Tag: Israel Palestinian Conflict
US: Palestinian state should arise through direct negotiations
The Biden administration supports the creation of a Palestinian state via direct negotiations between Ramallah and Jerusalem and not unilateral moves at the United Nations, State Department Spokesman Matt Miller said on Wednesday.
“I am...
The Israeli-Palestinian ‘two state solution’
Just in time for Easter, another resurrection was recently proposed by Martin Indyk, twice U.S. ambassador to Israel, in the journal Foreign Affairs:
“ allegedly dead two-state solution…resurrected by U.S. President Joe Biden and his top national security...
Temple Mount closed to Jews for remainder of Ramadan
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City will remain shuttered for non-Muslim visitors until after Ramadan, the Israel Police has informed Jewish rights activists.
Jews and other non-Muslims have been banned from ascending the Temple...
Blinken to Abbas: US ‘looks forward’ to engaging with new PA government
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday conveyed to Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas the Biden administration’s eagerness to begin working with the newly formed government in Ramallah.
During a call with Abbas, Blinken...
Palestinians continue destruction of ancient Samaria village
Palestinian construction workers have constructed an illegal road through the ancient village of Sebastia, near Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria, causing damage to an Israeli heritage site, Israeli NGO Regavim reported on Wednesday.
Shomron (Samaria) was...
Israeli High Court OKs house demolition for terrorist who failed to kill
Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, on Wednesday sanctioned the demolition of a Jerusalem home belonging to a terrorist who shot and wounded two policemen on Oct. 12.
Khaled Abdel-Fattah, from the northern...
Former French FM accuses ‘settlers’ of poisoning wells
Former France Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine employed an age-old antisemitic trope during an interview on Europe 1 CNews on Sunday, in which he accused Jewish “settlers” in Judea and Samaria of poisoning wells.
“The behavior of the...
Biden’s settlement delusions
Last week, the Biden administration reversed the “Pompeo Doctrine,” which recognized that Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria are not “per se inconsistent with international law.”
Biden’s record of being wrong on every single important...
MKs: Extend order barring citizenship through marriage for Palestinians
Lawmakers in Jerusalem on Monday gave initial approval to renewing a temporary order barring Palestinians from Judea, Samaria and Gaza from automatically receiving Israeli citizenship through marriage, amid growing calls to enact permanent legislation,...
The serial killer who might be the first president of Palestine
A Greek Orthodox priest named Georgios Tsibouktzakis was murdered for the crime of driving while mistakenly being perceived as Jewish. And now his killer is being widely touted as the likely first president of...