Mike Pompeo has become the first United States Secretary of State to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights. Last year, Pompeo, an evangelical Christian, broke with…
The Palestinian Authority (PA) will resume civil and security cooperation with Israel, 7 months after PA President Mahmoud Abbas severed ties over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s currently suspended plan…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heralded the creation of a new settlement in the Sdot Negev Regional Council of the northwestern Negev, near the separation fence with Gaza. “This is…
Israel’s Civil Administration Higher Planning Committee (HPC) has given final approval for the construction of 1,313 new housing units at several settlements. The move marks the first such decision since…
History was marked today, when the Jewish State of Israel signed two separate bilateral normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain under the auspices of…
By Prof. Haim Gvirtzman When Israel declares sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and the Jerusalem Envelope, this must be accompanied by significant economic development and construction. Introduction The planned (but delayed)…
The Islamist Hamas organization has proclaimed that “Israeli plans to annex the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley will be regarded as a declaration of war against the Palestinian people.”…
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has labeled Israel’s hope to extend sovereignty over parts of the West Bank of the Jordan Valley as “a threat” that would “would constitute…
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell published a statement in which he claimed that the 27-member bloc regards any annexation of disputed territories as a serious violation of…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced construction plans for some 3,500 new housing units in the E-1 area of the West Bank that effectively connects Jerusalem with the town of…
