Tag: Palestinians
Rejecting the rejectionists
In 1977, shortly after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s address to the Knesset in Jerusalem outlining his proposals for peace with Israel, the PLO and five Arab countries formed a bloc whose sole purpose was...
UAE foreign minister to Palestinians: Communication better than disconnection
Anwar Gargash, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, denied assertions that the historic announcement of normalization with Israel would harm the prospects of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
“Freezing Israeli annexation will...
Jewish and pro-Israel groups from both left and right laud Israel-UAE announcement
Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and the United Arab Emirates for a peace deal on Thursday to normalize relations between the two countries—the first of its kind between Israel and a Middle Eastern...
Scholar: Palestinians have up to 15 children, moms ‘willing to sacrifice two or three’
Palestinian scholar Mahmoud al-Shajrawi said during a recent interview with Turkey’s Channel 9 TV that the Jews will never give the Palestinians land on which they can establish a Palestinian state because they are “tight-fisted,” as...
Poll: Democrats, voters in battleground states trend overwhelmingly pro-Israel
An overwhelming majority of Americans, including Democrats and voters in battleground states, consider themselves pro-Israel, oppose reducing U.S. security aid to Israel and want the Democratic Party platform to remain at least as pro-Israel...
Report: Chinese president supports the Palestinians’ ‘just demands’
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday expressed China’s support for the “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he said had always been the core issue in the Middle East.
Speaking via telephone with Palestinian...
Former US Mideast negotiator: World mired in past on solving Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Ahead of the planned move by Israeli to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, several leading Mideast experts and former senior officials debated the merits of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to...
Anti-Semitic, anti-Israel groups to hold ‘Day of Rage’ rallies in US, worldwide
Anti-Semitic and anti-Israel groups are scheduled to hold “Day of Rage” rallies and vehicle caravans nationwide and abroad, protesting Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, also known as the...
Palestinians seem more worried about COVID-19 than Israeli sovereignty
The Palestinian leadership may be up in arms over the impending Israeli announcement on the application of sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, but the Palestinian public seems largely indifferent to it.
In Ramallah,...
Ahead of sovereignty start date, affected Israelis and Palestinians speak out
Ahead of Israel’s planned application of sovereignty, which was slated to start as early as July 1 but has been moved forward for the time being, Israelis and Palestinians from neighboring cities over the Green Line...