Harper Making Good Friends As He Supports Isolated Israel*
from dailystar.com.lb: Economy Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed Monday a growing chorus of alarm that Israeli business will face international isolation if peace talks with the Palestinians fail. Indicating rising friction within the government, Bennett urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ignore the warnings, saying an independent Palestine would become a haven for militants and represent a serious threat to Israeli stability. “A Palestinian state would crush Israel’s economy,” Bennett told supporters of his right-wing nationalist Jewish Home party that has threatened to quit Netanyahu’s coalition if peace negotiations progress.