Island Relations President Rivlin welcomed the President of the Republic of Nauru, Baron Waqa, on his official visit to Israel yesterday. The nation is an island in Micronesia in the Central Pacific. The closest major country to it is Australia. Nauru became independent in 1968. It currently has a little less than 10,000 residents (no […]
Palestinians Ready According to a senior Palestinian advisor Mohammad Mustafa, PA President Abbas is prepared to temporarily suspend his long-standing demand for Israel to freeze all West Bank construction to revive peace talks. Abbas will also tone down his campaigns to prosecute Israel for alleged war crimes and to condemn Israel at the UN. Mustafa […]
New Settlements Speaking at a ceremony yesterday commemorating the Six Day War and Israeli settlement of Judea and Samaria, the Prime Minister reiterated his pro-settlement stance saying, “No one will be uprooted from their home, I’m doing everything to protect the settlement enterprise. We decided to build in all parts of Judea and Samaria and […]
Senate Resolution The U.S. Senate approved a non-binding resolution marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the majority leader, and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the minority leader, was approved 90-0 and called on the president to move the embassy to Jerusalem. The resolution does not endorse […]
New Construction Slashed Prior to Trump’s Israel visit the government had indicated that it would approve the construction of 4,000 new housing units in the West Bank. But now reports say that the government has slashed that number to 2,291, out of which only a few hundred are planned for immediate construction. The reduction is […]
Stabbing Attack A 16 year old female terrorist stabbed and lightly wounded a soldier using a screwdriver, at the entrance to the settlement of Mevo Dotan in Samaria Thursday morning. The terrorist was shot and wounded by security forces, and later died of her wounds. The wounded soldier was treated at the scene and did […]
Israeli Control In an interview with Army Radio today, PM Netanyahu said, “In order to assure our existence we need to have military and security control over all of the territory west of the Jordan [River],” and added, “The idea that we can give up territory and achieve peace is not right.” The PM dismissed […]
Temple Mount More than 1,000 Jews visited the Temple Mount on Yom Yerushalayim, marking the 50th year since east Jerusalem was liberated from Jordanian control and reunited with the rest of the city. It was the largest Jewish group to visit the holy place at one time since the destruction of the Temple in 70 […]
Trump Concludes President Trump concluded his momentous visit to Israel with a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He spoke optimistically about the prospects for peace, saying that both sides are ready for it. He said, “We know that both Israelis and Palestinians seek lives of hope for their children. We know peace is […]
Terror and Protests A Palestinian with a knife charged at Border Police near Abu Dis, a Palestinian town on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Police shot and killed the terrorist before he could cause any harm. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli troops, and Palestinian shopkeepers shuttered their stores across the West Bank and […]
