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Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago. The victims are asking the high court to reinstate a $654 million verdict against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with attacks in Israel in 2002 and 2004 that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more.
Palestinian women shout anti-Israeli slogans during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Gaza City on March 7, 2018. At least 15 Palestinians have died in the occupied Gaza strip after Israeli soldiers opened fire on Friday evening, marking the single deadliest day in the Israel-Palestine conflict since the 2014 war in Gaza.
Six Palestinians have been killed and hundreds have been wounded in clashes with the Israeli military as more than 17,000 gathered on the Gaza border to protest what they see as an Israeli occupation. The Israeli military deployed more than 100 special forces snipers to the Gaza border in anticipation of the Palestinian "Land Day" protests that began Friday and are expected to continue until May 15. The reported deaths came from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, and most of the injuries came from tear gas inhalation, The Jerusalem Post reported .
Israel is once again considering purchasing the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey following the cancellation of its acquisition nearly four years ago. A defense source told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that Israel will likely decide in the next year or two to purchase the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
MK Motti Yogev , a member of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told Arutz Sheva on Wednesday that he is convinced that the defense establishment will draw the necessary conclusions from the incidents of infiltrations from Gaza into Israel. On Tuesday, three Arab terrorists were apprehended by IDF troops near the Tze'elim army base in southern Israel, after having walked for miles from Gaza.
The supposed "anti-semitism crisis" in Britain's Labour party is revealing an interesting paradox at the heart of modern discussions of anti-semitism. Undoubtedly there are those who intentionally exploit anti-semitism for political gain.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will lead a trip of congressional Democrats on an upcoming trip to Israel, her office announced on Saturday. "There is no greater political accomplishment in the 20th century that the establishment of the State of Israel," the announcement read.
The Trump administration in a statement said it "sympathizes deeply" with the families whose lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization may soon be considered by the Supreme Court, but continues to maintain that the lawsuit does not meet the standards for review by the court. "The United States condemns acts of terror in the strongest terms and the Department of Justice is committed to prosecuting those who commit terrorist attacks against innocent human beings to the fullest extent that the law allows," said a statement emailed this week to JTA by a Justice Department spokeswoman.
Red-faced and with his hair still wet, Hani Abu Amirah's grandson sobbed as he shuffled over to where she sat, looking out on the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza's Shati refugee camp. The boy's distress stemmed from his decision to go swimming a little earlier that morning, one that incurred his father's wrath when he was yanked out of the water and beaten for disobeying orders to stay away from the sea.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference crowd hadn't had something or someone unabashedly to cheer for - until Monday evening.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah, along with Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Ze'ev Elkin and Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, on Thursday visited the Jerusalem exhibit currently being presented at the UN building in New York. The exhibit presents 3,000 years of Jewish contiguity in Jerusalem.
Israel is beating the drums of war again, this time over Syria. On February 10 the Israel Defense Forces carried out the most aggressive Israeli use of force in Syria thus far.
In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump pleaded with him Monday to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war. Trump retorted: "We're not backing down."
President Donald Trump says 'we're not backing down' on his push to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum despite criticism from fellow Republicans. WASHINGTON - In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump pleaded with him Monday to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war.
President Donald Trump has had no bigger international backer than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump's policies, particularly where it comes to moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing that city as Israel's capital -- and also where it comes to drawing a hard line on Iran's nuclear program -- are in alignment with Netanyahu's.
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in together from White House Monday - and they trolled the media together. "They've been friends for a long time.
President Donald Trump insists he is "not backing down" on his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminium despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war. The president said North American neighbours Canada and Mexico would not get any relief from his plan to place the tariffs on the imports but suggested he might be willing to exempt the two longstanding allies if they agreed to better terms for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
There's much to celebrate but plenty of cause for trepidation, too, as President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet Monday at the White House. For all his talk about brokering the "ultimate deal" between Israelis and Palestinians, Trump's long-awaited peace plan has yet to arrive, even as Palestinians and other critics insist it will be dead on arrival.
THE FLOOD of corruption affairs that is now engulfing the Netanyahu family and its assistants and servitors does not seem to diminish his popularity among those who call themselves "the People." On the contrary, according to the opinion polls, the voters of the other nationalist parties are rushing to the rescue of "Bibi."
The California Democratic Party voted at their annual convention on Sunday to oppose federal bills intended to thwart the movement to boycott Israel. The party's platform also supports a bill preventing the Israel Defense Forces from using U.S. tax dollars to detain Palestinian children.