Israel is adding obstacles to peace
Increasingly, Jewish settlements in the West Bank are defined by the international community as the biggest obstacle to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. However, Israel is seeking...
January 23, 2014
Increasingly, Jewish settlements in the West Bank are defined by the international community as the biggest obstacle to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. However, Israel is seeking...
January 23, 2014
Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawneh’s acceptance of Israel’s “conditional release” has prompted various reactions from observers and activists. The deal, approved by Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, involves...
January 23, 2014
After nearly six weeks of negotiations, Benjamin Netanyahu has stitched together a new governing coalition in Israel. Like the election, the new cabinet is focused on domestic issues, including...
January 23, 2014
Barack Obama’s speech at the commencement of his first presidential term which was thought to have signalled a new approach to the Middle East has degenerated into a baseless...
January 23, 2014
By all accounts, Jordan’s King Abdullah II prides himself on being blunt. That is certainly in evidence in Jeffrey Goldberg’s long profile in the Atlantic, which was based on...
January 23, 2014
In May 2010, the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship, led a flotilla bound for Gaza, which planned to break the Israeli naval blockade. It was a humanitarian mission protesting...
January 23, 2014
Two years down the line and the bloodletting continues in Syria. Despite the fact that the opposition to the Assad regime consists of many different groups with wildly varying...
January 23, 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu has once again created a hodgepodge consisting of the holocaust, the ‘Iranian threat’ and anti-Semitism in order to justify the possibility of Israel taking unilateral action against...
January 23, 2014
Security concern continues to usurp collective consciousness and Jewish identity. Last Sunday, the Israeli government approved a proposal by Interior Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, to extend the citizenship law by...
January 23, 2014
British approval for Israel to temporarily display the Balfour Declaration during the inauguration of a museum in 2015 has met with verbal condemnations from the Arab League and leading...