An International Economic Forum convened to develop business relationships between Israelis and Palestinians living in the West Bank concluded with a U.S. call to deepen financial relations, despite a long hiatus of a political process for the decades old Mideast conflict. U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman stressed that “here are many, many Palestinians that … Read more
Israel has successfully launched its “Beresheet” spacecraft into orbit early this morning, passing its first hurdle in a 6.5 million-kilometer journey to the moon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that while the mission signifies a big step for Israel – as it becomes the fourth country in the world after the United States, Russia and … Read more
Nikolay Mladenov, the United Nation’s Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace, warned the world body’s security council that extremists were “on the rise again and the risk of war continues to loom large.” Addressing the U.N. Security Council in a televised statement from his headquarters in Jerusalem, Mladenov stressed that for Israelis and Palestinians to … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif accused Israel of engaging in “adventurism” with regard to its military operations that are directed against Iranian forces in Syria – warning that he could not rule out the possibility of a military conflagration between the countries. In an interview that was published by the Germany daily, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not travel to Moscow today for his pre-scheduled meeting with President Vladimir Putin, despite the Israeli’s leader’s assertion last week, in which he emphasized the importance of the meeting with the Russian leader to Israel’s national security. A senior Israeli official, who spoke to TV7 on condition of anonymity, said … Read more
Palestinian relations with the United States continue to deteriorate. Following the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo several months ago that Washington intended to merge all American missions in Jerusalem, there are now reports citing Trump Administration officials that the anticipated move will happen as early as the fourth of March. According to … Read more
British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has signed a trade continuity agreement with Israel, ahead of the anticipated withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Fox on the agreement during a telephone conversation after the signing-ceremony, and said Israel’s consideration of the UK as an important friend was … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement in which he urged the leadership of Paris in particular, and Europe in general, to take a strong stand against anti-Semitism – after a Jewish cemetery was desecrated in eastern France. He said the “shocking” incident by “wild anti-Semites” is “a plague that endangers everyone, not just us,” … Read more
Poland’s decision to pull-out from a summit of the Visegrad Group plus Israel, after a diplomatic dispute emerged over Israeli accusations of Polish complicity with Nazi Germany during the Holocaust; has forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to alter his schedule and hold three separate bilateral meetings with his visiting counterparts from Slovakia, the Czech Republic … Read more
A summit that was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem this week, between Israel and the four Central European nations that are known as the Visegrad group, was cancelled after the Polish government withdrew from the conference in protest over Israeli remarks about Poland’s role in the Holocaust. The crisis emerged last week, after Prime … Read more