Israelis still lining up to visit Trump’s America
Donald Trump's surprising win may have spurred increased chatter among some Americans - Jews among them - about moving to Canada. But for Israelis, at least, the U.S. hasn't lost its luster.
Category Archives: Israel
Trump May Kill Netanyahu With Kindness
While the United States presidential election bitterly divided the American public, most Israelis were sanguine about the race. Both candidates - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - were keen to end eight years of icy mistrust between Barack Obama, the outgoing president, and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Silicon Valley’s Annoying Secessionist Fever Dream: Elaine Ou
Many of the California tech industry's leaders are unhappy with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. This being Silicon Valley, they've come up with an innovative response: Secede from the union.
Danon: This is a sensitive time for Israeli diplomacy
Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, warned in an interview with Arutz Sheva that the period from now until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as President of the United States is a dangerous period for Israel, diplomatically speaking. "We are in a very sensitive period."
Donald Trump Gives First Interview as President-Elect to Sheldon Adelson’s Israeli Newspaper
The Israeli newspaper owned by the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson appears to have nabbed the first post-election interview with president-elect Donald Trump. That's the very, very first.
With far right already on rise, Trump win ripples across Dutch Kristallnacht event
His name was never mentioned during the Netherlands' main commemoration event for Kristallnacht, but Donald Trump was likely on everyone's mind at the ceremony at the Dutch capital's majestic Portuguese Synagogue. It wasn't for any imagined parallels between Trump's election as US president and the campaign of violence that the Nazis unleashed 78 years ago against German and Austrian Jews, which many historians see as the opening shot of the Holocaust.
Are we ready for the battle over Balfour?
A feeling of unease settled over me as I read about the launch of the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration - and judging by the community's response, I wasn't the only uncomfortable one. It was not the lack of detail, although it does seem bizarre to publicise a series of activities without being able to say what your first key event will be, even allowing for the fact the landmark Manchester celebration is a year away.
Israeli leader tells ministers to stay quiet on US election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, at his office, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, at his office, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016.
West Bank Palestinian
Mike Evans, a prominent Christian Evangelical leader in the US, has recommended that the Republican nominee for US president limit Palestinian sovereignty in the event that a two-state solution is agreed upon under his tenure. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, Evans said that any future Palestinian state should not be able to control its own airspace, have a standing army or enter into international treaties with other countries.
Absentee-voter exit poll: Trump wins Israel by 65 points less than Romney did
A soldier stands next to a bus stop with a pro-Trump poster near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Republican nominee Donald J. Trump won the US presidential vote among American citizens voting from Israel, according to an iVoteIsrael exit poll taken this week, but in an election plagued with low favorability ratings for both candidates, he had a far less impressive showing than Republicans did in Israel in the past.
American Israelis: Pro-vote group left us without absentee ballots
A number of Americans living in Israel are complaining about iVote Israel, an organization founded by American Israelis to help expatriate Americans vote in US presidential elections. Potential voters supporting both political parties say that requests for absentee ballots filed through iVote were never received by their local elections officials and they did not receive their ballots for next week's election, Haaretz newspaper reported .
Palestinians funded UK Labour leader’s 2009 trip to meet Assad
Jeremy Corbyn speaks after being reelected as the head of the UK Labour Party, at a party conference in Liverpool on September 24, 2016. The leader of the UK's Labour party visited Syria in 2009 on a trip paid for by a Palestinian rights group and met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Hacked emails show Clinton walking fine line between Obama, Israel
Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on November 21, 2012. Clinton had joined international efforts to broker a ceasefire amid Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket attacks.
John Kerry: It was right for me to concede quickly in 2004
Secretary of State John Kerry, who lost a close election to President George W. Bush in 2004, believes he was right to make a timely concession for the greater good of the country. "I believe today I did the right thing.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Reno
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would fire State Department officials if they refused to move America's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, his adviser on Israel David Friedman told a crowd of supporters at the David's Harp restaurant in Jerusalem's Old City Wednesday. In a minute-long taped address, Trump praised Jewish values, said he loved Israel, and spoke with pride about his Jewish daughter, Ivanka and her husband, Jarerd Kushner.
White House accuses Israel of betraying trust
The White House accused Israel of a betrayal of trust Wednesday, in an unusually sharp rebuke over its plans to build hundreds of new settlement homes deep in the West Bank. Days after President Barack Obama approved a $38 billion Israeli military aid package and attended former president Shimon Peres's funeral in Jerusalem, the White House railed at the construction of 300 housing units on land "far closer to Jordan than Israel."
Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla
Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed 'to highlight the vital role women play not only in the resistance movement, but in the survival of the Palestinian people as a whole'. The Israeli navy on Wednesday stopped a boat carrying international female activists, preventing them from breaking the blockade of Gaza.
Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
In October 2015 began what has been in turn called a wave of unrest, a Palestinian upheaval, or even the "Jerusalem Intifada." Whatever the name, the past year has seen an intensification of deadly violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.
Why it Matters: Israel
In this March 20, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, are photographed through a window and the crowd as they are greeted by children waving Israeli and American flags upon their arrival at the Peres' residence in Jerusalem. Support for Israel has been a mainstay of American foreign policy since the Jewish state's creation in 1948.
At start of shiva, Peres family invites all Israelis to pay respects
Israelis mourn as they visit the grave of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, after his burial ceremony at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 30, 2016. The family of former president Shimon Peres, who was laid to rest Friday in a state funeral attended by dozens of world leaders, began the Jewish mourning tradition of shiva on Saturday evening.