• Published 11:05 11.03.10
  • Latest update 11:48 11.03.10

WATCH LIVE: Biden addresses Israeli people from Tel Aviv

United States Vice President Joe Biden delivers direct message to the Israeli people.

By Haaretz Service Tags: Mahmoud Abbas Israel news Middle East peace

In a live broadcast, United States Vice President Joe Biden addresses the Israeli people in a speech at Tel Aviv University, concluding his five-day visit with Israeli and Palestinian officials.

Watch live video from U.S. Embassy on Justin.tv

Biden's speech comes amid a growing storm over Israeli plans to build 1,600 Jewish homes beyond the Green Line in East Jerusalem, announced by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday.

Following the decision, which drew global condemnation, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Palestinians would withdraw from U.S.-mediated peace talks, which had been due to restart after a year-long pause.

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  • 21. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:42

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 20. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:41

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 19. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:41

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 18. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:40

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 17. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:39

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 16. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:39

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 15. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:36

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 14. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:36

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 13. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:35

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 12. 0 0
    Flash Bulletin! Biden sends message of beads, pot and free love!
    • Ethan
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:34

    Wow! Biden puts on a loincloth like Gandhi! If we hand over Israel to mass murderers and Holocaust deniers, give weapons to terrorist "policemen" and let them have missiles spitting distance from Tel Aviv they'll turn over a new leaf! Just because I told you not to bomb Iran to stop them from getting the bomb is no reason for you to retaliate against the US and build a few houses in East Jerusalem, THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE THE WORLD HAS NEVER KNOWN! I am BEGGING the Iranians! Begging! In Cairo Obama said "Ich bin ein a Muslim!" So stop this silly "never again" nonsense and be patient while Iran builds a harmless little nukypooh! Follow orders from the US and do NOT bomb Iran! We need oil prices low so do NOT start up with the Iranians! FORGET about that and concentrate on the poor, downtrodden Palestinians who need to build rockets in their basement instead of getting a job! THAT will magically solve all the problems in the Middle East. TRUST me. I'm the BEST FRIEND YOU EVER HAD!

  • 11. 0 0
    A courtesy visit by the vice president
    • Liza
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:33

    Does the U.S. vice president hold any true power while a vp? Maybe Haaretz could explain to its readers what the vp*s position is in the U.S. political forum, foreign politics and political decision making? How SERIOUS is it? How serious is a vp*s visit? Against the information on this, we the readers may better evaluate the ramifications of this visit and whether it may gather dark clouds over Israel. FIRST: the hysterical reactions to E-Jerusalem*s construction plans, which have raised a "storm in a water glass", show that Israel has to remove the world*s false assumptions of what peace with the Pals will entail like that it will NOT comprehend East-Jerusalem. Netanyahu has repeatedly told the world so, but they*re NOT listening! That*s the problem both PA, the U.S. and the rest of the world appear to have; a hearing problem! SO: what is the problem with E-Jerusalem construction plans? I don*t see any!

  • 10. 0 0
    To Fred #1 and 5
    • JJ
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:12

    Fred, you want something to be ashamed of?.... go take a look in the mirror.

  • 9. 0 0
    #8 fred
    • Daniel
    • 11.03.10
    • 13:12

    I didn't notice that Israel as country insulted your beloved vice president. You can't make everything (and everybody) one big bundle of grass.

  • 8. 0 0
    #5
    • fred
    • 11.03.10
    • 12:53

    Well since your in New Zealand you must be one of those zionist cheerleaders who support Israel from afar. Where does your loyalites lie?? New Zealand or Israel. Oh by the way America is great because americans made it great....that means americans of all races and religeous backgrounds. I am not ashamed of anything but my government giving out money to a ungrateful country that insults my vice president.

  • 7. 0 0
    He Doesn't Even Know Dennis Ross' Name!
    • YishaiKohen
    • 11.03.10
    • 12:44

    And he doesn't understand that the conflict here isn't territorial: It's existential. For the Arabs, NO Israel can exist within ANY boundaries. The Philistines could have established a state here in OUR land on many occasions, but they chose war and terror INSTEAD. That was their choice. We WILL have peace here in OUR land- with or without the Arabs.

  • 6. 0 0
    miriam
    • alef alef
    • 11.03.10
    • 12:11

    you better beggin to study arabic!

  • 5. 0 0
    #3
    • Sam
    • 11.03.10
    • 12:07

    USA???? hahaha.. you soon become Arabusa.. Look at your country how many terrorist cells as homegrowns develop in your country? Now you still want to support the Muslimss? Go for it.. never dictate Israel with your tax money or whatsoever... America becomes great due to the Jews.. Not due to you.. Tell me what is your contribution to your country? Now you can feel shameful?

  • 4. 0 0
    The timing was perfect! East, West North South all of Jerusalem
    • Miriam
    • 11.03.10
    • 11:58

    is ours! This is a fact........How rude Biden was to come a hour late to the P.M. home for dinner. Americans have more than enough problems at home...let them keep their nose out of our business and country.....So Haaretz, you going to print this?

  • 3. 0 0
    #1
    • fred
    • 11.03.10
    • 11:55

    Does that mean we can stop supporting your welfare bootie with our tax money??? But when you insult my vice president your don't deserve a dime son.

  • 2. 0 0
  • 1. 0 0
    So sorry, Sir, you were embarrassed
    • Fredy Ross
    • 11.03.10
    • 11:40

    But Bibi never promised to stop building in Jerusalem and neither should it stop. Pity you haven't got time to tour Israel and see how Palestinians are building all the time and no-one says they should stop. Jerusalem should never be divided again and the Moslems have Mecca but the Jews only have Jerusalem.