Israeli election

Looking For ‘A New Devil’: Israeli Leaders & Supporters Scramble After Iran Election

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:05 GMT

Source: piazzadcara.wordpress.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
SOURCE Hassan Rouhani’s unexpected victory in this weekend’s Iranian election has sent Israeli hasbara into a tailspin. The desire for an Iranian bogeyman is so intense in the warmongering mainstream of Israeli and neoconservative discourse that any attempt to mask their pre-election desires and post-election frustration has been futile. Their entire game plan has been […] ...

Israeli Leaders Respond with Scowls to Rouhani’s Election

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:03:47 GMT

Source: www.lobelog.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
by Marsha B. Cohen For most Israeli politicians, the news of the election of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, is not good. That it is considered good news by anyone else makes it that much worse. In Poland last Wednesday, two days before Iranians went to the polls, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that the results would bring about no meaningful change in Iran. Hours before reports of the election’s outcome began to be announced, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a pro-Israel think tank, that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, would decide who the next Iranian president would be. The imminent Iranian election would change nothing. As news of Rouhani’s garnering more than half the votes cast in Iran began to emerge, Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Yigal Palmor, echoed the widespread view that it is Khamenei who makes all the decisions concerning the Iranian nuclear program, not the Iranian president. “After the elections, Iran will continue to be judged by its actions, in the nuclear sphere as well as on the issue of terror,” Palmor said in a statement. ” Iran must abide by the demands of the international community to stop its nuclear program and cease the dissemination of terror throughout the world.” In a cabinet meeting on Sunday morning, Netanyahu derided not only the possible impact of a Rouhani-presidency on Iran’s policies, ...

Looking For 'A New Devil’:Israeli Leaders & Supporters Scramble After Iran Election

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:45:00 GMT

Source: www.wideasleepinamerica.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
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Mixed Israeli reactions to Rowhaniâs election victory in Iran

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:43:27 GMT

Source: www.bicom.org.uk --- Monday, June 17, 2013
The surprise victory of Hassan Rowhani in Fridayâs Iranian presidential election has drawn a range of responses from Israeli political leaders. Rowhani, who has worked at the heart of Iranâs theocratic regime was one of eight candidates hand-picked by the hard-line clerical Guardian Council, headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.Â However, Rowhani challenged some of the Iranian leadershipâs policies during televised debates and was publicly backed by high-profile figures considered reformists. Speaking at yesterdayâs cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Rowhaniâs election saying, âWe are not deluding ourselvesâ highlighting that candidates were excluded âwho were not in line with his [Ayatollah Khamenei] extreme worldview.â Netanyahu warned that Rowhani had previously referred to Israel as the âgreat Zionist Satanâ and cautioned âThe international community must not become caught up in wishful thinking and be tempted to relax the pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear program.â However, President Shimon Peres focused on the popular Iranian vote, commenting âMore than half of Iranians, in their own way, in my judgment, protested against an impossible leadership.â Opposition leader and Labour Party head Shelly Yachimovich expressed a degree of optimism, saying âThe new Iranian president can certainly not be suspected of being a Zionist and he is subordinate to [Ayatolla ...

Iran election result underscores limitations of Israeli intelligence

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:31:00 GMT

Source: www.haaretz.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
Rowhani's win took everyone by surprise. But how could Israel's military intelligence fail to see even a hint of the final result? ...

Israeli hostility towards Iran undiminished after election result

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:25:45 GMT

Source: warincontext.org --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
The Independent reports: The Israeli government greeted the election of Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, with a mixture of scepticism and cynicism today, as senior politicians said that the threat posed by Tehran’s nuclear programme had not diminished. Speaking before Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made Iran his priority since [...] ...

Israeli PM Netanyahu calls for no relaxation of international pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear efforts after election of new president - @Reuters

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:53:06 GMT

Source: politics.breakingnews.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls for no relaxation of international pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear efforts after election of new president - @Reuters ...

Israeli election result

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:40:00 GMT

Source: podcast.ft.com --- Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The coalition government that emerges from Israel's general election will be less right wing than many had predicted, although Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to remain prime minister. Fiona Symon talked to John Reed, FT correspondent in Jerusalem about the results ...