Aljazeera.com | Israel-Palestinians: Blame and bitterness keeping peace at bay BBC News For retired West Bank farmer Issa Hamed, the idea that Jewish settlements are destroying a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is a no-brainer. From the rooftop of his home in Silwad, north-east of Ramallah, the sprightly 86-year-old ... Israel Seals Off Biggest Palestinian City After Deadly Attacks Israel vows more settlements amid West Bank violence Israel Imposes Restrictions on Palestinians in West Bank After Attacks |
Reuters | Mideast mediators questions Israel's commitment to 2 states U.S. News & World Report UNITED NATIONS (AP) — International mediators trying to promote Mideast peace warned in a highly anticipated report Friday that Israel's settlement expansion is eroding the viability of a Palestinian state and raises "legitimate questions" about its ... Israel should stop settlements, denying Palestinian development: Quartet report Israel to deduct Palestinian terror funding from tax fees it hands to the PA Israel and Palestinians: Powers warn of 'perpetual conflict' |
Middle East|US Offers to Increase Military Aid to Israel New York Times WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday told members of Congress that it had offered to substantially sweeten a decade-long military aid package for Israel, the latest turn in months of fitful negotiations that have proceeded despite deep divisions ... |
CNN | Trump lets 'heeby-jobbies' comment slide CNN He was more pointed in response to a questioner who told Trump he's "opposed to wasting our military in the Middle East on behalf of Zionist Israel." Trump told the man: "Israel is a very, very important ally of the United States and we are going to ... |
The Times of Israel | Dems' Fight Over Israel on Party Platform Appears Over Tablet Magazine The fight over Israel in the Democratic party platform has just about been settled, according to a full, two-paragraph section of the draft version of the platform, which Tablet has seen, and Foreign Policy, which also obtained a section of the ... Sanders' appointee to Dem platform committee: 'I'm not anti-Israel' Inside the Democratic Party's Showdown Over Israel-Palestine Zogby answers his critics: 'I've just been cast as the anti-Israel guy' |
Haaretz | For Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel, Cycling Success Is Overshadowed by Threat of Jail Haaretz For Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel, Cycling Success Is Overshadowed by Threat of Jail. In Eritrea and Israel, Michael Keflemarim vowed to take his passion for cycling all the way. The end of the way may come sooner than expected when he is hauled to ... |
New York Times | A Remark on Israel by Jeremy Corbyn Incites Outrage in Britain and Abroad New York Times Mr. Corbyn's comment drew instant condemnation from colleagues and Israeli politicians, who initially believed that he had said “Islamic State” rather than Islamic states. But members of his staff insisted that he had been referring to countries like ... Israeli Ambassador denies he 'had no problem' with Jeremy Corbyn's apparent comparison of Israel and Isil as leader ... Labour Apologizes After Corbyn Seems to Compare Israel, Radical Islamic Groups Red faced! Jeremy Corbyn ally phoned Israeli ambassador to APOLOGISE after Labour leader compared Israel to Isis |
Newsweek | Israel Gains an Important Foothold in the UN Newsweek The argument that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated in the world took another blow this month when—for the first time in the history of the United Nations and of Israel—the Israeli ambassador was elected to head one of the U.N.'s permanent ... |
CNN | British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused of comparing Israel to ISIS CNN "Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organizations," the opposition leader said as he announced the results of a ... After comparing Israel to Isil, we've got to stop pretending that Jeremy Corbyn is an amiable buffoon Jeremy Corbyn speech: Labour leader accused of comparing Israel to 'Islamic states' in antisemitism report response MKs slam Corbyn's 'anti-Semitic' comparison of Israel to ISIS |
Forward | Can Liberals in Israel and America Overcome Alienation — From Each Other? Forward Alienated liberal Jews in Israel need to reach out to create bonds with alienated liberal Jews in America, of the sort that currently connect empowered Jewish conservatives in the two countries. That was the basic consensus that emerged from what's ... Israel: War of Independence bloodiest of Israel's wars Right-wing Populism Wins in Britain and Israel Ethnic cleansing: An established plan in Israel's apartheid policy |