PA official claims Israeli plot to ‘Judaize’ Jerusalem
Dr. Hanna Issa condemned Israel for opening a 2,000-year old-road that leads to the Temple Mount, claiming the government is trying to change Jerusalem's demographics.
July 4, 2019
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Kushner: Palestinians made ‘strategic mistake’ boycotting Bahrain
PA response to US-led initiative 'hysterical and erratic and not very constructive,' says senior Trump adviser. They 'looked very foolish.'
July 4, 2019
‘Biased’ Arab media reinforces hatred, anti-Semitism, former Miss Iraq tells UN
In UNHRC speech, ex-Miss Iraq Sarah Idan blasts anti-Semitism, ‘biased’ media coverage against Israel.
July 4, 2019
PA salaries to terrorists up nearly 12% in 2019, says Israeli watchdog
The self-rule authority 'decided to disregard its donor countries’ demand for full financial transparency and hid all its budgetary data,' says PMW.
July 4, 2019
Kushner: Trump ‘very fond of Abbas, likes him very much personally,’ peace plan to advance
'Our door is always open to the Palestinian leadership,' said senior adviser to President Trump, Jared Kushner.
July 3, 2019
Shin Bet nabs Hamas bomb-maker who snuck into Israel with medical visa
Israel recently thwarted a Hamas plan to establish an explosives manufacturing network in Judea and Samaria using a medical permit to sneak in a key terrorist.
July 3, 2019
Republican Senator Graham meets senior Palestinian official, supports two-state solution
Meeting with a senior Palestinian official, Senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen voiced support for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
July 3, 2019
IDF preparing for war amid rising US-Iran tensions, says Israel’s FM
Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz also spoke about the growing acceptance of Israel among moderate Arab states.
July 3, 2019
Amb. Friedman hails ‘historic’ US Independence Day celebration in Jerusalem
'America has no greater ally than Israel,' Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the 4th of July celebration.
July 3, 2019
IDF arrests 22 terrorism suspects, seizes submachine gun
Israeli security forces detained a number of individuals in Judea and Samaria on Monday based on evidence linking them to terrorism and other crimes.
July 2, 2019
Iran threatens: If US attacks, we’ll wipe out Israel in half hour
In a television interview, senior official Mojtaba Zonnour gives Israel 'half an hour' of life if America hits Iran.
July 2, 2019
Syria complains to UN over alleged Israeli airstrikes
The Assad regime claims attacks on Iranian bases Sunday night amount to Israeli 'state terrorism.'
July 2, 2019
Netanyahu: ‘Iran lied the whole time’
Netanyahu warned that Iran's move to break limits on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium is a "significant step toward making a nuclear weapon."
July 1, 2019
WATCH: Should Israel fight BDS with financial incentives?
Davidi Hermelin, president of the International Center for Public Diplomacy in Israel, suggests a different approach to fighting BDS.
July 1, 2019
Netanyahu dismisses ‘propaganda’ from ‘experts’ on Gaza Strip
PM slams advice 'they themselves didn't implement when they were in charge' and says he is guided by only one thing—the security of Israel.
July 1, 2019
Hidden dangers in Trump peace plan embrace false Palestinian narrative, says right-wing journalist
Hagai Segal says that while Trump’s peace team is pro-Israel, their economic plan shows they have adopted the Palestinian victimhood narrative.
July 1, 2019
Syrian air defense system appears operational in satellite images
Photos published by a leading Israeli satellite imaging firm appear to show Syria's fourth S-300 launcher in an erect position and ready for use.
June 30, 2019
Netanyahu: ‘Palestinians determined to continue conflict at any price’
The Palestinians perpetrate the conflict, ignoring the well-being of their own people, while Israel advances ties with the Arab world, to everyone's benefit, Netanyahu said.
June 30, 2019
Trump envoy: ‘We can’t Judaize what history and archaeology show’
In response to PA criticism of U.S. attendance at a City of David event, Greenblatt tells Palestinians: 'We can acknowledge it and you can stop pretending it isn’t true!'
June 30, 2019
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg donates to Israeli coexistence group
Hand in Hand is to receive $9,000, one-third of the funds from an award given to Justice Ginsburg by the Jewish Culture in Sweden organization.
June 30, 2019
Palestinian jailed by PA for attending Bahrain released after US threats
Saleh Abu Mayala was part of a small group of Palestinians, led by businessman Ashraf Jabari, present at the event despite the official Palestinian boycott.
June 30, 2019
Trump: Israeli-Palestinian deal will be made with me or ‘will never happen’
U.S. President Donald Trump commented Saturday that he thinks the Palestinians want to make an agreement with Israel, but if it doesn't happen while he's in office, a deal will never materialize.
June 29, 2019
Palestinian Authority arrests Hebron businessman who attended US-led Bahrain workshop
The Palestinian Authority arrested one of the few Palestinian participants in the US-led Mideast peace conference after he returned to Hebron.
June 29, 2019
WATCH: Stop calling Israeli towns ‘settlements,’ says Trump adviser
Jason Greenblatt commented in Jerusalem on Thursday that Israeli “neighborhoods and cities” are not the primary obstacle to peace with the Palestinians, challenging the use of the term 'settlement' for such communities.
June 29, 2019
Israeli official confirms ceasefire deal with Hamas
According to the official, 'if Hamas won’t stand by its obligations, Israel will restore the sanctions.'
June 28, 2019
WATCH: Incendiary balloons from Gaza spark fires in Israel
Four fires ravaged Israel's Gaza belt on Friday morning as a result of incendiary balloons from Hamas-ruled Gaza, notwithstanding a reported ceasefire.
June 28, 2019
Palestinians ramp up arson attacks, ignite 24 fires in Israel
Palestinian terrorists intensified airborne arson attacks on Thursday, setting off blazes throughout the Gaza envelope in Israel's south.
June 27, 2019
WATCH: Arab-Americans blast Bahrain conference
Following the U.S.-led Bahrain workshop designed to outline economic solutions for Palestinian society, Arab-Americans offered grim reviews of the Trump administration's proposal.
June 27, 2019
Palestinians ‘manipulating’ US economic vision for Mideast, says Trump envoy
'They believe that we're trying to buy the Palestinians off with this economic vision; that's not true,' said Greenblatt to Kan public broadcasting.
June 27, 2019
19 of 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls say they’d rejoin Iran nuclear deal
'If I have an opportunity to leverage a better deal, I’m going to do it,' said Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).
June 27, 2019
‘The Jewish people have a place among us,’ Bahrain FM says in unprecedented Israeli TV interview
Bahrain's foreign minister gave an unprecedented interview to an Israeli television channel, calling for open communication with the Jewish state.
June 26, 2019
Chilean president apologizes for Temple Mount visit with Palestinian officials
Israel’s Foreign Ministry reprimanded Chile on Wednesday after Chilean President Sebastián Piñera visited the Temple Mount on Tuesday with senior Palestinian officials.
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June 26, 2019
Palestinians ‘not completely honest’ when they say they want a state, historian observes
The Palestinians 'have a leadership that is keeping them at a state of perpetual victimhood,' says Hebrew University's Gaudi Taub.
June 26, 2019
Opinion: Erdogan’s loss is Israel’s gain
Istanbul, home to 20 percent of the Turkish population, has been emboldened by the mayoral victory of Ekrem Imamoğlu.
June 26, 2019
UNRWA raises over $110 million from UN member states, countering US cutoff
Washington had been the largest contributor but pulled the plug to protest 'anti-Israeli and anti-American things in their textbooks.'
June 26, 2019
Kushner presents vision of Palestinian ‘peace and prosperity’ at Bahrain workshop
'President Trump and America have not given up on you,' White House senior adviser Jared Kushner declared on Tuesday in Bahrain, appealing directly to the Palestinian people.
June 25, 2019
Palestinians burn Trump effigies, riot to protest Bahrain conference
As Arab nations and the U.S. began meetings in Bahrain designed to solve the Mideast conflict, Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli soldiers and set ablaze effigies of the American president.
June 25, 2019
Religion dropping among many Arabs, says BBC poll
On the issue of the threat posed by other countries, many were more afraid of Israel than the United States and Iran.
June 25, 2019
Israel stops fuel deliveries to Gaza over fire balloons
The announcement was made after a particularly large wave of arson attacks on Monday.
June 25, 2019
Kushner: The US doesn’t have to help the Palestinians
'They were also told that if they continue to criticize our policy - the aid would stop, and so it was,' Kushner reportedly added.
June 25, 2019
WATCH: Netanyahu ‘open’ to Trump peace plan, slams Palestinian response
Commenting with U.S. national security advisor John Bolton by his side, Netanyahu vowed to assess the Trump peace plan with 'fairness,' blasting the Palestinians for rejecting it sight unseen.
June 23, 2019
Palestinian Authority blasts US peace plan as Balfour Declaration II
'This project does not talk about the economy of the Palestinian state and its components, but tries to whitewash the occupation and settlement,' says the PA.
June 23, 2019
US unveils $50 billion Palestinian economic plan ahead of Bahrain conference
The Trump administration on Saturday unveiled a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal to power its much-anticipated 'deal of the century' Middle East peace plan.
June 22, 2019
WATCH: Gazans protest en masse against Bahrain conference
At least 6,000 Palestinians in Gaza demonstrated at the border with Israel on Friday, continuing the weekly violent protests as well as in opposition to the Bahrain conference.
June 22, 2019
WATCH: Will Iran attack Israel after US cancels strike?
Following the U.S.' decision on Friday not to carry out a strike on Iran, some experts believe the Islamic Republic may feel emboldened and launch an attack on its greatest regional rival, Israel.
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June 22, 2019
WATCH: Meet the sole Palestinian attending Trump’s peace summit
While the Palestinian leadership is officially boycotting the Bahrain conference, successful Palestinian businessman and critic of the Palestinian Authority, Ashraf Jabari, plans to participate in the workshop.
June 22, 2019
WATCH: PA takes credit for lack of Israeli officials in Bahrain
The PA is taking credit for the fact that no Israeli official will be present at the upcoming 'Peace to Prosperity' conference in Bahrain, although they never explained how.
June 21, 2019
Israeli intelligence exposes Iranian spy network within Israel
Iran reportedly directed the primary suspect to set up a factory in Jordan to employ Shi'ite workers who would conduct 'future Iranian activity' in Israel.
June 20, 2019
UK Jewish group slams New Zealand government for map erasing Israel
The map labeled Israel 'Palestine, and it called East Jerusalem its 'designated capital.'
June 20, 2019
Trump envoy: ‘Lack of peace has nothing to do with settlements’
Senior U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt challenged past administrations' claims that Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria are an 'obstacle' to peace.
June 19, 2019
‘The whole air force is in the air’: Israel holds massive, multi-front combat exercise
While the focus has been on the north, the simulated multi-front war exercise also included the Gaza front.
June 19, 2019
UN nuclear watchdog IAEA recognizes ‘State of Palestine’
'Israel does not recognize the PA's attempts to join such organizations and such institutions in which only states are members,' said Israel's Foreign Ministry in response.
June 19, 2019
Cash-strapped UNWRA seeks $211 million from donors
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is urging supporters to make up its $211 million shortfall.
June 19, 2019
PA secretly pays Israel for medical care
This contravenes the PA’s announcement in May that it would stop sending Arab patients from the PA to Israeli hospitals.
June 18, 2019
US envoy Jason Greenblatt speaks about chances of Bahrain’s success
Jason Greenblatt discusses the upcoming US administration's 'very well thought out economic vision for the Palestinian people.'
June 18, 2019
White House: Israelis not invited to Mideast peace workshop in Bahrain
The announcement means that neither Israelis nor Palestinians will be attending a conference meant to shape their fate.
June 17, 2019
WATCH: ‘Dirty Money’ – Extreme-left NGOs tied to foreign funding
Should NGOs working against Israeli policy in support of the Palestinians get funding from European countries?
June 17, 2019
WATCH: Israel and Lebanon talk maritime borders with big potential upside
Israel and Lebanon may be on their way to demarcating their maritime border, and it could have a major impact on energy and gas exploration.
June 17, 2019
‘Judaism has never been at war with Islam,’ Rivlin tells visiting Muslim delegation
'Religion itself is not the problem, rather, political Islam that tries to create conflict between Jews and Muslims,' Imam Hassen Chalghoumi stated in Jerusalem.
June 17, 2019
WATCH: Greenblatt supports Israeli sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria
Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East said he supports U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman's comments regarding Israel's annexation of portions of Judea and Samaria.
June 17, 2019