Several Arab countries are reportedly waiting for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to respond to an invitation to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Citing a Friday Channel 10 report, The Times of Israel said the Arab states have said they are open to discussing changes to Saudi Arabia’s 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, using it as a starting…
Ontario’s parliament rejected a bill that would have prevented the Canadian province from conducting business with companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Provincial lawmakers on Thursday voted against the bill, dubbed the “Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act,” by a vote of 39 to 18. Liberal and left-leaning New Democratic…
Israel released from prison a Palestinian man who had endured a 93-day hunger strike during his five months in prison. Muhammad al-Qiq, 33, was set free Thursday, the Ma’an news agency reported. Al-Qiq ended his hunger strike in February as part of an understanding reached with Israeli officials that he would be released in May. Ibrahim…
Israel’s defense minister resigned on Friday, saying the nation was being taken over by “extremist and dangerous elements” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to replace him with a far-right politician in an effort to strengthen his coalition. Political sources say Netanyahu has offered long-time rival Avigdor Lieberman the defense portfolio, a post crucial for…
(JTA) — New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman is clearly familiar with the anti-Semitism of some Donald Trump supporters in the Twittersphere. So maybe he shouldn’t be surprised by the reaction to his own tweet calling them out for it. But it’s hard not to be a little shocked. On Thursday, Weisman referred to Trump’s…
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two leftist Brazilian senators compared Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to Brazil’s political environment in light of President Dilma Rousseff’s suspension as part of an ongoing impeachment process. “In times of crisis, the Jewish people are historically designated as ‘guilty’ for the evil that does not concern it. And history is…
Israel’s finance and defense ministers announced a two-year plan to improve conditions at security checkpoints in the West Bank. Moshe Kahlon and Moshe Yaalon, who is expected to be replaced as defense chief by Avigdor Liberman as part of a shakeup in the governing coalition, said the plan would make checkpoints, which tens of thousands…
A decade ago, the idea of building a unique religious structure that would combine prayer halls for the three main monotheistic religions was first proposed during archaeological excavations of a plot on the southern end of the Fischerinsel (Fisher Island) in the Mitte neighborhood of Berlin. In 2012, an international architectural competition was held to…
(JTA) — Responding to Palestinian condemnations of Avigdor Liberman’s appointment as Israel’s defense minister, an unnamed Israeli official said the government will continue to support the two-state solution. “If a coalition is formed, it’s important to note that both The Times of Israel on Thursday. “In fact, it has historically been right-wing governments, like that…
PARIS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the claims of a French Jewish man standing trial for fraud that he gave Netanyahu more than $1 million for an election campaign. Arnaud Mimran, who allegedly defrauded the European Union of about $315 million along with several partners, testified Thursday in a Paris court that he…
Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday welcomed French and Egyptian efforts to revive peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians and said he would attend an international conference in Paris on June 3 that hopes to set out a framework for fresh negotiations. U.S. efforts to broker a two-state deal collapsed in April 2014, and…
