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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
U.S. Condemns Planned Construction in East Jerusalem
At a time when Palestinian violence against Israel has been increasing and Hamas is preparing to attack, Israel is once again drawing criticism for building homes. On Wednesday, the Jerusalem municipality authorized building permits for 558 new units in three East Jerusalem neighborhoods. 386 units are planned for Har Homa, 136 for Neve Yaakov, and […]
Peace Talks That Allow Racism Must Cease
Call an end to the farcical peace process today. American Secretary of State John Kerry who falls over himself to try and create dialogue between the democratic state of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, who represent a small fraction of the Palestinian Arabs, should call it wraps today. If America is at all concerned with civil […]
O My Son!: Remember Eden Atias
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice: ‘O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!’ (2 Samuel 19:5) The great Edmund Burke famously said, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” As another young Israeli meets his death at the hands of a […]
Obama Adviser Blames Peace Talk Failure On Israel
All the day they trouble mine affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil. (Psalms 56:6) United States National Security Adviser Susan Rice blamed the growing discord between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which has all but ended the latest round of peace negotiations brokered by the US, on Israeli settlement building on Thursday, […]
Palestinians Announce Resignation From Peace Talks
My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace. (Psalms 120:6) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was handed official letters of resignation by chief negotiator Saeb Erekat and a second negotiator, Mohammed Ishtayeh on Thursday in response to Israel’s announcement that they would demolish 20 Arab homes in east Jerusalem, according to […]
