March 19, 2014 14:32 by Simon Plosker A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is currently accepted by much of the international community as well as the official position of the Israeli government. Using the language of universal human rights, a one-state alternative has been promoted by those who wish to see the end of […]
A senior diplomatic source told Voice of Israel public radio Tuesday that if it turns out, in the coming days, that talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA) have reached a dead end, Israel will reconsider the release of the fourth and last batch of terrorist murderers that it is planning to free as part of […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thinks it is a “mistake” for Israel to demand that the Palestinian Authority (PA) recognize it as a Jewish state in order to achieve peace. “I think it’s a mistake for some people to be raising it again and again as the decider of their attitude towards the possibility […]
In an interview Thursday, Haim Yellin, head of the Eshkol Regional Council, said that the latest round of rocket attacks on southern Israel will not interrupt the daily lives of residents. “We have never stopped our normal lives in the past, and will not do so now,” he told Channel Ten. School, for example, is […]
March 13, 2014 15:36 by Alex Margolin Alan Dershowitz asks some hard questions about Europe’s support for BDS. Any objective person with an open mind, open eyes and an open heart must see the double standard being applied to the nation-state of the Jewish people by so many of the grandchildren of those who lethally […]
The Syrian army has been using starvation as a “weapon of war” in its siege of the Yarmouk camp for “Palestinian refugees” outside Damascus, Amnesty International said on Monday, according to AFP. In a report on the plight of Palestinian and Syrian civilians in Yarmouk, the group said nearly 200 people have died since an […]
The Arab League on Sunday backed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, Al-Arabiya reports. The head of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby, reportedly urged Arab countries to take a “firm stand” against Israel’s demand for the PA to recognize it as a Jewish state. Speaking at the […]
The head of a Gaza-based jihadist group warned on Sunday that there are several thousand Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists in Gaza. Speaking to The Associated Press (AP), the terror leader, Abu Bakir al-Ansari, said that these terrorists pose a formidable threat to both Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Al-Ansari described a movement that is larger and better […]
If it works in Belgium and the Netherlands, could it also work in the Middle East? Channel 2 News reported on Sunday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is looking into the option of applying a Dutch-Belgian enclave model to the peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). According to the report, Netanyahu has […]
The IDF said Thursday that it had “clear proof” that the Klos C, the ship that the IDF intercepted and which was carrying weapons bound for Gaza, was dispatched by Iran. Tehran earlier denied any connection to the ship. “We have clear information that the weapons on the ship were Iranian,” said IDF spokesperson Moti […]
