Posts Tagged: Peace Now
Herzog Lights First Hanukkah Candle in Hebron as Protesters Clash With Police
Israeli President Isaac Herzog lit a menorah to mark the first night of Hanukkah at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on Sunday, despite...
UAE’s First Ambassador to Israel Kicks Off Tenure With Twitter Message of Welcome and Peace
The first ambassador to Israel from the United Arab Emirates opened his official Twitter account on Wednesday, wishing welcome in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Mohamed Mahmoud...
Birthright or Birth-Wrong?
As the father of a daughter who learned a lot about Israel from her Birthright trip a decade ago, I was intrigued by David Halbfinger’s...
Real Security for Israel Depends on a Political, Two-State Solution
For years, the policy of successive Netanyahu governments has been to weaken the Palestinian Authority and sustain Hamas through a tit-for-tat, “shoot and be shot...
Prominent Israeli Official Calls for Boycott of Airbnb Over Delisting of Settlements
A prominent Israeli official is calling for a boycott of Airbnb after the home-renting company announced on Monday it would remove listings in West Bank...
US Jewish Groups From Across Political Spectrum Blast Palestinian Leader Abbas Over Antisemitism
US Jewish groups from across the political spectrum have issued condemnations of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' antisemitic statements made in a speech to the...
The Jewish Left Reaps What It Sows
JNS.org -- The United Nations Security Council devoted a recent session to bashing Israel, criticizing the country's policy of building Jewish communities in the biblical areas of Judea...
Anti-Settlement Israeli NGOs Testify Against Jewish State at UN Security Council Meeting
Left-wing Israeli organizations "Peace Now" and "B'Tselem" on Friday harshly criticized Israel's policies and continued military presence in the West Bank at a special meeting...
Monitoring Which NGOs Get Our Money, and How They Spend It
In light of recent revelations that UN money for “humanitarian aid” has instead been used to fund Hamas’ terrorist and military efforts, NGO Monitor president Gerald Steinberg...
Is Peace Now Leader Profiting From Opposition to Jerusalem Building?
During Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent White House meeting with President Obama the conspicuously impatient Israeli organization known as Peace Now seized the opportunity to make...
‘Settlements’ Are a Historic Part of Jerusalem
The "gotcha" approach has become a staple in the impassioned world of Israeli politics. This week, combatants in the latest debate over construction in Jerusalem...
Israeli Minister: Peace Now ‘Poisoning the Atmosphere’ With New Settlements Claim
Israeli Transportation Minister Israel Katz on Thursday came out swinging against the US Administration's scathing comments that Israeli construction in a disputed Jerusalem neighborhood would...
Naftali Bennett Criticized by Peace Now for Gaza Comments
Arutz Sheva - Yariv Oppenheimer, director of the far-left Peace Now organization, criticized Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday, after Bennett said that the goal of...
Former Israeli MK Wilf Says Disinvited From Peace Now Conference Due to Support for NGO Monitor
Dr. Einat Wilf, a former Member of Israel's Knesset, said she was invited, then uninvited, to participate on a panel at a conference held by...
