Tag: Judea and Samaria
Jordan premier: Israeli extension of sovereignty akin to creating ‘apartheid state’
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said his country is inclined to “look positively” on a “one-state democratic solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the contrary, he said if Israel were to extend sovereignty into...
Shin Bet foils Iran, Hezbollah terror plot in Judea and Samaria
The Shin Bet announced on Tuesday that it had thwarted an Iran- and Hezbollah-backed terrorist plot to launch high-profile attacks in Judea and Samaria by means of a Popular Front for the Liberation of...
Pro-Israel Latino group urges Trump administration to back Israeli sovereignty
The Latino Coalition for Israel is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to back Israel’s efforts to extend sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria.
“Our Judeo-Christian foundations will be further restored by recognizing Judea...
Jerusalem highway construction aims to modernize traffic flow around historic city
Jerusalem has started construction on parts of an NIS 3 billion (approximately $870 million) major highway that will eventually serve as a ring road around Israel’s largest city, with the goal of significantly alleviating...
Mideast experts, officials debate Israel’s sovereignty move and the need to ‘finally define borders’
As questions over Israel’s application of sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria linger, several leading Mideast experts and former senior officials debated the merits of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan,...
US House Republicans pen letter to Pompeo in support of Israeli sovereignty
A group of U.S. House Republicans has penned a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in response to a letter sent to him last month by their Democratic colleagues that threatened the conditioning or...
Why Cairo has stayed (mostly) silent as Israel considers sovereignty
When Mossad chief Yossi Cohen flew to Egypt last week to meet with the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamal and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, he was likely confident that the meeting...
Khamenei calls on Hamas, PA to unify in fighting Israel’s sovereignty bid
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday commended Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh for his actions to thwart Israel’s plan to apply Jewish sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria.
“Dear...
Gaza-based Jaysh Al-Islam threatens Israel with jihad if sovereignty proceeds
The Gaza-based jihadi group Jaysh Al-Islam has released a video threatening Israel with a violent response if it declares sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria, according to a report shared exclusively with JNS...
Israeli sovereignty is now officially on the clock
Israeli media and international objectors waited on Wednesday with bated breath for an announcement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the upcoming implementation of sovereignty in much of Judea and Samaria. July 1 had...