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(IsraelNN.com) Speaking with Army Radio's Razi Barkai Wednesday morning, MK Effie Eitam (National Union-NRP) was asked to explain his terming of Israeli Arabs a "fifth column" and his call for Israel to encourage the transfer of PA Arabs from Judea and Samaria. "Look, in the wake of this war, the people of Israel need to begin to say the truth," Eitam said. "The days of viewing our territory as a check book through which we can buy off the rejection of our existence here have ended. We therefore must be honest with ourselves - if we can't give the land...

MK Eitam: Netanyahu Will Allow Jerusalem to be Divided 17:34 Jan 02, '06 / 2 Tevet 5766 By Ezra HaLevi Former NRP chairman and current National Union MK Effie Eitam sharply attacked Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu, saying the former prime minister will not stand up against Jerusalem’s division. National Union MKs toured the Maaleh Adumim region Monday. The MKs inspected areas surrounding Jerusalem where Arab construction is being carried out illegally using funds from the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia. “Jerusalem is being divided, with the consent of Sharon and Peres and the illegal construction will leave Jerusalem surrounded by...

The turmoil forced Mr. Sharon to put together a new coalition after his previous government collapsed over the issue and he is now relying on left-wing parties for support. Opinion polls consistently show Israelis in favor of the withdrawal plan. Nevertheless, Likud opponents want Mr. Sharon to hold a nationwide referendum on the matter, a move the prime minister has rejected and labeled a mere stalling tactic.

Sep. 8, 2004 23:32 | Updated Sep. 9, 2004 8:50 PM not considering national referendum By GIL HOFFMAN Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets with The Jerusalem Post Tuesday, September 7, 2004. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has no plans to take his unilateral disengagement plan to a referendum of the general population, Sharon's spokesmen said on Wednesday, reiterating comments Sharon made to The Jerusalem Post the day before. Sharon's office refuted a Channel 2 report from journalist Amnon Abramowitz that the prime minister's associates told Social Affairs Minister Zevulun Orlev that Sharon would agree to a referendum if...

Oct. 23, 2003 Israel issues tender for over 300 homes in West Bank By YAAKOV KATZ The Housing Ministry issued a tender Thursday for the construction of more than 300 new housing units in two West Bank settlements. According to the tender, 153 new homes will be built in the West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron near Nablus and another 180 units will be constructed in Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem. The US-backed road map peace plan calls on Israel to halt construction of settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, areas, where the according to the plan, the Palestinians...

Last Update: 08/10/2003 23:05 NRP MKs to urge coalition exit over Religious Ministry row By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Staff Members of the National Religious Party faction in the Knesset decided Wednesday evening that they would recommend for the party to quit the government unless its demands are met regarding the breakup of the Religious Affairs Ministry and the regional religious councils. The party's central committee will meet after the Sukkot holiday, which begins Friday evening and lasts until the following Saturday. During the meeting, which came in the wake of a cabinet decision earlier in the day...

Oct. 8, 2003 Rabbinical courts transferred to 'secular' Justice Ministry By HERB KEINON The cabinet voted to dismantle the Religious Affairs Ministry Wednesday and transfer authority over the rabbinical courts to the Justice Ministry headed by Shinui leader Yosef Lapid, a move that infuriated the National Religious Party and triggered a coalition crisis. The NRP, which threatened to leave the government over the issue, wants the Chief Rabbinate and the rabbinical courts to remain united and come under the purview of the Prime Minister's Office, in order to keep them out of Lapid's administrative orbit. The NRP faction decided Wednesday...

Arutz-7's Ariel Kahane asked Housing Minister Effie Eitam of the National Religious Party, "I admit, I have no real question; is there anything left to say that we haven't yet said, anything left to think that we haven't yet thought?" Eitam responded, "Perhaps what there is left to say is that the government seems to finally be open to the realization that we are facing a monster of a terrorist infrastructure that is totally dedicated to destroying our country... It is precisely for times like these that we have a state, and an army, and a national leadership, and I...

(IsraelNN.com) Minister (National Religious Party) Effie Eitam on Saturday night called for convening the Security Cabinet to discuss the expulsion of Yasser Arafat. Last week, in an interview on Galei Tzahal Army Radio, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz declined to address questions regarding the possible expulsion of the PA leader and career terrorist.

Ben Shapiro http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | JUNE 2005, JERUSALEM I'm writing to you from Jerusalem, where I recently interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Effie Eitam . Eitam entered the Israeli government as minister-without-portfolio in the government of Ariel Sharon in 2002 and as a member of the National Religious Party. After the Palestinian intifada intensified during the fall of 2002, Sharon called new elections. Likud won a plurality and formed a coalition with the other right-wing parties in Knesset. Sharon made Eitam minister of defense. In the winter of 2003, the largest terrorist attack in Israeli history took place in Haifa, with nearly...

Ben Shapiro June 27, 2002 Bush's peace plan: three years later JUNE 2005, JERUSALEM -- I'm writing to you from Jerusalem, where I recently interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Effie Eitam. Eitam entered the Israeli government as minister-without-portfolio in the government of Ariel Sharon in 2002 and as a member of the National Religious Party. After the Palestinian intifada intensified during the fall of 2002, Sharon called new elections. Likud won a plurality and formed a coalition with the other right-wing parties in Knesset. Sharon made Eitam minister of defense. In the winter of 2003, the largest terrorist attack in Israeli...