Arab states might accept Trump’s one-sided initiative, but an increasingly vocal new generation of Palestinians won’t allow regional leaders to sign away their right to a sovereign homeland.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he is cutting security ties with Israel and the U.S. on Saturday, in reaction to a U.S.-brokered peace plan.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Russia fears an escalation between Iran and Israel and wants to avoid it at any cost.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Deep funding cuts and the gutting of Israel’s diplomatic service is undermining the prime minister’s ambitious foreign-policy agenda.
Monday, 16 December , 2019An indictment submitted to Israel’s parliament on Monday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu names more than 300 prosecution witnesses, including wealthy friends and former aides, in three graft cases against him.
Tuesday, 3 December , 2019Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced calls to resign Friday over a corruption scandal, as senior government colleagues publicly declared support after some signs of cracks in party loyalty.
Sunday, 24 November , 2019An Israeli air strike has killed a senior commander of the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
Wednesday, 13 November , 2019That best-buddy friendship between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — a personal alliance that has shaped America’s Mideast policy for nearly three years — has cooled.
Sunday, 3 November , 2019Israel’s diplomatic missions around the world closed on Wednesday as Foreign Ministry workers went on strike over a dispute about paying taxes on overseas stipends.
Saturday, 2 November , 2019Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s determination to stand up against Israeli aggression targeting Palestinians, in a passionate speech he made at the 74th General Assembly of the UN in New York on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 25 September , 2019Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader said on Monday that while a flare-up with Israel at the border was over, the episode had launched a “new phase”.
Tuesday, 3 September , 2019News that Israel was behind airstrikes in Iraq has reinvigorated calls to oust U.S. forces from the country.
Saturday, 24 August , 2019Norway and six EU countries voted at the United Nations in favor of two resolutions that singled out Israel for criticism as a violator of women’s and human rights.
Monday, 29 July , 2019Hundreds of people including prominent German politicians and members of the Jewish community are protesting against a larger, anti-Israel rally in Berlin.
Sunday, 2 June , 2019Fighting between Israel and Gaza escalated rapidly on Sunday in the worst combat since the last full-blown war in 2014, with Palestinian rocket and missile attacks killing four Israeli civilians and Israeli forces taking aim at individual Gaza militants.
Monday, 6 May , 2019The European Union has rejected the idea of Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank, which would create chaos and violence in the Middle East, its foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 17 April , 2019In the latest issue, Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers reveal the damage to water, agriculture and energy systems caused by the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank.
Wednesday, 10 April , 2019Donald Trump has claimed he made a snap decision to officially recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, after receiving a “quick history lesson” on the Middle East.
Sunday, 7 April , 2019It is one of five anti-Israel resolutions the UNHRC is set to debate on Monday and will vote on toward the end of the week.
Saturday, 16 March , 2019Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an old hand at the backroom wrangling that can stitch together a coalition in the harsh world of parliamentary democracy here.
Tuesday, 26 February , 2019