Tag: Israel Palestinian Conflict
Israel’s defense establishment readies for full range of scenarios connected to sovereignty push
Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for the full spectrum of scenarios that could result from a government decision to proceed with applying sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, also...
PA inciting violence against Jews to ‘restore honor,’ watchdog says
The Palestinian Authority is inciting the Palestinian population so that it will be prepared to use violence and terror against Israel should the leadership want it, according to a new report by watchdog group...
Money for terrorists but not for coronavirus?
According to official Palestinian figures, the Palestinian Authority paid terrorists held by Israel NIS 517 million ($143 million) in 2019, compared to NIS 502 million ($140 million) in 2018. In January 2020 alone, they...
Conference of Presidents: Jewish mission to Saudi Arabia the result of ‘two decades of...
A delegation of 30 Jewish American leaders was hosted by senior government officials last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a four-day summit organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,...
History will remember Abbas as peace rejectionist
Even before the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan was revealed earlier this month, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was planning his trip to New York City, where he plans to address the United...
Warren: US embassy in Israel should be situated in jointly decided capital
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Thursday that the U.S. embassy in Israel should be decided in negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
She did not say...
Why Trump’s Middle East peace plan isn’t irrelevant
Three years in the making and long after most of the world had given up on it being rolled out, President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan may soon see the light of day....
‘The world doesn’t realize the extent of the tunnel threat’
“The next war will be urban, dirty, underground,” predicts John Spencer, chair of Urban Warfare Studies and co-director of the Urban Warfare Project at the Modern War Institute at the U.S. Military Academy at...
Gaza: Delaying the inevitable … again
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men cannot get out. — Saul Bellow, (1915-2005)
“The ultimate test of this agreement will be a test of blood. If it becomes clear that ...
In anticipation of Mideast peace plan, Jordanian press calls for third intifada
Ahead of the announcement of the American Middle East peace plan being called the “deal of the century,” and in light of concerns in Jordan that the deal may threaten the kingdom’s stability, scathing...