Posts Tagged: Palestinian Statehood
The Peace Gangsters
A prominent leftist policy activist went on Israeli radio to gloat right after Britain's House of Commons symbolically recognized a Palestinian Arab state. "We have been...
Poll: Vast Majority of Israeli Jews Oppose Palestinian State
JNS.org - A vast majority of Jewish Israelis oppose the creation of a Palestinian state, the division of Jerusalem, and giving up the Jordan...
Israel’s Defense Minister Seeking to ‘Manage’ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said in an interviewwith Israel Hayom published Wednesday that he is "not looking for a solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian...
Envoys Concerned Over U.K. Parliament’s Palestinian State Recognition
JNS.org - The British ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, expressed concern over Monday's symbolic vote in the British Parliament to recognize a Palestinian state....
Egypt Reportedly Offers Abbas a Palestinian State in the Sinai
JNS.org - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reportedly offered Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas a Palestinian state in Sinai. Egypt had been working on the...
Abbas Threatens to Dissolve Palestinian Unity Government
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to dissolve the unity government between his Fatah faction and Hamas. "Hamas must recognize that the West Bank...
Opinion: A Three State Solution for Middle East Peace: Israel, Jordan, and Egypt
The collapse of President Obama's efforts to force a "negotiated" settlement between Israel and the Palestinians should prompt a thorough rethinking of his administration's entire...
What’s Really Stopping a Peace Deal Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State John Kerry's non-stop efforts at cementing an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord have failed. "Cement" turns out to be an important ingredient in the...
Israel Economy Minister Says Most Israeli Lawmakers Support West Bank Annexation
Ynet - Economy Minister Naftali Bennett believes that the majority of lawmakers in Israel support his plan for the annexation of the West Bank...
Abbas’ Son: One-State Solution is Only Peaceful Resolution to Conflict
Ynet - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' youngest son Tareq told The New York Times on Tuesday that he believes peace talks with Israel are...
Former PM Yitzhak Shamir’s Son: ‘Not Enough Space’ for Palestinian State
JNS.org - Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir, the son of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, said in an interview published Friday by Israel Hayom...
Naftali Bennett: Palestinian State Would Ruin Israeli Economy
Ynet - Economy Minister Naftali Bennett slammed threats of a potential economic boycott, branding it as another one in a string of excuses used over...
Dear David Cameron, Why Would You Expect Israel to Cooperate in its Intended Lynching?
My commentary this week is the letter that I sent to Prime Minister David Cameron of Great Britain. I had hoped that by this time...
Middle Eastern Tunnel Vision
Imagine: until the Holland Tunnel was completed in 1927 New York and New Jersey had not been contiguous (defined in Webster's as "have contact with")....
