Tag: Palestinians
Gantz: Israel to grant tens of thousands of additional work visas to Palestinians
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that he is advancing a plan to grant work permits to tens of thousands of additional Palestinians.
Currently, an estimated 100,000 Palestinians enter Israel legally to work...
Despite spate of violence, Israel to allow Palestinians to visit Temple Mount
Despite a wave of Palestinian Arab violence that has left 11 Israelis dead in recent weeks, Israel plans to allow women and children, as well as men over the age of 40, from the...
New UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian issues compared ‘nakba’ to Holocaust
The U.N. Human Rights Council announced the appointment of a new Special Rapporteur on Israel on April 1, a position that is a “mandate to discriminate,” according to the UN Watch NGO. Israel is...
Don’t reward Palestinians for a new wave of terror
After a week of terror attacks that took the lives of 11 people, Israelis are wondering whether they are on the brink of a third intifada. The Jewish state’s security forces are redoubling their...
US obsession with Palestinians and appeasement of Iran dampened Negev Summit
Sunday’s “Negev Summit” gathering of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries in Israel may have been the first such high-profile visit by multiple Middle Eastern dignitaries and served as an inaugural meeting of...
UN Human Rights Council report accuses Israel of apartheid
A report by U.N. Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council accused Israel of apartheid.
“The Special Rapporteur recommends that the international community accepts and adopts the findings … that apartheid...
Poll: Americans becoming less pro-Israel, more pro-Palestinian
While Americans continue to favor the Israelis over the Palestinians, 55% now sympathize with Israelis and 26% with the Palestinians, according to a new Gallup poll.
That percentage of Americans who side with the Palestinians represents...
US ambassador to Israel calls settlement growth ‘infuriating,’ backs a divided Jerusalem
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides joined Americans for Peace Now (APN) in a webinar on Tuesday to discuss his new job and what his vision is for the region. “I’m center-left,” he said....
A double standard for free speech at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt’s Chabad hosted a speaking event on Feb. 23 by Rudy Rochman, who describes himself as a “Jewish and Israel rights activist” who has “the intention,” as Chabad put it, “of creating a productive conversation around...
Citizenship Law gets second chance as Knesset passes first reading
The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law has a new lease on life, passing its first reading in the Knesset on Feb. 7, the start of a lengthy legislative process. The law, which essentially...