Archivo etiqueta «Israel»
Por Shlomo Ben-Ami, ex ministro de Relaciones Exteriores israelí y vicepresidente del Centro Internacional Toledo por la Paz. © Project Syndicate, 2009. Traducción de Claudia Martínez (EL PAÍS, 23/11/09):
La situación azarosa de Israel a raíz del informe del juez Richard Goldstone donde se le acusa de crímenes de guerra en Gaza, y el subsiguiente respaldo del informe por parte del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, trae a la mente la reacción del vicepresidente de Estados Unidos Spiro Agnew cuando fue acusado de corrupción en 1973: “Los bastardos cambiaron las reglas, pero nunca me avisaron”.
De hecho,… Seguir leyendo
THE WASHINGTON POST, 25/10/09:
In Israel, the office of the president is meant to be ceremonial. But at 86, President Shimon Peres, the last founder of the Jewish state to remain active in Israeli politics and a frequent counselor to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, hardly stays on the sidelines. Although Israelis are feeling pressured by a recent U.N. report, led by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, accusing the army of war crimes during the recent operation against Hamas — as well as by Iran’s nuclear ambitions and by the perception that the Obama administration is hostile to them — Peres… Seguir leyendo
THE WASHINGTON POST, 24/10/09:
Lally Weymouth of Newsweek and The Post interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Excerpts:
Q. What did you think of the Goldstone report?
A. I thought there were limits to hypocrisy but I was obviously wrong. The so-called human rights commission accuses Israel that legitimately defended itself against Hamas of war crimes. Mind you, Hamas . . . committed four. First, they called for the destruction of Israel, which under the U.N. Charter is considered a war crime — incitement to genocide; secondly, they fired deliberately on civilians; third, they hid behind civilians; and… Seguir leyendo
Par Samy Cohen, directeur de recherche au Centre d’études et de recherches internationales, Sciences Po (CERI) et enseignant à l’Ecole doctorale de Sciences Po (LE MONDE, 19/10/09):
Al’heure des pourparlers entre les représentants de l’Iran et ceux des pays du groupe “5 + 1″ (Etats-Unis, Russie, France, Chine, Grande-Bretagne et Allemagne) au sujet du nucléaire iranien, une interrogation de fond subsiste : que fera Israël si ces discussions, et l’application d’éventuelles sanctions, ne conduisent pas l’Iran à renoncer à son programme militaire ?
Lancera-t-il ses F-15 et F-16 à l’assaut des installations iraniennes ? Appliquera-t-il la “doctrine Begin” interdisant qu’un… Seguir leyendo
By Afua Hirsch, the Guardian’s legal affairs correspondent (THE GUARDIAN, 30/09/09):
The attempt to obtain an international arrest warrant for deputy Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak is the latest development in what lawyers describe as a rapidly growing area of law – “universal jurisdiction”.
Under this principle, the most abhorrent crimes – such as genocide, torture and war crimes – can be prosecuted in the national courts of countries other than where they were committed. Customary international law and treaties such as the torture convention now place obligations on states to ensure that alleged perpetrators of these crimes are brought… Seguir leyendo
Par Ariel Schweitzer, historien du cinéma et critique (LE MONDE, 15/09/09):
On a appris cet été que le cinéaste Ken Loach, qui devait présenter son dernier film, Looking for Eric, au Festival de Melbourne, en Australie, a décidé de le retirer du programme. Loach a voulu ainsi protester contre la participation à cette manifestation d’un film israélien, Le Sens de la vie pour 9,99 dollars, dont les frais de voyage de l’auteur, Tatia Rosenthal, ont été payés par une institution publique israélienne. Auparavant, Loach avait demandé au directeur du festival, Richard Moore, de refuser la contribution financière israélienne. Devant le… Seguir leyendo
Par Frank Nouma, correspondant à Bruxelles du «Jerusalem Post» (LIBERATION, 11/09/09):
Les relations entre l’Iran et Israël relèvent du paradoxe. On pourrait penser que des peuples non arabes du Moyen-Orient auraient tout intérêt à entretenir de bonnes relations afin de s’épauler mutuellement pour contrebalancer l’influence arabe. Ce scénario était en vigueur à l’époque du chah. Par ailleurs, Israël a toujours entretenu d’excellentes relations avec la Turquie, autre pays non-arabe du Moyen-Orient, et l’arrivée d’un gouvernement islamiste modéré n’a rien changé. Quant au pouvoir en place à Téhéran, il est aussi intransigeant dans sa politique intérieure que dans ses relations avec… Seguir leyendo
Por Salah Serour, director del Centro de EE. Orientales y Mediterráneos (EL FARO), Bilbao (EL CORREO DIGITAL, 26/08/09):
A pesar de su fuerza aplastante, de su posición respecto a las armas nucleares, la garantía de seguridad de las grandes potencias y su continuo éxito en las acciones militares, parece que Israel se encuentra en una lucha permanente, viviendo entre guerra y guerra, entre órdenes y maniobras militares. Existen grandes diferencias en lo que respecta a la situación en este Estado. Por una parte, está su conocido poder, su fuerza militar, pero por la otra está la sombra del miedo y… Seguir leyendo
Por Shlomo Ben Ami, ex ministro de Relaciones Exteriores israelí y vicepresidente del Centro Internacional Toledo para la Paz y autor de Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy. © Project Syndicate, 2009. Traducción de Claudia Martínez (EL PAÍS, 25/08/09):
La visión del presidente Barack Obama de un mundo sin armas nucleares, y el reciente acuerdo que ha firmado con Rusia destinado a recortar los arsenales nucleares de ambos países, realza su liderazgo moral y político. Ahora bien, ¿de qué manera su campaña contra la proliferación nuclear afectará a Israel, ampliamente reconocido como el sexto Estado nuclear del… Seguir leyendo
By Anthony Lerman, the former director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (THE GUARDIAN, 05/08/09):
Avigdor Lieberman is no aberration in Israel’s polity. His aggressive rightwing Zionist rhetoric, racist demonisation of Palestinians and Arab-Israelis, shameless political populism and the tide of corruption allegations now close to engulfing him are all depressingly and dangerously familiar features of a broken system. The immigrant from Moldova has brilliantly exploited and contributed to the fracturing of politics in the state – but anyone who thinks his removal from the governmental scene will signal some sea change is sadly mistaken. The trends Lieberman represents… Seguir leyendo
By Carlo Strenger, a philosopher and psychoanalyst (THE GUARDIAN, 28/07/09):
There is a phenomenon, the self-righteous left, which lives in a simple black-and-white universe, governed by what I call SLES, short for Standard Left Explanatory System – a concoction that is ruining the left’s credibility and integrity. This system, which started to evolve in the 1960s, says: “Always look for the underdog and then blame the stronger party for anything the underdog does, particularly if the stronger party belongs to the west. Never hold the underdog (particularly when non-western) accountable for anything.”
SLES, when applied to the Middle East, is… Seguir leyendo
By Gal Wettstein, a graduate student at Tel Aviv University. He has lived in Israel most of his life (THE GUARDIAN, 26/07/09):
Israel is a democracy, we are told. We have freedom of speech to prove it. Aside from a few pesky details of a permanent state of emergency which allows the government and security forces to impose censorship of the media, we really are free to speak our minds – to an extent.
The legal limits on personal expression are draconian, but not very often invoked. It is the unspoken limits of freedom of speech which are more binding.… Seguir leyendo
Middle East Report N°89 (CRISIS GROUP, 20/07/09):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Benjamin Netanyahu is in a bind. Israel is facing arguably unprecedented pressure to halt all settlement activity, led by a new and surprisingly determined U.S. administration. But the prime minister also heads a distinctly right-wing coalition and faces intense domestic pressure from settlers and their allies. However important, what will emerge from current discussions between Washington and Jerusalem will only be step one in a long process designed to achieve a settlement freeze, settlement evacuation and a genuine peace agreement with the Palestinians. Understanding how Israel might deal with these challenges… Seguir leyendo
Por Pascal Boniface, director del Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales y Estratégicas de París (LA VANGUARDIA, 12/07/09):
La asociación estratégica entre Estados Unidos e Israel no se parece a ninguna otra. Normalmente, cuando una gran potencia aporta su protección y garantías estratégicas – sin hablar de una ingente ayuda financiera-a un país más débil, se supone que este queda obligado a satisfacer las exigencias de su protector. Durante la guerra fría, hubiera sido imposible para Alemania desobedecer las directivas de Washington sobre cuestiones esenciales. Los alemanes tenían miedo de que se debilitara el paraguas estratégico americano contra la Unión Soviética. Actualmente,… Seguir leyendo
By John R. Bolton, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 to December 2006 and the author of Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad (THE WASHINGTON POST, 02/07/09):
With Iran’s hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel’s decision of whether to use military force against Tehran’s nuclear weapons program is more urgent than ever.
Iran’s nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime… Seguir leyendo