TEL AVIV – Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday indicated he could back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, citing Palestinian intransigence or what he termed, “their deep shit.”
TEL AVIV – More than 100 House Republicans affirmed their support on Monday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to apply sovereignty over parts of the West Bank as well as Israel’s “right to defensible borders.”
TEL AVIV – Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub on Sunday said while peaceful “popular resistance” is the preferred method for resisting Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank, “our fingers are on the triggers.”
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump is set to make a final decision on Tuesday as to Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley, The Jerusalem Post reported.
TEL AVIV – Prominent Evangelist leader Pastor John Hagee has called on the Trump administration to keep its word and allow Israel to go ahead with its plans to apply Israeli law to parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.
TEL AVIV – Evacuating Jewish settlements in the West Bank would pose an “immediate existential threat” to Israel, according to a memo sent by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Likud Knesset members on Sunday.
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump approved Israeli strikes against Iran, former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton writes in his forthcoming book.
TEL AVIV – In a surprising move, the details of which are only now emerging, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly came to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aid in blocking an Obama-led U.N. resolution against Israel in the waning days of his presidency.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, amid tensions with Israel over its annexation plans for the territory.
TEL AVIV — In protest over Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has refused to accept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone calls and has so far not set a date for a meeting with Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz, the Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported.
The United States said Thursday it would reduce troops in Iraq in the coming months as friction between the two countries eased under a new US-friendly premier in Baghdad.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce the annexation of three large Jewish towns in the West Bank in the very near future, but will not make any declarations for now regarding the Jordan Valley or other settlement blocs, top Israeli officials said.
TEL AVIV – Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, adding the international community must join the U.S. and reimpose crippling sanctions on Tehran.
TEL AVIV – Germany will not censure Israel over its planned annexation of parts of the West Bank, a diplomatic official in Jerusalem said Monday, but added the move would cause ties to fray.
TEL AVIV – Half of Israelis support annexing the Jordan Valley and parts of the West Bank, although that number drops again by half if the step would be taken without U.S. support, a new poll showed on Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – Iran, Russia, China, and Turkey are celebrating the “collapse” of the U.S., the Jerusalem Post reported, with the aim of furthering their own economic interests and engaging in an Middle East arms race.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said the PA was “absolved” of all agreements with Israel and the United States, including security arrangements, over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to annex Jewish West Bank settlements.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden expressed his opposition to Israel’s plans to extend Israeli law over parts of the West Bank, saying that will “choke off any hope for peace.”
TEL AVIV – Israel’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace as a “historic opportunity” to shape the country’s future.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to travel to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his first international trip since coronavirus-related restrictions were put in place.
Palestinian supporters have distributed a draft U.N. resolution demanding an outright rejection of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it violates international law.
TEL AVIV – The European Union has announced it will not accept any Israeli attempt to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank, following President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled peace plan which supports Israeli sovereignty in those areas.
TEL AVIV – The Arab League on Saturday unanimously rejected President Donald Trump’s unveiled peace plan, prompting a senior White House official to predict the Palestinians’ fate will never change.
TEL AVIV – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called President Donald Trump’s unveiled peace plan “satanic” and said the Muslim world would work to prevent its realization.
TEL AVIV – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, and the UAE have welcomed the “just” proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace, unveiled Tuesday by President Donald Trump.
TEL AVIV – Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza Tuesday and burned pictures of President Donald Trump hours ahead of the unveiling of his peace plan and a day after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for
JERUSALEM – Vice President Mike Pence was photographed Thursday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a painting of the Jewish Temple in the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday there will be no one-on-one talks with Washington after Tehran was blamed for weekend attacks on Saudi installations that sent global oil prices soaring.
President Trump on Thursday announced the departure of Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt from his administration as he commended the diplomat for his efforts to pursue peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran’s space agency for the first time on Tuesday, accusing the regime of developing ballistic missiles under the guise of a civilian program aimed at launching satellites into orbit.
TEL AVIV — In what seems to be another indication of thawing relations between Israel and Gulf states, several prominent figures have come forward and publicly condemned the Hezbollah terror group for attacking Israel and have expressed support for the Jewish state’s right to retaliate.
TEL AVIV — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said from Berlin that the Palestinians were engaged in “spreading a culture of peace” but that the Trump administration was hampering efforts to stabilize the region.
TEL AVIV – Israel is actively promoting the emigration of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, including providing financial aid and finding host countries willing to absorb them, a senior Israeli official accompanying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his current trip to Ukraine said Monday.
TEL AVIV – A majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza oppose the Palestinian leadership’s sight-unseen rejection of the Trump-administration’s peace plan and would prefer a “wait-and-see” approach, according to a new poll by the Palestine Center for Public Opinion led by Dr. Nabil Kukali.
TEL AVIV – While not explicitly endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Tuesday said the Trump administration’s long-anticipated peace proposal promotes “Palestinian autonomy” and “civilian self governance.”
TEL AVIV — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said over the weekend that his country would oppose anyone who supports Israel.
TEL AVIV – The Palestinians pose a “greater existential threat to the Jewish state of Israel than Iran and Syria,” the director of a Philadelphia-based think tank told Breitbart in a wide-ranging interview on the heels of a new poll that shows the overwhelming majority of Israelis (78%) do not see an end to the conflict in sight.
The Western nuclear agreement with Iran “isn’t dead yet,” British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Monday, stressing he remains “totally committed” to deescalating tensions in the Persian Gulf.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s foreign minister has suggested for the first time that the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program could be up for negotiations with the U.S., a possible opening for talks as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal.
TEL AVIV – The only army ready to combat Iran is the IDF, Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday.
