Citing continued failure and a flawed process the new Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, looks like it will be taking a much different approach in peace negotiations that previous Israeli governments.
According to the Daily Mail: “Liberman said: ‘The historic approach has so far not brought any result or solution.’
He said they would need to find a ‘new approach’.
He added: ‘Past prime ministers were prepared to make wide-ranging concessions and the result of the Olmert-Livni government was the second Lebanon war, the operation in Gaza, severance of relations with Qatar and Mauritania, Gilad Schalit still in captivity and the peace process at a dead end.’
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials of the new government have spoken at length about the emotional and strategic ties between Israel and the United States, clear differences are emerging over the outlines for an Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Ultra-nationalist Lieberman made waves after after taking office last month, saying the past year of U.S.-led negotiations was no longer relevant and concessions to Palestinians only invite war.”
Looks like Israel will hold the Palestinians accountable for terrorism, as we demand that they acknowledge, officially, that Israel has a right to exist in their own Jewish homeland.
After the driest January on record, Israel is faced with a huge problem in the form of a multi-year drought. While fighting wars on multiple fronts and political haranguing, it appears Israel lacks a concrete plan regarding how to address a decreasing water supply in a climate that has not been friendly the past few years.
In fact, at a meeting today, Dr. Yosef Dreizen is expected to tell the “National Investigation Committee Regarding
the Water Crisis in Israel” that there is no plan for water beyond 2010 in Israel.
“While long-term planning was considered essential, it was never considered practical. There was never an understanding that after seven years of plenty comes years of drought.” Moreover, he charged, until the transitional plan, the water economy had no master plan at all for 30 years.
The water crisis has been years in the making. According to an article in Haaretz:
“The water crisis is entirely our own doing,” says water expert Dr. Peretz Dar, whose water- saving plan was shelved by the Water Authority several years ago. “The government allocated funds for desalination plants but failed to allocate the resources for conservation. We could have reduced consumption by 10 percent and covered a large part of the accumulated deficit in the Kinneret and aquifers,” he says.
Israel is quickly becoming an international destination for clean technologies, including the electric car. It’s a shame that the same attention isn’t being paid to what’s happening in its own backyard.
