Posts Tagged: Jordan Valley
Environmentalists Slam Israel-Jordan Water-Exchange Plan
Jordan Valley - An Israeli plan to supply Jordan with water from the Sea of Galilee via a new pipeline is drawing harsh criticism from...
Australian Jewish Group Knocks Human Rights Watch Report on Palestinian Child Labor
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council blasted on Tuesday a report by Human Right Watch, which accused Israeli farms in the West Bank of exploiting...
IDF Doctor in Emotional Reunion With Parents of Palestinian Baby Whose Life He Saved
An emotional reunion has taken place at a Jerusalem hospital between a Palestinian family and the IDF medical officer who saved the life of...
Growing Jordan Valley Crocodile Threat Worries Israelis, Palestinians
The usually sleepy Jordan Valley is waking up to a real B-movie nightmare as some 1,000 crocodiles are slowly overrunning a closed-down local farm, frightening...
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Steady Hand Amid Middle East Chaos
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an important speech worthy of discussion when he addressed the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on June...
Senior Israeli Politicians Stress Opposition to Ceding Jordan Valley
JNS.org - About 2,000 people—including Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (Likud), Coalition Chairman MK Yariv Levin (Likud), and Habayit Hayehudi MK Orit Struck—took part in a...
Officials Help Build New Community in Jordan Valley Following Annexation Vote
On January 2, Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's Minister of the Interior, participated in the inauguration of a new neighborhood in the community of Gitit in the...
Guardian Headline Implies Israel Wants to Steal Jordan Valley
Did the Israeli government just back the annexation of the Jordan Valley?! Well, if you were to read the Guardian's original headline yesterday accompanying a report by Harriet...
Jordan Valley Annexation Bill Approved by Israeli Ministerial Committee
JNS.org - Israel's Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved a bill proposed by MK Miri Regev (Likud) that would apply Israeli law to...
Arab League Announces Opposition to U.S.-Backed Middle East Peace Plan
On Saturday night, the Arab League formally stated its opposition to certain key aspects of the U.S. plan for security arrangements between Israel and the Palestinian...
Israel’s Peres: Relations With the U.S. ‘Are Intact’
Israeli President Shimon Peres said that relations with the U.S. "are intact," despite conflicts over how best to handle Iran's nuclear program. World powers recently inked...
Jordan to Back Israeli Control of Jordan Valley in Any Peace Deal
JNS.org - Jordan will back Israeli control of the Jordan Valley in any peace deal with the Palestinians, according to an anonymous senior Israel...
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...
Report: Israel, PA Peace Talks Face Implosion Over Jordan Valley Buffer Zone
The current ongoing peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are in jeopardy, Ma'ariv reported on Tuesday, after the PA scoffed at the idea...
