Lieberman trying to cause PA to collapse
MK Herzog says foreign minister opposed to transferring tax revenues to Palestinians in order to restore Israeli control.
MK Herzog says foreign minister opposed to transferring tax revenues to Palestinians in order to restore Israeli control.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted Monday that Israel might soon release tens of millions of dollars owed to the Palestinians, according to officials who heard him testify before an influential parliamentary panel.
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Ha'aretzIsraeli film on sex assault victims sheds light on what is oft kept out of sight
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Nira, a documentary filmmaker, films a group of human rights workers going to the West Bank to protect Palestinians from settlers who prevent them from harvesting their olive trees under the auspices of Israel …
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The Palestinians said Thursday Israel has carried out its threat to suspend transfer of tax payments totaling some $100 million to the Palestinians Authority to protest this week’s admission of Palestine to the United Nations’ cultural agency.

Fox NewsIsraeli leaders’ price tag against the Palestinians
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Why is this considered an “anti-Israeli” step? And in general, what’s so bad about the Palestinians relinquishing terror and going over to the international arena? If Israel were to behave intelligently, it would vote to accept the Palestinians to any …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to partially freeze West Bank settlement building if it will bring the Palestinians back to direct talks, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to partially freeze West Bank settlement building if it will bring the Palestinians back to direct talks, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to build more than 2,600 housing units in a new urban settlement in East Jerusalem, an anti-settlement group said on Friday, angering Palestinians who want a halt to all such projects before they return to peace talks.
News of a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas has been painful for families whose loved ones were murdered by some of the 1,000 Palestinians to be released.
Images of freed Palestinian prisoners will likely convince many Palestinians that Hamas is right.
In a much-anticipated prisoner exchange that could have broad implications, Israel and Hamas on Tuesday announced that an Israeli soldier abducted to Gaza five years ago would be swapped for about 1,000 Palestinians held by Israel and accused of militant activity.
Cutting U.S. Aid Could Hurt Israel More than Palestinians
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday urged Israel and the Palestinians to take “bold action” to end the Middle East conflict while also scolding US lawmakers for blocking aid to the Palestinians.
Israel announced Sunday it supports the Middle East Quartet’s call for direct talks with Palestinians to resume within a month.
Any immediate resumption of peace negotiations with the Palestinians appeared unlikely as the Israelis and Palestinians differed sharply over the terms.