Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Eighteen: Oppose unilateral actions by either side The sole route to a viable, sustainable two-state solution is through a settlement resulting from direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. While Israel was right to withdraw from Read more…
Jerusalem is quiet but tense after further clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Temple Mount/ Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Friday. The tensions – a frequent feature of Ramadan in the city, exacerbated this year by the confluence of Passover and Easter – have been long anticipated, but have Read more…
Joe Biden will visit Israel in the coming months, the White House and the Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement on Sunday. The statement was issued following a call between the president and Naftali Bennett in which they discussed Iran, regional issues and the tensions in Jerusalem. The prime Read more…
The Palestinian Authority paid out 33 times more on “salaries” to terrorists and their families than it spends on healthcare for the Palestinian people, according to new research. The analysis by Palestinian Media Watch also found that, under the PA’s “pay for slay” policy, President Mahmoud Abbas’ government spent 11 Read more…
The leader of the Israeli Labor party has expressed hope the ideologically diffuse “change government” which came to power last summer will survive, despite losing its Knesset majority earlier this month. Speaking on Monday, Merav Michael said the parties – which range from prime minister Naftali Bennett’s right-wing Yamina party Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Seventeen: International action to curb Iran’s malign activities While the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aimed to rollback Iran’s nuclear programme, it did nothing to address Tehran’s destabilising activities in the region: its expansionist aims, Read more…
An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman claimed on Monday that Iran would only re-engage with ongoing talks in Vienna to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal in order to “finalise the agreement”, not “for new negotiations”. Despite this, the spokesman added that there were still issues that were outstanding. “At the moment, Read more…
The European Parliament’s budgetary control committee has passed a motion condemning the Palestinian Authority for printing new school textbooks containing violent and hateful anti-Israel material using European funding. The EU funds the salaries of the Palestinian Authority-employed civil servants who write and produce the textbooks. The motion effectively freezes EU Read more…
Israel’s health minister and leader of Meretz, Nitzan Horowitz, visited western Ukraine on Sunday to see an Israeli field hospital set up following Russia’s invasion of the country. The field hospital, named Kochav Meir (‘Shining Star’), opened two weeks ago some 90 minutes west of Lviv. More than 1,500 Ukrainian Read more…
Last week’s series of terror attacks against Israel and the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan have collided to raise tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank this week. What happened Following the start of Ramadan last week, Jerusalem’s Old City has seen minor clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police, Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Sixteen: Support steps towards a permanent Gaza ceasefire Hamas’ refusal to renounce violence and terrorism, accept Israel’s right to exist within the framework of a two-state solution, and agree to abide by past diplomatic agreements makes the Read more…
The Israeli government has raised the number of permits for residents of the Gaza Strip to work in Israel by some 8,000, bringing the total to 20,000, according to the country’s Ministry for Regional Cooperation. The cabinet signed off the government resolution on Sunday, coming as Israel seeks to reduce Read more…