Posts Tagged: Israel Jewish State
Netanyahu Says Peace Deal With Palestinian Authority at Least a Year Away
Reuters - Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu said any peace deal with the Palestinians would take at least another year to negotiate should both sides accept...
‘We Don’t Want a Palestinian State, We Just Want to Live Well’
While the Palestinian Authority steadfastly refuses to recognize the Jewish character of Israel, many Palestinian-Arabs are ambivalent about the issue, Israeli daily Ma'ariv reported on...
Israeli Official Promotes ‘Israel as a Jewish State’ Bill
JNS.org - Former Israeli Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser is currently promoting a bill intended to legally anchor the notion of "Israel as a Jewish...
Opinion: Don’t Listen to the Noise on Israel’s Demographics
For many years the demographic factor has been used by many on the Left as a justification for advancing the concept of land for peace....
Mahmoud Abbas Flunks History
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated that he won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and he's claiming support for that...
Bill Would Amend Israel’s Education Law to Push Teaching of ‘Jewish State’
JNS.org - The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved a bill Sunday to amend Israel's national education law to include a clause emphasizing teaching...
Netanyahu Calls on International Community to Pressure Abbas Over Refusal to Recognize Jewish State of Israel
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday for his refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Netanyahu's statements...
Ya’alon: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Talks a ‘Non-Issue’
JNS.org - The current U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations are a "non-issue," Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday at the Institute for National Security Studies conference...
Shimon Peres: Recognition of Israel as Jewish State ‘Unnecessary’
JNS.org - Israeli President Shimon Peres has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state "unnecessary" and...
The Meaning of Israel: A Personal View
Against the backdrop of recent efforts in some academic circles to vilify and isolate Israel, let me put my cards on the table right up...
Abbas Reveals Strategy in Current Peace Negotiations
In a recent speech at his presidential office in Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas discussed his current position regarding the Washington-led peace negotiations. While speaking about the...
Arab Foreign Ministers Affirm Rejection of Israel as Jewish State
JNS.org - Nine Arab foreign ministers told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris on Sunday that they would not accept Israel as...
Roger Cohen, a ‘Jewish’ Israel, and an ‘Islamic’ Palestinian State
Once again, Roger Cohen blames Israel and Israel alone for his fearless prediction that current negotiations will fail: But I am going to make one prediction...
Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the Right of Return
As the current negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians lurch forward, the burning question is: will Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank put an end...
