Tag: two-state solution
Germany, Palestinian Authority sign $117 million cooperation agreement
Germany and the Palestinian Authority have signed a 100 million euro ($117 million) cooperation agreement that will see German investment in areas under P.A. control.
The donation will finance “sustainable economic development in over the next...
Biden should reiterate Bush policies he supported
The Biden administration has been repeating the mantra about supporting a two-state solution. So far, no one has produced a plan, which is good news since no U.S. plan has ever been adopted, and...
Abbas calls on Canada to ‘halt Israeli aggression’ against Palestinians
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called on Canada to “halt Israel’s aggressions” against Palestinians, reported Palestinian media.
Speaking during a meeting in Ramallah with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, Abbas also expressed his...
Mideast Quartet discusses renewing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
The United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations, also known as the Middle East Quartet, held a virtual meeting on Tuesday focusing on the possibility of reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
A...
Biden’s ‘Nine-Miles-Wide Plan’
The Biden administration reportedly intends to demand that Israel return to the nine-miles-wide pre-1967 armistice lines. Should we be surprised? How dangerous would that be? And what should American Jews do about it?
According to...
Blinken stresses importance of two-state solution in call with Israeli counterpart
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken stressed the importance of the two-state solution in a phone call on Monday with his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi.
Blinken emphasized U.S. President Joe Biden’s belief that “the two-state...
Senate votes 97-3 to keep US embassy in Jerusalem
The U.S. Senate voted late Thursday night in favor of an amendment to the COVID-19 budget resolution to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
The final tally was 97-3. The three opposing votes were Sens....
Ocasio-Cortez withdraws from event to commemorate Yitzhak Rabin
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has withdrawn from being a speaker at an upcoming Americans for Peace Now (APN) event memorializing Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist almost...
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...
Johnson reiterates his opposition to Netanyahu’s sovereignty plans
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated his opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to extend sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, calling the potential moves “damaging” to...