Tag: Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Avigdor Lieberman as his foreign minister again after the latter was acquitted of corruption charges. Lieberman had to resign from his post as the foreign minister under the former government following a ...

Israel's population registry lists a slew of "nationalities" and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druse and more. But one word is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli. Residents cannot identify ...

Here we go again. This week, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will begin in Israel and the West Bank. Having participated in my own fair share of these kinds of negotiations over the ...

A senior Palestinian official has criticized Israel’s new plans to construct nearly 1,200 settlement units in the occupied lands, stating that the measure shows Tel Aviv is not serious about ...

Israel's government has approved the release of 26 long-term Palestinian prisoners, as part of a deal which will see peace talks resume next week. A list of names chosen by ...

Talks to focus on compensation for the killing of nine Turks by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid ship. Israeli and Turkish officials have made progress on compensation over a ...

In an article published in Al Jazeera's website, Richard Falk has made important analysis regarding Obama's visit to Israel: It was master-crafted as an ingratiating speech by the world's most ...

The Coming Cooperation on Syria and Energy. After nearly three years of intense political feuding following the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara -- a ship carrying international activists who ...

The West Bank's first Palestinian-designed planned city offers a window into the promises and perils of the current situation in the Middle East. But will it be a novelty, or ...

Israel’s Role in the Fatah-Hamas Rivalry Israel is supportive for a delay in the PLC elections for the same reason as Fatah: fear of a decisive victory for Hamas. Many ...