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From a rumor, to a rising murmur, the proposal floated by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Ramallah leadership to declare Palestinian statehood unilaterally has suddenly hit center stage. The European Union, the United States...
By Jonathan Cook - Nazareth A plan by right-wing legislators in Israel to commemorate the anniversary this month of the death of Meir Kahane, whose banned anti-Arab movement is classified as a terrorist organisation, risks...
Analysis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Efforts to rescue the sinking Middle East peace process are losing support. Influential U.S. pundits have lost faith. Those Israelis who never did believe in it are saying: we told you so. Some...
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday that the new construction starts in Jerusalem's Jewish neighborhoods are not an obstacle to peace. Earlier this week, the Jerusalem District Planning and Building...
It is ironic that President Barack Obama would travel to China and speak against government control over the internet. If the American Department of Homeland Security has its way new cybersecurity laws will enable Obama’s...
Israel pressed ahead with work on a new housing complex for Jews in east Jerusalem yesterday, brushing off President Barack Obama's criticism that construction in the disputed part of the holy city undermines efforts to...
Estonia will inaugurate its new embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch are slated to attend the ceremony. Later on Wednesday, Paet will...
In a preliminary reading vote of 37 to 23, the Knesset on Wednesday rejected Kadima MK Shlomo Molla's bill which would have forbidden the annulment of conversions. Many converts, according to Molla, continue to live in fear of...
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman addressed the issue of construction in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem during a meeting with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday. "Gilo is an integral part of Israel, like...
guardian.co.uk Israel perceived to be a little less corrupt than it was in 2008 Ha'aretz Despite the imprisonment of former cabinet ministers and the outcry over governmental profligacy, Israel actually rose one notch in the...
