Tag: West Bank
Report: Netanyahu expresses reservations about possible West Bank-Gaza passage
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed reservations about a $5 billion proposal for a highway and railway between the West Bank and Gaza as part of the Trump administration’s Mideast peace deal for...
Graham, Zeldin slam Buttigieg for threat to cut US aid over potential West Bank...
Two congressional Republicans on Wednesday slammed Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a candidatefor the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, for saying on Tuesday, “If Prime Minister Netanyahu makes good...
EU criticizes Israeli plans for housing units in ‘occupied’ West Bank
In a statement, the European Union denounced Israeli “plans for more than 4,600 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of an illegal outpost.”
The plans were announced last...
Nine Jewish groups call on Trump to stop Netanyahu on West Bank pledge
Nine Jewish groups have called on U.S. President Donald Trump to stop Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, newly re-elected to a record fifth term, from carrying out his campaign promise to annex parts of the West Bank.
“We believe...
Pompeo declines to answer if US would support Israel’s annexing the West Bank
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to answer during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday if the United States would support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow on Saturday to, if he won...
UN Human Rights Council delays release of blacklist of firms in Jerusalem, West Bank
The U.N. Human Rights Council has delayed the release of a blacklist of firms operating in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The move by High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, citing the “complexity” of...
Hamas tries to ignite the West Bank
A grim shooting attack took place near the community of Ofra in the Ramallah area on December 9, 2018. The drive-by shooting attack was carried out from a car driving past a bus stop....
Palestinian terror balloon reaches Jerusalem suburb
A balloon fitted with an explosive device, launched by Palestinian terrorists, landed outside a home in Givat Ze’ev, a suburb of Jerusalem, for the first time on Monday.
Police sappers neutralized the device in the...
Is a PLO confederation with Jordan a viable solution to the Mideast conflict?
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas recently told a group of Israeli activists that the Trump administration proposed a confederation between the Palestinians and Jordan. For years, the idea of Jordan serving as a state...
Welcome to the United Arab Kingdom?
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas recently told a group of Israeli activists that the Trump administration proposed a confederation between the Palestinians and Jordan. For years, the idea of Jordan serving as a state...