Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
August 12, 2009
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The two panelists on this week's "Middle East Perspective" -- Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio -- discuss the outcome of the Palestinian Authority's dominant Fatah movement congress in Bethlehem. They also deal with new housing construction proposed by several Israeli government ministers in the so-called E-1 area, between the outlying Maaleh Adumim settlement and central Jerusalem, which the U.S. opposes, as well as the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American peace envoy George Mitchell in London.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
August 5, 2009
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In this week's "Middle East Perspective," Jamil Hamad of Time Magazine joins Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio to discuss the Palestinian Fatah movement's unprecedented conference in Bethlehem -- the first such event in 20 years and the first under the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority. They also consider the accuracy of reports of dramatic improvements in the life style and standard of living in the West Bank. Hamad, who is based in Bethlehem, calls them propaganda. And the controversy between the U.S. and Israel over the expulsion of two Palestinian families from their homes in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrakh quarter also is considered in terms of the diplomatic and legal aspects.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
July 29, 2009
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' brief visit to Israel is discussed in depth on "Middle East Perspective" by Yitzyak Noy of Israel Radio and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio. Noy contends that Iran's nuclear development program was the main issue when Gates met his Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak, and conferred separately with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The consensus was that Iran also dominated the following day's discussions between U.S. National Security Adviser James L. Jones and Israel's experts in security and military intelligence.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Zvi Ganin
July 23, 2009
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This week's "Middle East Perspective" deals with the Obama Administration's demand that Israel stop building apartments for Jews who want to live in Jersalem's pre-1967 Jordanian sector also known as East Jerusalem. The discussants are Zvi Ganin, author of "An Uneasy Relationship," a study of U.S.-Israeli relations from 1948 to 1956 and other works, Yitzhak Noy of Israel radio and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy, Elif Ural and Efthimios Tsiliopoulis
July 13, 2009
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This weeks "Middle East Perspective" presents a four-sided discussion between four veteran journalists on the effect Iran's attainment of a nuclear bomb or warhead would have on the Middle East and nearby Eastern and Central Europe. The participants are Elif Ural, a Turkish correspondent based in Jerusalem, Efthimios Tsiliopoulis, editor-in-chief of "Good Morning Athens (broadcast on Athens International Radio), Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio. They also discuss President Obama's policy toward Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Sarah Honig
July 8, 2009
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On "Middle East Perspective," panelists Sarah Honig of The Jerusalem Post and Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio discuss President Obama's foreign policy, especially with regard to the Middle East, with Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio. They also exchange views on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allegedly "zig-zag" leadership, espcially his alleged buckling under pressure, local and foreign. In a postscript, Sarah Honig coments about the mass mourning in the U.S. for the late Michael Jackson, echoing points she raised in a recent Post column.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Simon McGregor-Wood June 29, 2009
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This week's "Middle East Perspective" opens on the question of whether Israel is right
in demanding that the Palestinian Authority recognize it as a "Jewish state." This is a major bone of contention blocking the resumption of bi-lateral negotiations favored by the U.S. The panelists also discuss the American demand that there be no new construction in the West Bank's existing Jewish settlements. The panelists are Simon McGregor-Wood, ABC's Israel Bureau Chief and outgoing chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Israel, Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio who serves as moderator.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Moshe Arens
June 22, 2009
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Iran is the main topic of this week's "Middle East Perscpective." The two panelists are Moshe Arens, Israel's former minister of defense, and Yitzhak Noy, of Israel Radio. The main aspect discussed with Jay Bushinsky, CBS Radio's correspondent in Israel, who served as moderator was the impact of the current mass confrontation between supporters of the two main candidates in Iran's presidential election, Ahmad Ahmadinejad, the incumbent president, and Mir Hossein Mussavi, a former prime minister. Among the issues raised is whether it is wise for Israeli leaders to take sides in public especially in view of the fact that neither of the contenders is friendly toward Israel and the likelihood that neither of them is likely to curtail Iran's nuclear development program.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Elif Ural
June 7, 2009
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The latest perspective deals with the impact of President Obama's speech to the Muslim world. The moderator is Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio and the panelists are Elif Ural of the Turkish news media and Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio. The divergences in U.S. and Israeli policy revealed in the speech also are considered.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
June 2, 2009
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Following the calendar sequence, they include President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, his speech in Cairo, the Lebanese election and the Iranian election. Noy’s view is that the president is testing the effectiveness of diplomacy as a method preferable to military force in defusing the various bi-lateral and international disputes. Bushinsky argues that the time required for this process to unfold maybe excessive and that in the meantime the Iranians will be nearing their presumed goal: an independent nuclear capability.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
May 22, 2009
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One after another, Middle Eastern leaders or their stand-ins are trooping to
Washington
,
DC
, for talks with President Obama. Concurrently, crucial elections are taking place in
Lebanon
and
Iran
and an unprecedented speech from
Cairo
,
Egypt
, to the Muslim world by the American President may redefine
U.S.
policy towards
Iran
and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. This week's panelists on "Middle East Perspective" are Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio and Jay Bushinsky for MGI News.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Jamil Hamad
May 18, 2009
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This week's Middle East Perspective explores the issues with which President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu grappled at their meeting in the White House. The discussants are Jamil Hamad of Time Magazine, Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio with Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio as moderator. Various issues were raised such as whether the Palestinians are ready for statehood, whether Palestinian statehood can and should be linked to the international effort to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power and whether Netanyahu is right in demanding that the Palestinian Authority recognize Israel as a "Jewish" state.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Ruth Sinai
May 12, 2009
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This week's Middle East Perspective focuses on the meeting scheduled for Monday, May 18, between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu. The panel's participants are Ruth Sinai of the economic daily "Calcalist", and Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio. Jay Bushinsky of CBS Radio is the Moderator. Also on their agenda, Netanyahu's economic proposals, Pope Benedict XVI's prilgrimage to the Holy Land and President Obama's appeal to the Muslim world.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
May 6, 2009
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This week's Middle East perspective focuses on the historic visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI which is due to begin May 11 and ends May 15. Panelist Sergio Minerbi, a veteran Israeli diplomat and expert in the Vatican who now serves as an Italian radio correspondent in Jerusalem says some of the pontiff's top advisers opposed the trip. Fellow-panelist Yitzhak Noy believes the Pope's personal background as a German who was caught up in the Nazi hysteria was a major factor in his decision to undertake the journey.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
April 30, 2009
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This week Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio joins Jay Bushinky of CBS Radio to discuss several current aspects of the Middle East Conflict. Among them are President Obama’s determination to reach a “Two-StateSolution” that would establish a Palestinian State alongside Israel, Iran’s nuclear development program, Egypt’s reconciliation with Israeli Foreign Minster Lieberman, Palestinian Authority President Abbas’ refusal to recognize Israel as “A Jewish State” and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s motives for demanding such recognition.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Ruth Sinai, Sarah Honig and Yitzhak Noy
March 29, 2009
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CBS Radio Correspondent Jay Bushinsky is joined by two of his Israeli colleagues,
Ruth Sinai of the Tel Aviv economic daily "Kalkalist" and Israel Radio broadcaster
Yitzhak Noy in a wide-ranging discussion of current developments in the Middle East.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Sarah Honig and Yitzhak Noy
March 18, 2009
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Panelists Sarah Honig of The Jerusalem Post and Yitzhak Noy of Israel Radio criticize the senior U.S. Government advisers, among them Zbigniew Brzezinski, Bent Scowcroft and Al Volcker, for recommending that the Obama Administration open a dialogue with the Gaza Strip's Hamas regime. The discussion takes up the latest terrorist attack in which two Israeli policemen were killed and discusses the ramifications of an exchange in which kidnapped Cpl. Gilad Shalit would be set free in return for 1,000 Palestinians of whom 450 were involved in murder. There also is an analysis of the Israeli coalition negotiations and those of the Palestinian Authority.
All things considered, May 18, 2006 - Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, the former mouthpiece for top-level Taliban, is now a student at Yale University. His presence at the New Haven, Conn., campus has touched off a firestorm of debate about the school’s admissions policy and U.S. security policy.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
March 10, 2009
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CBS Middle East radio correspondent Jay Bushinsky and veteran Israeli radio host Yitzhak Noy team up to discuss Iran's nuclear threat and President Barack Obama's overtures to Teheran.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
February 24, 2009
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Veteran newsmen and radio icons Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy discuss a new Israeli government, its relationship with the US and its newly elected president Barack Obama and Durban 2 - April's UN World Conference Against Racism in Geneva, Switzerland.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Sarah Honig
February 17, 2009
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The Israelis went to the polls last week and overwhelmingly voted right of center. Although Tzipi Livni's Kadima Party won over Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud Party by one mandate, both leaders claim victory. Israeli Radio's Yitzhak Noy, CBS Radio's Jay Bushinsky and Jerusalem Post columnist Sarah Honig discuss the elections' implications and how it will be affected by newly elected US President Barack Obama.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky and Yitzhak Noy
January 27, 2009
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Unlike other wars fought in the Middle East, Israeli authorities kept domestic and foreign journalists away from the fire.
The war was covered on the Israeli side from the Gaza-Israel border, with press, photos and visual "hand-outs" from the IDF spokesman's office. On the other side, in Gaza, Ramatan, believed owned by Hamas, filed the horreindous photos that stapled the conflict.
Speaking Jay Bushinsky, Yitzhak Noy and Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu
January 20, 2009
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As leader of the conservative Likud party, Netanyahu served as Israel's Prime Minister from June, 1996 to July, 1999. He was Finance Minister of Israel until August 9, 2005, having resigned in protest at the Gaza Disengagement Plan advocated by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Netanyahu re-took the Likud leadership in December 2005. As of December 2006, he became the official leader of the Opposition in the Israeli Knesset and Chairman of the Likud Party.
Speaking Yitzhak Noy and Jay Bushinsky
January 6, 2009
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Yitzhak Noy, one of Israel's outstanding radio journalists and Jay Bushinsky, veteran broadcaster for CBS Radio in the Middle East, get together to discuss the reasons why the Gaza War began and it's goals.
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