Israeli-Palestinian peace talks had no chance, say analysts USA TODAY JERUSALEM — The Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is at the core of why a negotiated settlement between the two sides is all but dead, say experts on both sides of the divide. Public sentiment and the positions of political ... |
RT | Israel-Palestine A peace process that is going nowhere The Economist ZE'EV ELKIN, Israel's 43-year-old deputy foreign minister, who emigrated from eastern Ukraine in 1990, chuckles about the rise of “Russians” into his country's highest posts. The foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, hails from Moldova, once part of the ... Israel slaps Palestine with economic sanctions amid collapsing peace talks Israel imposes tax sanction on Palestinian Authority US tells Israel: Pollard's release is still on the table |
Tablet Magazine | Are Iran and Israel Trading Places? New York Times STANFORD, Calif. — Although the Israeli and Iranian governments have been virtually at war with each other for decades, the two countries have much in common. Both are home to some of the oldest civilizations on earth, and both are primarily non-Arab ... No, Israel Isn't About to Turn Into a Theocracy Orthodox Jews arrested in Israel anti-conscription protest |
Washington Post | Israel Says It Is 'Deeply Disappointed' by Kerry's Remarks on Peace Talks New York Times JERUSALEM — In an unusually pointed rebuke of an ally, Israel said on Wednesday that it was “deeply disappointed” by Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks a day earlier that appeared to lay primary blame on Israel for the crisis in the American ... Israel 'Deeply Disappointed' By Kerry's Comments Israel offers deal to rescue peace talks Palestinians denounce Israeli decision to cutback ties with PA officials |
African Migrants in Israel Hold Passover Meal ABC News Israel has struggled with how to deal with the African migrants, who number around 50,000 and the government views as illegal economic migrants. It constructed a fence along its 220-kilometer (130-mile) border with Egypt, offered cash to migrants to ... |
Jewish Daily Forward | Bob Carr's 'Israel lobby' claims inaccurate, bizarre The Age Bob Carr's interviews on Wednesday on the ABC's 7.30 and Lateline, spruiking the publication of his The Diary of a Foreign Minister, make various claims about what he refers to as the Melbourne "Israel lobby" exercising extraordinary influence over the ... Australian Jews bash former FM for claims 'Israel lobby' holds 'unhealthy' sway Australian Ex-Minister's 'Unhealthy' Israel Lobby Claims Draw Pushback From ... Aussie media focus on Carr's assertion that Israel lobby had 'direct line ... |
Wall Street Journal | Israel Seizes Settler Seminary in West Bank Over 'Jewish Terror' Wall Street Journal YITZHAR, West Bank—Hours before the start of the Jewish Sabbath, armed Israeli soldiers on Friday shut down a seminary for ultranationalist Jewish students in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar. The troops, using the kind of tactics usually reserved ... Israel army occupies W.Bank Jewish seminary Israeli army deploys Border Police company in Yitzhar 'Bulldozing Homes in the Middle of the Night - That's Terrorism' |
Israel imposes more sanctions on Palestinians Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM -- Israel imposed a series of economic sanctions against the Palestinians Thursday amid a deadlock in peace negotiations. Israel will not transfer to the Palestinians the tax revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and said ... |
The Guardian | Israel gave my grandmother sanctuary after Holocaust, says Ed Miliband The Guardian The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has recalled his first visit to Israel at the age of seven and spoken of his gratitude to the country for providing a sanctuary for his grandmother after her husband died in the camps. Miliband made the comments to ... Miliband on Israel, PM plan and Thatcher comparison Miliband Meets His Israeli Family Ed Miliband: 'Israel is the Jewish homeland' |
Washington Post (blog) | Introducing Ofek 10, the just-launched Israeli satellite likely designed to ... Washington Post (blog) JERUSALEM – Israel's capacity to keep tabs on Iran was boosted Wednesday night after the successful launch into space of its 10th and most advanced satellite to date. The satellite, which Israelis call Ofek 10 (Ofek meaning horizon in Hebrew), entered ... |