The idea of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel has been the basis of decades of international efforts to end the conflict. After new US President Donald Trump’s administration said it is no longer wedded to the so-called two-state solution, here are some questions and answers about the idea and the possible alternatives. The two-state … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, preparing for his first meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, will work with advisers on Tuesday to align Israeli and U. S. thinking on the Middle East and ensure “no gaps” remain. Staff have cleared most of Tuesday for discussions with Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warmly welcomed Donald Trump’s election as US president, will visit the White House Wednesday to test his supportive campaign pledges against emerging policy. Since taking office, Trump has edged away from unqualified backing for Netanyahu’s drive for more Jewish settlement in territory the Palestinians claim for a state, and … Read more
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas elected a hardline member of its armed wing as its new Gaza head Monday, Hamas officials said. “Yahya Sinwar was elected to head the Hamas political office in the Gaza Strip”, the officials said. He will succeed Ismail Haniya, who is seen by many observers as the most likely successor to … Read more
Police in Israel have arrested two people accused of inciting violence against judges who convicted a young soldier of manslaughter for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian attacker. The military court’s decision to convict Sgt Elor Azaria on Wednesday has sharply divided opinion, with some threatening the judges online. The three judges who ruled on the … Read more
The families of three victims from the Orlando nightclub shooting filed a lawsuit on Monday against Twitter, Facebook and Google for providing “material support” to ISIS. The suit claims that the three companies allowed ISIS access to its social networks for spreading terrorist propaganda, raising money and luring recruits. (The gunman who killed 49 people … Read more
I just watched a horrific video of hundreds of young men in the traditional orange prison garb. They were in shining new handcuffs and their eyes were filled with the darkness of hopelessness, helplessness and sheer terror. They reminded me of sallah rams and christmas turkeys just before the slaughter. Their bodies were hung upside … Read more
Four men who had gone missing after a smuggling tunnel connecting the Gaza Strip with Egypt collapsed on them have been confirmed dead by a Palestinian official. Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of three men but the body of the forth man is still missing, Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman of the Gaza-based health ministry, told … Read more
A museum built on the grounds of the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, dedicated to the legacy of Yasser Arafat, has opened to the public, a day short of the 12-year anniversary of the Palestinian leader’s death. The museum, according to Nasser al-Kidwa, chairman of the board of the Yasser Arafat Foundation, intends to present the … Read more
Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town. Israeli police said there were no casualties in the rocket strike on Sderot. But Israel has a declared policy of responding militarily to any … Read more
World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he died at the age of 93. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as “a great man of the world”, as he led the eulogies. US President Barack Obama said the presence … Read more
Media captionShimon Peres was considered the last of Israel’s founding fathers World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he died at the age of 93. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as “a great man of the world”, as … Read more
Dozens of world leaders are gathering in Israel to pay tributes to Shimon Peres, one of the country’s founding fathers, who died on Wednesday aged 93. Mr Peres’ state funeral will be held in Jerusalem later on Friday. A massive security operation in preparation has so far led to the “preventative arrests” of several people. … Read more
Thousands of people are expected to pay their final respects to former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93. His coffin will lie in state in front of the parliament building in Jerusalem throughout Thursday. US President Barack Obama and some of the world’s most powerful figures will … Read more
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that Palestinians want the “ethnic cleansing” of Jews in the West Bank “unacceptable and outrageous.” Ban told the U. N. Security Council that he wanted to be absolutely clear: “Settlements are illegal under international law.” In some of the strongest language he’s used … Read more