Posts Tagged: Israel Jewish State
Four Things Obama Should Have Told Abbas
On Yom Kippur, 1972, I was standing alongside a Soviet Jewish dissident outside Moscow's lone synagogue when we were suddenly surrounded by KGB agents. Sensing...
Obama Presses Abbas on Mideast Peace at White House Meeting
JNS.org - U.S. President Barack Obama pressed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to end a standoff with Israel on the ongoing peace negotiations before...
Senior PA Negotiator Reiterates: We Will Never Recognize Israel as a Jewish State
A senior member of the Palestinian Authority, who has been part of the negotiating team in discussions with Israel for the past eight months, told...
Kerry Pushes Abbas to Make ‘Tough Decisions’ in Peace Talks With Israel
Times of Israel - Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry urged Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to work hard to narrow huge differences with the...
U.S. Wavers on ‘Jewish State’ Recognition While Cameron Endorses It
The United States touts itself as an impartial mediator between Israelis and Palestinians. Most of the international community continues to believe that the United States...
Kerry’s Jewish State Remarks Draw Continued Criticism From Senior Israeli Officials
Times of Israel - Senior Israeli government figures continued to criticize U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks on Sunday after the diplomat said the insistence...
Israel’s Ya’alon Says Abbas is Not a Partner for Peace
JNS.org -Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Saturday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas "is not a partner for a permanent peace agreement" with Israel. "Abbas...
Requesting Jewish State Recognition a ‘Mistake,’ Kerry Says
JNS.org - Secretary of State John Kerry called it a "mistake" to continue to ask for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish...
Kerry Says ‘Mistrust’ Between Israel and Palestinian Authority at Highest Levels
Global Post - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the level of mistrust between Israelis and Palestinians was the highest he had...
Ambassador Ron Dermer: Palestinians Need to Recognize Jewish State
JNS.org - Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer said at the sixth annual Israeli American Council (IAC) gala that the people...
Arafat Recognized Jewish State, Why Won’t Abbas?
The Arab League is endorsing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to accept Israel as a Jewish state as a part of any peace agreement. But in taking...
Fatah Endorses Abbas Refusal to Recognise Israel as Jewish State
France 24 - Fatah's Revolutionary Council on Monday unanimously endorsed a move by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to reject Israeli demands to be recognized...
State Department Spokeswoman Denies Jewish State Comments Reported by Palestinian Paper
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Monday said a Palestinian publication recently "distorted" a statement she made last week about Israel's demand to be recognized as...
Naftali Bennett Says Israel Must Be Recognized as Jewish State (INTERVIEW)
CNN - Q: Prime Minister Netanyahu has talked about the importance of the Palestinians recognizing Israel as a Jewish state. You've gone a bit further. You've said that...
