Israel’s Supreme Court rejected late Wednesday constitutional challenges to a law that makes it more difficult for Palestinians to get permission to live with their Israeli spouses inside the Jewish state.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman dismissed newly rekindled diplomatic contacts with the Palestinians Monday, accusing them of poor faith in peacemaking. Firing back as Israeli and Palestinian envoys prepared a second round of the low-key but potentially decisive exploratory talks later in the day, the Palestinians said Israel was at fault for cementing its hold on …
Shopping has in recent years become a politically charged and sensitive topic that that drives Palestinians into heated debates.
Group is believed to be made up of radical right-wing activists operating violently against Palestinians, security forces.
HaaretzThe secret reconnaissance unit of Israel’s politicians
Haaretz
By Akiva Eldar Tags: Knesset Palestinian state Likud UN Kadima Over the past few days, dozens of Israeli ambassadors from around the world have arrived to get updates on government policy and equip themselves with information and public relations …
Proposed Israeli ban on loudspeakers for worshipABC Online
Right-wing, Palestinians brainstorm at Ariel parleyJerusalem Post
Guest commentary: Gingrich’s claim that Palestinians are ‘invented’ displays a …Detroit Free Press
Chicago Sun-Times
As surprising as it may be, the Quran backs the belief that the Palestinians are invented.
New York TimesForget Israel, May the Palestinians Find Inner Peace: Noe & Raad
Bloomberg
In September, Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, which under Israeli-Palestinian accords is charged with limited self-rule over the Palestinian territories, submitted a request for UN admission of an independent Palestinian …
Israel frees hundreds in second phase of prisoner swapWashington Post
Israel set to complete swap for captured soldiereTaiwan News
Israel Frees Palestinians in 2nd Stage of ExchangeNew York Times
Jerusalem Post
Al-ArabiyaIsrael publicizes 2007 arrest of alleged Gilad Shalit capturing accomplice
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By saleh1966 Israeli censors have finally lifted prohibition on publishing the arrest by undercover forces of a Hamas member allegedly involved in the capture of a soldier. An undercover Israeli force seized Mahawash al-Qadi in 2007 on suspicion of …
Israel’s Supreme Court confirms release of 550 Palestinians in Shalit swap dealAl-Arabiya
Israel High Court OK’s Prisoner ReleaseChristian Broadcasting Network
For Palestinians, prison time is a badge of honorMiamiHerald.com
Xinhua
EU ambassadors in Israel are concerned over Israel’s treatment of its Arab minority and about poor prospects for relaunching peace talks with the Palestinians, according to a working paper disclosed by daily newspaper Haaretz on Friday.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel blamed the Palestinians Sunday for rejecting a call to hold face-to-face peace talks when representatives of Middle East power brokers visit the region later this week. Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel had renewed an offer to hold direct talks with the Palestinians ahead of Wednesday’s visit by envoys of the so-called …
In the wake of Newt Gingrich’s comments about the invented peopleness of the so-called palestinians, they are predictably seething
Israel cannot afford the same miscalculations made in the peace treaty with Egypt on its fronts with the Palestinians and the Syrians.
US President Barack Obama declared in ringing tones Wednesday, Nov. 30, “We don’t compromise when it comes to Israel’s security.” Three days later, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in a lecture to the Brookings Institute outlined America’s demands of Israel: To abstain from attacking Iran and rely on the US; to negotiate with the Palestinians; to reach out to Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, and to pursue only goals shared with the US – demands almost synonymous with the Israeli opposition’s platform.
Ok so we have Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s insane remarks. On the same day the Obama-picked U.S. ambassador in Belgium stated that growing global anti-Semitism is linked to Israel’
AFPIsrael to release withheld funds to Palestinians
BusinessWeek
Israel announced Wednesday that it would release tens of millions of dollars of tax funds owed to the Palestinians, ending a standoff that the Palestinians say has caused grave damage to their fragile economy. …
Israel won’t offer peace proposal: PalestiniansAFP
Netanyahu scolds Livni over meeting with AbbasJerusalem Post
Israel Abandons Freeze of Palestinian FundsWall Street Journal
Washington Post
Ha'aretzIsrael Abandons Freeze of Palestinian Funds
Wall Street Journal
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The Israeli government had withheld some $100 million in tax and customs payments for four weeks in protest over the Palestinians’
Israel announced Wednesday that it would release tens of millions of dollars of tax funds owed to the Palestinians, ending a standoff that the Palestinians say has caused grave damage to their fragile economy.
Israel announced Wednesday that it would release tens of millions of dollars of tax funds owed to the Palestinians, ending a standoff that the Palestinians say has caused grave damage to their fragile economy.
MK Herzog says foreign minister opposed to transferring tax revenues to Palestinians in order to restore Israeli control.