Tag: Palestinian Statehood
Katz to US senators: No Palestinian state, only Trump’s plan ensures safety
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed a bipartisan delegation of visiting U.S. senators on Sunday that Israel "will never agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger its existence."
During the meeting,...
Trump plan puts an end to the Palestinian state fantasy
Everyone who claims to be an “expert” on the Middle East is sure about one thing: President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Palestinian Arabs out of Gaza either cannot or should not happen. Of course, the...
71% of Israelis oppose Palestinian state; 68% support sovereignty in J&S: poll
Seventy-one percent of Israelis oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria. Nearly 70% want to extend Israeli sovereignty over the area, according to a poll conducted on Jan. 29.
The survey...
Herzog gets a ‘wake-up’ call, but the rest of the left are sound asleep
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is backing away from his previous support for Palestinian statehood, saying that the Hamas-led assault in his country on Oct. 7, 2023, changed his thinking.
Speaking on Jan. 21 at the annual...
UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a "High-level International Conference" to be held in June to push forward the establishment of a state of Palestine.
The conference will advance...
Reporter is either lying or ignorant about a Palestinian state
Steven Erlanger has been writing about Israel for The New York Times for nearly 30 years. How can it be that he still doesn’t know what the Oslo Accords say?
Even before he was hired by the Times, Erlanger...
The real lessons of Oct. 7 must not be ignored
The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the fresh...
The two-state delusion
The two-state solution, long heralded as the only viable path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, has been the cornerstone of international diplomacy for decades.
Yet, despite countless negotiations, summits and accords, the dream of...
Israel cancels Norwegian diplomats’ status: ‘Attack us and pay a price’
Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz informed Oslo on Thursday that he was canceling the diplomatic status of eight Norwegian representatives operating out of the country’s embassy in Tel Aviv whose sole role was to...
Euro 2024 organizers turn blind eye to PLO flag in stadiums
Euro 2024 regulations stipulate that flags of non-participating countries and political propaganda are prohibited in stadiums. However, it quickly became apparent that organizers are not enforcing these rules.
Turkish supporters initially exploited this leniency by...