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 Chief Negotiator Rejects Extending Peace Talks
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat announced that it will not take part in U.S. brokered peace negotiations with Israel beyond April. The United States has been attempting to extend peace talks beyond its April deadline after nine months of talks. Erekat told AFP that “There is no meaning to prolonging the negotiation, even for one […]
Kerry Demands Partial Israeli Settlement Freeze
Israel’s Army Radio reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is insisting that the Israeli government impose a construction freeze in settlements that fall outside of communities Israeli would keep in any final-status deal with the Palestinians. Aides to Kerry are arguing that construction freezes would allow negotiations to continue after the April deadline. […]
Huckabee in Israel Calls Boycotters “Embarrassingly Stupid”
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is in Israel this week and he has a lot to say to the world regarding the appalling international treatment of Israel. Huckabee, who is visiting Israel for the 41st time, gave a press conference at the Jerusalem Bible Lands Museum. His trip to Israel, along with almost 300 Christian […]
‘Friends’ Tell Israel: Take Risks, Endanger Yourself
Since 2014 began there’s been a spike in rocket firings from Gaza at Israel—over 30 rockets in six weeks. They have either landed in open fields or been downed by Israel’s Iron Dome system. Israel has responded with some pinpoint strikes on military targets and individual terrorists. Among other things, having a rocket fall on your country about three out of […]
Knesset MK Seeks to Strip State Benefits of Terrorists
The ministerial committee is set to vote today on legislation that would strip benefits from convicted terrorists who hold Israeli citizenship. According to The Jerusalem Post, benefits would be revoked to any terrorist who leaves prison early. Likud MK Yariv Levin, who sponsored the legislation, said that “We [Israel] should not tolerate the absurd situation […]
Abbas: “We Keep Conceding But They Keep Asking For More”
Today, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting with Israeli high-school students in Ramallah. Abbas discussed the future of a Palestinian state, peace talks, and Jerusalem. Journalist Gil Hoffman, who was present during the meeting, live tweeted the event to the world. Here is a play-by-play of the meeting, where Abbas once again refused […]
Jordanian Parliament Votes Against Recognizing Israel
The Jordanian Parliament has declared that it rejects Israeli demands that the Palestinian Authority recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The Jordanian Petra news agency reported that the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament has set a “fundamental position on the Palestinian issue” and said it does not recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The […]
Palestinians Demand Control of Western Wall
The Palestinian Authority’s Religious Affairs Minister is now demanding that the Western Wall in Jerusalem must be brought under Palestinian control in any peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 10 News, Minister Mahmoud al-Habash said that “every inch” of territory Israel captured during the 1967 Six Day War […]
Netanyahu and Obama to Meet in March
During the first week of March, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the United States. On his list of appointments is delivering a keynote address to the annual AIPAC Policy Conference and a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. The last time Obama and Netanyahu met was in September 2013, when the […]
