Tag: Abba Eban

For the Arabs, it's November 1947 all over again.

Biden told Golda that all the Egyptian VIPs he had met reassured him that it would be impossible for Egypt to go to war against Israel.

While the plan is currently being offered by Israel's greatest friend in the White House, ever, we must wonder how things would look like under, say, President Bernie Sanders.

Naturally, the PA's "the moon or nothing" approach continues the catastrophic Arab tradition that began with the wholesale rejection of the 1947 partition plan.

Though the United States participated, Israeli officials were furious when the U.S. announced it would boycott the opening ceremony.

Abbas was elected in January 2005 as President of the Palestinian National Authority until January 2009, but in December 2009 was voted into office indefinitely by the PLO Central Council.

Dr. Sacks was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, neurologists.

The Arabs didn't miss an opportunity for peace. Their goal has always been something else entirely.

Studies show that large numbers of Europeans hold a demonic view of Israel.

Will Bibi play into the hands of the unholy trinity of Obama-Kerry-Abbas?

It was the late Abba Eban who famously said that "the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." In his time that was for the most part true, and it arguably worked for Israel's benefit, particularly when Israel found itself in a tight diplomatic squeeze.

On Oct. 8, 1973, two days after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban delivered the following address to the UN General Assembly. Of particular interest are the references to Anwar Sadat, whose image had not as yet been transformed into that of a peace-seeking visionary, and to the foresight of Israeli leaders in refusing to relinquish any territory in the absence of a workable and sustainable peace treaty.