Posts Tagged: Jewish State
EU Ambassador Suggests Payment for Palestinians to Renounce ‘Right of Return’
JNS.org - The European Union's Ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, said that the EU would consider providing financial compensation for Palestinian refugees if they...
J Street: ‘Unreasonable’ to Expect PA Recognition of Jewish State Right Now
JNS.org - In a letter to supporters of the self-labeled "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobby J Street, the group's executive director, Jeremy Ben-Ami, called it "unrealistic and...
Arab League Head Urges ‘Firm Stand’ Against Recognizing Israel as Jewish State
JNS.org - Nabil Elaraby, the head of the Arab League, has called on Arab countries to take a "firm stand" against recognizing Israel as...
Israeli Minister Says Peres is Destroying the Presidency
Israeli Construction and Housing Minister Uri Ariel said that Israeli President Shimon Peres's political meddling is destroying the office that he was elected to by...
Another Performance by The Times Trio
Nothing seems to please New York Times editors more than an opportunity to launch a multi-front fusillade against Israel, either in the Sunday Review section...
At World Economic Forum, Kerry Touts U.S. Engagement in Middle East
JNS.org - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated America's commitment to Middle East engagement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He...
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...
Netanyahu Says he Would Be Open to Meeting Iran’s Rouhani
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would be open to meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani if the Iranian leader recognized the...
An Oxford Student Courageously Challenges George Galloway
George Galloway, Member of Parliament for Bradford West, is one of the leading Israel haters of our time. In November of last year he branded Zionism "a...
Bachmann: Iran Nuclear Facilities ‘Must be Bombed’, Geneva Deal Obama’s ‘Biggest Cudgel’ to Prevent Israel Self-Defense
House Intelligence Committee member Michelle Bachmann said that Iran's nuclear facilities "must be bombed." In a speech at a Zionist Organization of America gala on Sunday...
Center Urges Canada to Recognize Jewish Refugees From Arab Nations
JNS.org - The Canadian Center for Israel and Jewish affairs (CIJA) has called on the Canadian government to adopt the recommendations of the House...
Thomas Friedman’s Folly
Thomas Friedman's boyhood infatuation with Israel following the Six-Day War quickly faded. During his undergraduate years at Brandeis in the mid-Seventies he belonged to the...
Netanyahu Invites Abbas to Address Knesset; ‘Let’s Break the Deadlock’
JNS.org - During French President Francois Hollande's visit to the Knesset on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the...
Netanyahu: Refusal to Recognize Israel as Jewish State ‘at the Root of the Conflict’
The refusal to recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people is at the root of the country's conflict with the Palestinians, Israeli...
