Tag: Border Security
The buffer zone taking shape in Gaza
The Israeli Cabinet hasn’t issued an official directive to the military to create a buffer zone in Gaza yet, but de facto, on the ground, one appears to be taking shape anyway.
Only the prime...
US aid to Israel is vital, but so is addressing the border crisis
One of the standard tropes of American politics since World War II is the complaint that domestic concerns are being slighted while Washington funds either foreign aid or military commitments abroad. Since the United...
US monitors Israeli border crossing pilot for Palestinian Americans
A U.S. delegation was in Israel this week to observe border crossing conditions for Palestinian Americans.
The inspections are part of an Israeli bid to join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program and are taking place during a...
Israel to build security barrier along Jordan border
The Israeli government will build a security barrier along the country's eastern border with Jordan in an attempt to thwart Iranian efforts to stir up violence, Army Radio reported on Monday.
During a closed meeting of the...
Ambassador David Friedman: Israel must ‘grow up’ and decide its eastern border
Israel and Israel alone can make decisions fateful to its future, and it can start with reaching clarity about its eastern border, said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the second Israeli...
Azerbaijan denies Iranian accusations of ‘Israeli presence’ on its border
Azerbaijan issued a denial on Monday of recent accusations by Tehran of an “Israeli presence” on the country’s border with Iran.
The statement comes amid regional tensions and a major military exercise launched by Iran...
Why is HIAS seeking to make America’s border crisis even worse?
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden finally conceded that what was happening at America’s southern border is a “crisis,” a word that his administration had consistently refused to use when referring to the situation...
Why do Jewish groups no longer care about ‘kids in cages’?
If there was one cause that united all critics of former President Donald Trump during the past four years, it was their horror and outrage about “kids in cages.” In the view of most...
Right livid after Gantz says Jerusalem has ‘room’ for Palestinian capital
Prominent figures on Israel’s right are furious with Defense Minister Benny Gantz for telling London-based Saudi news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat in a recent interview that he does not envision full regional peace without the Palestinians, and...
Netanyahu, Knesset mark 25 years of peace between Israel and neighboring Jordan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday marked 25 years of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan.
“We have an outstanding interest in keeping the peace agreement due to the fact that we have...