Biden expresses frustration with Israeli government
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden on Monday acknowledged “overwhelming frustration” with the Israeli government and said the systemic...
View ArticleBiden: 'Overwhelming frustration' with Netanyahu
Washington (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden criticized Israel's government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, warning that the current direction Israel is headed in leaves little room for...
View ArticleNetanyahu looks to changing Africa for new Israeli allies
By Jonah Mandel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been ion office since 2009. By Sebastian Scheiner (Pool/AFP) Jerusalem (AFP) - Four decades after his brother was killed during a rescue...
View ArticleThe Democratic Debate Was A Weird Role Reversal
WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders repeatedly flubbed opportunities to attack Hillary Clinton on his strongest issue during Thursday night's Democratic debate. And then … he shocked America by outfoxing her...
View ArticlePalestinians hope for Obama change of heart with UN vote
JERUSALEM (AP) With President Barack Obama in his last months in office, the Palestinians are hoping he will follow up his historic breakthroughs with Iran and Cuba with a push for their cause as...
View ArticleIsraeli leader cites steep drop in Palestinian attacks
Israel's prime minister says there has been a significant drop in the rate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis. Benjamin...
View ArticleIsraeli PM says Palestinian president can visit him at "any day"
JERUSALEM, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he is willing to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, responding to a television statement the latter made last...
View ArticleFrance to hold summit on Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Meeting of key foreign ministers and organisations will set stage for larger peace conference in summer...
View ArticleClinton-Sanders Israel exchange a real surprise at debate
(CNN)Every now and then during this presidential campaign season, an exchange takes place between two politicians that really does surprise. It happened Thursday night in the Hillary Clinton-Bernie...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Suspends Staffer For Being As Tough On Israel As He Is
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) argued during Thursday's Democratic debate that the Palestinian people should be treated with dignity and that the United States shouldn’t always kowtow to Israeli Prime...
View ArticleFinally, Israel-Palestine has become a US election issue
EDWARD Said, 13 years dead but intellectually unburiable, used to say that there was only one “last taboo” in the United States. You could talk about blacks, gays – pretty much anything you wanted –...
View ArticleIsrael and Palestine is finally a US election issue. The ‘last taboo’ is not...
Edward Said, 13 years dead but intellectually un-buriable, used to say that there was only one “last taboo” in the United States. You could talk about blacks, gays – pretty much anything you wanted –...
View ArticleIsraeli leader cites steep drop in Palestinian attacks
Israel's prime minister says there has been a significant drop in the rate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis. Benjamin...
View ArticleAs Old Friendships Cool, Netanyahu Looks East for Fresh Support
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to Israel’s international relations is changing. Criticized by U.S. and European leaders over his policies toward the Palestinians, the Israeli leader is...
View ArticleAs old friendships cool, Netanyahu looks east for support
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to Israel's international relations is changing. Criticized by U.S. and European leaders over his policies toward the Palestinians, the Israeli leader is...
View ArticleIsrael treads carefully with claim to Golan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked a new diplomatic brushfire by declaring that the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war, is and should remain sovereign Israeli...
View ArticleIsraeli general touches raw nerve with Holocaust comments
In a reflection of the deep divisions plaguing Israel, a top general set off a controversy Thursday after appearing to liken the atmosphere in Israel to that of Nazi-era Germany during a speech marking...
View ArticleUS takes tougher tone on Israeli settlements in new report
WASHINGTON — The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that takes the Jewish state to task over settlements, demolitions and property seizures on...
View ArticleThe Four Questions Post-Pesach (NJDC - The National Jewish Democratic Council)
(Source: NJDC - The National Jewish Democratic Council) President Barack Obama declared May Jewish American Heritage Month and celebrated his last White House seder. Now that Pesach is over and we are...
View ArticleIsraeli rejectionism as policy
Israel's rejection of a new peace initiative by France was unsurprising, and its excuse flimsy. "Israel adheres to its position that the best way to resolve the conflict between Israel and the...
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