Israel and the PA are set to begin to so-called indirect peace talks this week. First step: agree on which topic with which to start! Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water [...]
In his first interview with Fox News, US President Barack Obama has denied there is a crisis in US-Israel relations. Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) 10:08PM: Yet more media bias? Which begs the question: how does the AFP stringer know that this is a fake rocket? After all, the guy carrying it is [...]
Although making fun of the rolly polly Hamashole is good any day of the week. This soccer refereeing thing is even more fun than playing. I’m gonna wash that grey right out of my hair… “Not. Feeling. Well. What’s in this pita bread” “I’m a natural with kids.” “There, there Ahmed. Nothing to be afraid [...]
According to Ha’aretz, Egyptian foreign minister Aboul Gheit said that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is ready to discuss making “Arab Jerusalem” the capital of a palestinian state, while the PA may abandon its demand for a freeze on construction in East Jerusalem if Israel eases the “blockade” on Gaza and a halt to targeted [...]
The IAF struck four Gaza targets overnight, after a day in which at least 10 mortar shells, an anti-tank missile, and a Qassam were fired at Israel. The targets were a tunnel linking Gaza to Israel, a weaponry workshop in Gaza City and two smuggling tunnels linking Gaza to Egypt. According to palestinian medics, one [...]
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel’s population stands at 7.5 million on the eve of the new decade, having grown at 1.8% over the past seven years. The breakdown is: 5,664,000 Jews (75.4%) 1,526,000 Arabs (20.3%) 319,000 (4.3%) other Other Israeli population facts: 30% of the population is under the age of 14 [...]
Head Hamashole Ismail Haniyeh appealed to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to halt the construction of an underground separation fence on the Sinai border. In a speech marking the first anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, Ismail Haniyeh turned to “the air force hero” (Mubarak was the commander of the Egyptian Air Force during the Yom Kippur [...]
The UN has been marking as a day of mourning the day on which it recommended partition of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. The UN is currently marking the historic date of November 29 1947, the day in which it approved the partition plan separating Israel into two states – Jewish and [...]
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro has accused Israeli President Shimon Peres of threatening “the life and safety” of Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Here’s what Peres actually said: “They [Chavez and Ahmadinejad] won’t hold, not because any of us is going to kill them; their own people are getting tired of [...]
Cold turkey: Israel’s relations with Turkey are heading southward after a vehemently anti-Israel television program was shown prime time Tuesday evening on the state-run station TRT1, prompting Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to register a protest with the Turkish envoy. An inflammatory anti-Israeli television show in Turkey on Tuesday did what Ankara’s cancellation of Israeli [...]
