FremantleMedia, one of the leading creators of television entertainment brands worldwide, is teaming up with veteran writer and producer, Marshall Herskovitz, for a television drama series inspired by Andrew Nagorski’s book Hitlerland. The book, released earlier this year, provides accounts from American diplomats and correspondents in Berlin during the 1920s and 30s who knew Hitler […]
(CNSNews.com) – Amid a new controversy between Israel and the Obama administration over the issue of building in disputed territory, a largely-unnoticed comment by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers fresh insight into an earlier dispute. After presenting a speech at the Saban Forum on U.S.-Israel relations on Friday evening, Clinton, during a question-and-answer time, […]
The White House on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to build 3,000 new homes in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria as “counterproductive” and said it would make resuming peace talks harder. “We reiterate our longstanding opposition to settlements and east Jerusalem construction and announcements. We believe these actions are counterproductive and make it harder to resume direct […]
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor’s office said on Friday it was considering the legal implications after the UN General Assembly’s overwhelming vote to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a non-member state. “The Office of the Prosecutor takes note of the decision” and will now “consider the legal implications of this resolution,” it said in […]
While Hamas welcomed a UN vote to recognize “Palestine” on Thursday, on the same day it issued a statement rejecting the UN’s famous Resolution 181, in which the world body voted in favor of a plan to recognize two states in what was then British Mandatory Palestine – one Arab, and one Jewish. The Arab […]
In the wake of the UN vote on “Palestine,” Israel must declare sovereignty over its communities in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), Samaria regional council head Gershon Mesika said Friday in an urgent appeal to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The PA appeal to the UN was clearly “a media ploy, and an event that was in […]
Hours before the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of recognizing the Palestinian Authority as a non-member observer state, the official U.N. Twitter account made an egregious typo, tweeting in favor of a one-state solution. “On Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 1-state solution,” read the tweet. The message, […]
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement is marching hand-in-hand with Hamas, which has offered the movement, founded by Yasser Arafat, “to put our hands together and carry the gun.” The rift between the two rival factions seemed irreparable in 2007, when Hamas ousted the Fatah leadership from Gaza in a bloody militia war of […]
By Peter Paton It would be a grave political and strategic mistake by America, Britain, France, Germany and others to take any diplomatic action against our greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel, over their legal decision to build houses beyond the Green Line, as defined by the Levy Commission, which stipulates the stipulation that […]
The World Bank has come to the rescue of Hamas, giving it $6.4 million to improve water and sewage services after the latest escalation in attacks on Israel that drew Israel into the eight-day Pillar of Defense counterterrorist campaign. The Islamic Development Bank is contributing an additional $11.1 million, but there has been no report […]
