‘Apartheid’ Day Will Mark Passage Of The Nation-State Law
“Jews with rights have the Jewish supremacy, and unequal Arabs are second-class citizens,” MK Ahmed Tibi said.
Mahmoud Abbas Comes Under Fire for Shelving Anti-Israel UN Resolution
Senior Palestinian officials, including some from Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, are criticizing the Palestinian Authority president’s decision to postpone consideration of a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement construction.
Political Head of Hamas Calls For An End to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The head of the political wing of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, implicitly called on the Palestinian Authority Wednesday to cease peace negotiations with Israel immediately, claiming that continuing the talks would endanger the status of Jerusalem.
Egyptian Christians Try To Lay Low Amid Bloodshed
As clashes between the Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood lead to bloodshed, the Christian Copts in Egypt are also suffering from violence.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas May Turn to The Hague If Talks Sputter
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called in a speech Tuesday for the Arab League to appeal to the UN and to the international community in an attempt to “stop Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank, with an emphasis on East Jerusalem.”
Hamas Sees Progress in Talks for Release of Gilad Shalit
Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk believes that internal pressure in Israel and changes in the composition of the Israeli negotiating team will lead to positive movement toward reaching a prisoner exchange deal that will include the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
Border Violence Cools, as Israel Refrains From Response to Rocket Attacks
The latest round of Israel-Gaza violence, which included a direct hit on an Israeli school bus, intense Palestinian rocket and mortar fire, and IDF strikes that left 19 Hamas militants and two civilians dead over the weekend, appears to have come to a close, defense officials said on Sunday.
Shalit's Parents Meet With Bibi, But Given 'No News'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah met on Friday with Noam and Aviva Shalit, the parents of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, at the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Upon coming out of the hour-long meeting, Noam Shalit said the prime minister did not offer any new or dramatic information regarding his son’s future.
Hamas Says the Longer Israel Waits, the Higher the Price for Shalit
Hamas political bureau leader Khaled Meshal warned Israel Monday that the longer it waits to accept a deal for the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, the greater his group’s demands will grow.
Most Arab-Israeli Villages in Northern Israel Lack Access to Bomb Shelters
Some 70% of Israeli-Arab villages in northern Israel have no access to safe rooms or bomb shelters, and 25% do not have emergency sirens, according to a report released Tuesday by the Israeli-Arab rights group “Mubadarah”.
