heated debate in Israel you probably never heard of

One of the most heated debates you’ve probably never heard of going on in Israel these days is over natural gas. Ever since reports began to surface on the huge reservoirs of gas off the coast of Israel, the discussion over who the it belongs to and how much money everybody is going to make…

By Ami Kaufman August 25, 2010