By Lahav Harkov, JPost— Israel will not negotiate with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas while Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is in office, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday. Bennett is in Washington for a series of high-level meetings, culminating with one in the White House with US President Joe Biden, in which he plans to…
By Lahav Harkov, JPost— Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to travel to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden next Thursday. “Towards the end of the month, I am expected to go to the US, coronavirus permitting, for an important meeting with President Biden,” Bennett said in a press conference on Wednesday. “The…
By Eldad Beck, Israel Hayom—- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday addressed the opening plenary of the 2020 AJC Global Forum and reaffirmed the strong bond between Washington and Jerusalem. AJC’s signature annual event was originally scheduled to take place in Berlin but was changed to a video conference due to the coronavirus…
By Caroline Glick, JPost— Biblical archaeology: another casualty of the coronavirusOn Sunday, Saudi journalist Abdelhameed Al-Ghoban gave an interview to the BBC in Arabic. His remarks, which were translated by MEMRI, were devoid of nuance. “Today, the public is informed. There is a deluge against the Palestinian cause. It is no longer just public support…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— It’s been months since Israel had its a high-profile visit. This is not just because of the coronavirus crisis but also because of the year-long political limbo and the three elections we have had. But all this will end on Wednesday when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will arrive…
By Jewish Policy Center—- Israel U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel and meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz on May 13th, the day they are sworn in to lead the new government. The State Department has said that the meeting will focus on Covid-19 relief efforts as well as regional…
by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked the US House of Representatives for passing on Tuesday a bill rejecting boycotts of Israel. House Resolution 246, which “opposes the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) targeting Israel, including efforts to target United States companies that are engaged in commercial activities…
By Evelyn Gordon, JNS The first anniversary of the U.S. embassy’s move to Jerusalem sparked multiple articles in the Israeli press declaring it a failure for both U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. From the left-wing Ha’aretz to the centrist Times of Israel, headlines trumpeted the fact that only one minor…
By Clarion Project—- The New York Times came to the defense of the Muslim Brotherhood in the wake of the news that the Trump Administration was planning to designate the group as a terrorist organization. In a breathtakingly disingenuous article, the Times omits fact after fact in its claim the Brotherhood is a “missionary” group…
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— Support for Israel among US Democrats is dropping sharply, and the party once preferred by American Jews is quickly losing their support. According to a Pew Research survey, currently, 79% of Republicans say they sympathize more with Israel than with the Palestinians, compared with just 27% of Democrats. Since 2001,…