Thank you, Mr. President. At the outset, I would like to extend my condolences to the people of Turkey following yesterday’s tragic earthquake. Let me begin by reminding this Council that the name of today’s debate is the “Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” – and not vice versa. This morning I’d…
Torah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32, “Noach” (Noah) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: I Peter 3:18 – 22 Gospel: Matthew 24:36 – 46, “Kimi” (But of that day…)
BY ATTILA SOMFALVI, YNET— Western diplomats said on Monday that nothing short of a political miracle was needed to see the stalemate plaguing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dissipating. The statement was made ahead of the Middle East Quartet meetings scheduled for later this week. The Quartet’s proposal to renew negotiations came on the heels of…
BY YAAKOV LAPIN, JPOST— Palestinian security prisoners freed last week as part of the exchange with Hamas to release Gilad Schalit were “personally informed of the consequences of returning to terrorism,” The Jerusalem Post has learned. Security officials read out statements to the prisoners in the Ktziot prison in the south and the Hasharon prison…
BY THE ISRAEL PROJECT— The Quartet on the Middle East will hold separate talks with Israelis and Palestinians this week as part of another push for peace. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel is willing to enter into negotiations “anytime, anywhere,” while Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has set preconditions on entering…
BY AMOS HAREL— Veteran Washington Post columnist Walter Pincus has urged the U.S. administration to reevaluate the extent of the defense aid that the United States provides to Israel. Pincus, who has been reporting on intelligence, defense and foreign policy for the Washington Post for 45 years, says the change in U.S. policy that he…
BY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Defense Minister Ehud Barak admitted on Sunday that Israel did not know the exact location in Gaza where Gilad Shalit was held by Hamas for more than five years. “Gilad was in southern Gaza somewhere,” Barak told Israel’s Channel 10 News. “We still do not know the exact place and…
The Land of Israel.com produced this video that explores the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies. By comparing Biblical text with current realities, it confirms the Jews’ Biblical destiny.
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, JPOST— Pundits are painting news of Gilad Schalit’s dramatic release as a blow to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who watched from the sidelines, and a win for the rival Hamas faction, which negotiated the release of more than 1,000 Palestinians in exchange for just one captured soldier. But rather than stoking…
