The moment is right for fresh thinking in order to dispatch the old and stale Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Peace
The former prime minister is truly convinced that it wasn’t Palestinian President Abbas who thwarted his peace proposal, but rather his own political rivals. In an odd and puzzling campaign, he is refusing to hold the Palestinians accountable and pointing the finger at everyone else.
The mainstream media are either stupid or evil – or both.
On Sunday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Palestinian Central Council, saying that US President Donald Trump offered Abu Dis, an Arab village adjacent to east Jerusalem, as the Palestinian capital, an offer Abbas rejected outright.
Palestinian video blogger Nusseir Yassin whose daily-dose one-minute videos have garnered almost 30 million views released a video on Sunday about Eliyahu McLean, an apolitical peacemaker who brings together Christian, Muslims, and Jews in multi-faith prayer events intended to bring peace to the region and reestablish Jerusalem as a center for prayer.
The United States and a few of its more-or-less reluctant allies are presently engaged in an inconclusive “war” with terrorism.
Israel is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the historic visit of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem, that led to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Five months ago, 28-year-old Ziv Moyal, an Israeli security officer at Israel’s embassy in Amman, was stabbed in his apartment by a Jordanian assailant, whom he shot and killed.
The truth must be told: Regardless of the new initiative’s parameters, it won’t lead to an agreement. On the contrary, it will hinder the chances for an arrangement, because no matter what the US president offers the Palestinians, their answer is predetermined. They will say no.
A guide to the immutable principles upon which Israel must base its negotiating strategy vis-à-vis the Saudis and any other Arab nations who wish to live in peace with the Jewish State.
A bold—and correct— move by the Jerusalem Municipality this week approves 176 new housing units for a Jewish community in east Jerusalem.
For some Middle East-watchers, the talks are a form of progress.
Only then will the Palestinians even begin the process of accepting Israel. Even that would take generations.
The Center for Jewish History is making history by being a Jewish cultural landmark that hosts anti-Israel events. Is it trying to separate Jews from Israel?
As in former years, Easter was under attack in various Muslim nations, most spectacularly in Egypt.
