Tag: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Papal infallibility? Not when it comes to the Middle East
The words of the prophet Isaiah that Pope Francis cited on Sunday during his speech in the Italian port city of Bari are especially beautiful to those who read them from Jerusalem, because here...
Israeli Arabs reject becoming citizens of Palestinian state, as suggested in Mideast peace plan
Israeli Arab citizens flatly reject the idea floated in the recently released U.S. “Peace to Prosperity” plan that envisions the possibility that borders would be redrawn and some Arab cities and villages could become...
EU warns of violence if Israel annexes Jordan Valley
The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, sent a message to Israel on Tuesday not to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank or else Palestinians could resort to violence.
“This may happen. …...
![Samuel Augustus Mitchell [Public domain]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1864_Mitchell_Map_of_Palestine_Israel_or_the_Holy_Land_-_Geographicus_-_Palestine-mitchell-1864-324x235.jpg "The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution’")
The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution’
With both friends and enemies of Israel exercised over the latest incarnation of what we know as the “two-state solution,” it’s worth remembering that the very first such solution was enacted in infamy nearly...
House Democrats send letter to Trump, objecting to Mideast peace plan
About 100 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday expressing their “strong disapproval” of his Mideast peace plan, the details of which were released...
Abbas warns in handwritten note to Netanyahu that US plan voids Oslo Accords
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a handwritten letter in Arabic to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, telling the Israeli leader that the P.A. no longer saw itself a party to any...
US peace plan draws immediate responses from Jewish, Israel-related groups, Mideast experts
Jewish and Israel-related groups expressed mixed reactions to the Trump administration at long last releasing its long-awaited peace plan on Tuesday to help resolve the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We appreciate the efforts of President Trump and his...
Trump unveils ‘deal of century,’ recognizing Israeli settlements, path to Palestinian statehood
U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in front of top administration officials and prominent guests, announced on Tuesday details of the...
December 27, 2010: Jonathan Pollak, anarchist activist against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands,...
Jonathan Pollak, an anarchist activist against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 1,500 shekels on this date in 2010 for his 2008 arrest at a...
Sa’ar: The world’s lack of ‘moral clarity’ on terrorism, Israel is ‘dangerous’
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar said on Tuesday that the world is currently being endangered by a “lack of moral clarity.”
Speaking to 25 pro-Israel parliamentarians from around the world on the final day of...