It’s springtime for Israel’s relations with the Anglosphere. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loves to talk about burgeoning ties with the Arab world, but in the months and years ahead, a newly formed pro-Israel triumvirate of English-speaking countries looks set to form the backbone of international support for the Jewish state.
Category: Israel
Prosecutors want 3-5 years jail for soldier convicted of manslaughter
Elor Azaria, an Israeli soldier who shot a Palestinian terrorist in Hebron, sits in the courtroom before the announcement of his verdict at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Military prosecutors are likely to ask that an IDF soldier convicted on manslaughter for shooting a mortally wounded, unarmed Palestinian attacker be sentenced to between 3-5 years in prison in case that has deeply divided the nation, a television report said Thursday. On January 4 the Jaffa Military Court convicted IDF Sgt.
Columbia’s Rashid Khalidi Hits Back at Charges of Anti-Semitism
Rashid Khalidi admits that recent comments about right-wing influences “infesting” American and Israeli politics could have been expressed better. But the Columbia professor and Palestinian rights advocate said he was not singling out Jews.
Mideast expects big changes under Trump
Donald Trump’s all-but-dismissal of human rights as a foreign policy principle could land like an earthquake across a Middle East landscape beset by warring factions and beleaguered governments, with some players eyeing the prospect of once unimaginable new alliances. Syria is the foremost test of Trump’s promise of a return to a hard-headed realpolitik and could quickly show whether America is truly abandoning promotion of democracy and the rule of law in a way that could reshape much of the region’s post-Cold War, post-9/11 order.
Haley supports moving US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
UN Ambassador-designate, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, arrives for a meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared her support for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a shift firmly endorsed by Donald Trump but one that could trigger increased violence in the Middle East.
10 Things to Know for Today
Markeith Loyd is transported from the Orlando Police headquarters to Orlando Regional Medical Center after being captured earlier in the evening in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. The suspect in the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer was captured Tuesday night after eluding a massive manhunt for more than a week, authorities said.
Obama Trumpets ‘Steadfast’ Defense of Israel on Iran Deal Anniversary
President Barack Obama said his administration had remained “steadfast” in countering Iranian threats to Israel in the wake of the Iran nuclear deal. Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, in their final week in office, marked the anniversary Monday of the implementation of the deal reached between Iran and six major powers led by the United States exchanging sanctions relief for a nuclear rollback.
Palestinian Shot Dead After Trying To Stab Israeli Soldiers
A Palestinian man who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a West Bank checkpoint was shot and killed during the attack, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The attacker drew a knife and began running at soldiers manning the checkpoint, who called for him to stop.
Impeachment proceedings against MK Ghattas begin
Minister Ze’ev Elkin submitted to Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein the 72 signatures from MKs required to begin impeachment proceedings against Joint Arab List MK Basel Ghattas. Ghattas was arrested and indicted for smuggling mobile phones to terrorists in Israeli prisons earlier this month.
a Kibbutznika to share her reflections at Bet Haverim
Social and communal values instilled by a childhood on an Israeli kibbutz will be shared this Sunday at Congregation Bet Haverim by a Nevada City woman whose grandparents founded the kibbutz where she came of age. Sponsored by the synagogue’s Israel Peace Alternatives group, the free “Granddaughter of the Dream” presentation will take place at 2 p.m. in the Social Hall located at 1715 Anderson Road, Davis.
Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
Resumen: Quercus obtiene un beneficio de ms del 9% de la venta de su participacin en ForVEI, una empresa conjunta de capital privado de energa renovable )–Quercus realises more than a 9% return on the disposal of its stake in ForVEI, a renewable energy Private Equity joint venture )–Grassi & Co. recently moved their Rockland County, New York offices to Park Ridge, New Jersey.
Qatar pledges $12m for Gaza’s electricity crisis
A Palestinian boy stands amidst the rubble of his home in al-Tufah, in the east of Gaza City on July 27, 2015, during a power outage. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS
68% of Israelis Support Two-State Solution: J Street Poll
That’s according to a poll conducted by the dovish pro Israel lobby J Street, which found that 68% of Israelis favor an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, reported by Haaretz . Pundits have been sounding the death knell for the two state solution for years.
Palestinian Envoy warns Trump govt: Don’t move embassy
The chief Palestinian representative to France said moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv would violate international law and adds that he does not think Donald Trump’s new administration will make such a decision. Salman Elherfi told The Associated Press that a Mideast peace conference Sunday in Paris sent a “very clear” message calling on everyone not to make any changes that would affect a final solution for the region, especially regarding the status of Jerusalem.
Austria’s far right struggles to win over Jews with charm offensive
Six decades after it was founded by former Nazis, Austria’s Freedom Party is courting Jewish voters, hoping that its anti-Muslim message will resonate with the tiny community and help it overcome lingering accusations of anti-Semitism. Jewish leaders are dismissive but the party, but like others on the European far right, it appears to have its image among the wider electorate in mind as it stages the charm offensive.
Water deal reached between Israel and Palestinians
Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Civil Affairs on Sunday to renew the activity of the Joint Water Committee. The Israeli, Maj.
The Latest: Envoys urge Israel, Palestinians to back peace
More than 70 countries have called on Israel and the Palestinians to restate their commitment to a peace settlement and to refrain from unilateral actions. The closing statement at a Mideast peace conference in Paris on Sunday was meant to send a powerful message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration to keep hopes alive for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Pope Francis, Abbas call for direct talks with Israel during meeting at Vatican
Pope Francis and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for renewed direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority during a meeting at the Vatican. Abbas warned against moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, telling reporters: “If this is the decision, to transfer the embassy to Jerusalem, it will not help peace and we hope it doesn’t happen.”
More talk on Mideast peace
Sending a forceful message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration, more than 70 world diplomats gathered in Paris on Sunday to say they want peace in the Mideast – and that establishing a Palestinian state is the only way to achieve it. French President Francois Hollande said he was sounding an “alert” that peace talks should be revived for “the security of Israel, security of all the region” before violent extremists and Israeli settlements destroy any hope of a two-state solution.
Inside the West Bank Settlement That Trump’s Envoy David Friedman Loves Best
On a weekday night in Beit El, dozens of teenage boys were packed into the study hall at the settlement’s new yeshiva, a tan stone building with a zig zag facade. It was a brisk night on the hilltop, and their coats and backpacks were scattered in the hallway.
Anger on social media as Israeli army spokesman posts tribute to late Egyptian actress
Arabs have responded with disbelief and fury after a spokesman for the Israeli army shared a message of praise for Egyptian actress Karima Mokhtar, who died on Thursday. Avichay Adraee is the official Arabic language spokesperson for the Israeli Defence Forces , and has well over a million likes on Facebook.
World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Mideast peace talks
Fearing a new eruption of violence in the Middle East, more than 70 world diplomats gathered in Paris on Sunday to push for renewed peace talks that would lead to a Palestinian state. The conference is meant to be a forceful message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that much of the world wants peace and sees a two-state solution as the best way to achieve it in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel responds to shooting attack with strike on Hamas post
The Israeli military struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip Sunday in response to a Palestinian attack on an Israeli military vehicle, the military said. No one was wounded in the exchange but it marked a rare flare-up along the tense border that has remained largely quiet since a bloody 50-day war between Israel and Gaza militants in the summer of 2014.
Yedioth editor: We would have walked if publisher made deal with PM
Editor-in-Chief of Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, Ron Yaron, speaks at the opening of a conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 28, 2016. Amid a growing scandal surrounding recordings that appear to show Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes negotiating a series of firings and reforms to push coverage more friendly to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the editor of the popular daily said his staff would have quit en masse had the plan gone through.
Palestinian embassy opens in Vatican City
“We are very grateful about the role that the Holy See has played for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land, and for having opened an embassy of Palestine in the Vatican for first time,” Abbas said, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. “We are proud to be the birthplace of Christianity and about having one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.”
World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Mideast peace talks
The French organizers hope Sunday’s conference will send a strong message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that much of the world wants a two-state solution to the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu says the conference is “rigged” against Israel, and the incoming Trump administration isn’t taking part.
The BDS Movement- A Hateful, Misguided and Anti-Semitic Undertaking
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is a pro-Palestinian undertaking that took root following the second Palestinian Intifada in 2000 and the Durban Conference of 2001. The BDS campaign calls on the international community “to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era.”
At Paris meeting, major powers to warn Trump over Middle East peace
Major powers will send a message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians is the only way forward, and warn that his plan to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derail peace efforts. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, are due in Paris for a meeting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected as “futile” and “rigged”.
In long-shot Mideast peace bid, France sees nothing to lose
In this March 17, 2003 file photo, an Israeli border policemen guards the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv as Israelis line up for U.S. visas. The Palestinians are ringing alarm bells over Donald Trump’s stated intention to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to contested Jerusalem, fearing quick action once he takes office as U.S. president next week.
In long-shot Mideast peace bid, France sees nothing to lose
It sounds far-fetched at best: holding a Mideast peace conference without Israelis, Palestinians or the incoming U.S. government.
Palestinian leader: Peace could suffer if US embassy moves
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that peace could suffer if the incoming Trump administration goes ahead with plans to move the U.S. embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Abbas made the comments Saturday as he inaugurated the Palestinian embassy to the Holy See following an audience with Pope Francis.
Former ambassador and diplomat from Israel visits Lake Charles
On Jan. 20, Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. And like every president since 1948, he will deal with the ongoing struggle between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
Netanyahu’s top advisor: World will not boycott tech products for Palestinians
The international community’s desire for Israeli technology trumps its concern over the stalling peace process, the director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office said this week, arguing that the recent UN Security Council resolution condemning the settlements was merely a “blip” on the radar. “Countries are going to have to decide what’s in their best interest: to be with Israel, or without Israel,” Eli Groner told The Times of Israel in his Jerusalem office.
Netanyahu’s grip on power under threat
Benjamin Netanyahu has survived many challenges on his way to becoming the second longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history.
Trump must forge anti-terror coalition with Israel and Arabs, Liberman tells Jpost
According to Liberman, this coalition would be similar to the one the US established ahead of the First Gulf War in 1991, but would this time include Israel. The US should establish a regional coalition to fight terrorism that would include, for the first time, Israel alongside moderate Arab states, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told The Jerusalem Post.
Abbas to meet Pope Francis in advance of Paris parley
Pope Francis talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a private audience at the Vatican City, May 16, 2015.. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, just one day before France is scheduled to host an international peace conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Meretz head: The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper blacklisted me
Zehava Galon, head of the Meretz party, on Wednesday claimed she had been blacklisted by the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, whose publisher is currently under police investigation. Galon was responding to a Wednesday column in Yedioth by Nahum Barnea, who criticized the left-wing lawmaker for not supporting a proposed law in 2014 which would have forced the free, pro-Netanyahu Israel Hayom paper to have a cover charge.
72 countries set to attend Paris peace confab
French President Francois Hollande, left, greets US Secretary of State John Kerry upon his arrival for their talks at the Elysee palace in Paris on November 17, 2015. French authorities are expecting 72 countries to attend Sunday’s Middle East peace conference in Paris – but not Israel or the Palestinians.
Hamas sets ‘honey traps’ to hack Israeli soldiers’ phones: army
Using photos of young women and Hebrew slang, the Palestinian militant group Hamas chatted up dozens of Israeli soldiers online, gaining control of their phone cameras and microphones, the military said on Wednesday. An officer, who briefed reporters on the alleged scam, said the Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip uncovered no major military secrets in the intelligence-gathering operation.
Must Watch: Absolutely Brilliant Ami Horowitz Completely Destroys Israeli Checkpoint #FakeNews
The whole thing is brilliant but the specifics of Kalandiya Checkpoint after 2:30 are spot on. It matches my experiences driving all over the territories in November when I had guests here.