Netanyahu Stands Up to Obama
After private talks at the White House that lasted nearly three hours between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of…
Abbas: Release Prisoners, Halt Settlement Construction or No Peace
In a meeting yesterday in Ramallah between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Meretz party leader MK Zahava Gal-on, Abbas said that the Palestinians would agree to prolong peace negotiations if Israel officially froze all construction and released additional Palestinian prisoners. “The only way we will agree to extend talks is if Netanyahu declares a […]
Obama Abandons Israel
United States President Barack Obama is laying down some ground rules when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In an interview with Bloomberg, Obama warned Israel that it could expect sanctions and international isolation should Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fail to support a framework peace agreement. In the interview, Obama quoted the Jewish […]
Japan Pledges $200 Million in Aid to the Palestinians
Japan announced on Saturday that it was pledging more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority. The pledge was announced by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the second Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development. The conference, held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, was a gathering of high-ranking […]
PA Refuses to Pay Electricity Debt to Israel
The Palestinian Authority’s unpaid electricity bill has spiralled to a staggering 400 million shekels ($110 million). Now, the Jerusalem District Electricity Company has offered the PA an ultimatum: pay the debt, or approve a rate hike. The JDEC is a private distributor which is supplied by the Israel Electric Company and then sells the electricity […]
Hezbollah Vows Revenge Against “Zionist Enemy”
After an unusual silence from Hezbollah, the terrorist organization based out of Lebanon confirmed that it was indeed attacked by an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television network broadcasted a statement that vowed revenge on Israel, calling the airstrike an attack on the whole of Lebanon. “The resistance will choose the right time and place to […]
Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes
According to a new report published by Amnesty International, “Israeli forces have displayed a callous disregard for human life by killing dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the occupied West Bank over the past three years with near total impunity.” The report, called “Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank,” accuses […]
Hamas Denounces UN Textbooks: “Contaminates The Minds of Our Students”
JERUSALEM – “There is a tremendous focus on the peaceful resistance as the only tool to achieve freedom and independence,” Motesem al-Minawi, spokesman of the Hamas Education Ministry, complained about the latest UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) textbooks for high school students in Gaza. Earlier this month, Hamas called on Gaza’s teachers not to use […]
Riot Erupts on Temple Mount
Early Tuesday morning, Palestinian youth erupted in protest against an upcoming debate regarding Israeli sovereignty of the Temple Mount. Clashes between Israeli police forces and Palestinians began when officers opened the Mughrabi Gate, a main entrance to the Temple Mount that is located next to the Western Wall and is only accessible for non-Muslims. The […]
Members of Major Hamas Terror Cell in Custody
JERUSALEM – Israel’s General Security Service (GSS) announced yesterday (Feb. 24) that it has arrested 15 Arabs who were members of a Hamas terror cell that operated against civilian traffic on route 443, a major road connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The terrorists, all resident of the village of UR-Tahtah in their late twenties and […]