1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (577+ words) Gadi Eisenkot makes no secret of his plan to form a minority government with Arab parties abstaining, but he could end up helping crown another prime minister. A decision is reached when a determined bloc wins a majority and hardens…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (592+ words) The United Kingdom is mollifying the Corbynite antisemites that are Labor’s base, as well as showing that NATO and the “special relationship” with the United States are obsolete. (JNS) There was a time when any policy announcement from the foreign…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (816+ words) Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem and remove British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center, among other actions. (JNS) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar declared “countermeasures” against the United Kingdom following Tuesday’s announcement by his British counterpart,…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (918+ words) “You know, the British Mandate of Palestine is over,” Israel’s UN ambassador told reporters at a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters. (JNS) The “so-called sanctions” that British foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced on Tuesday banning products from Judea…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (190+ words) Israel did not create the trap Hamas set on Oct. 7. Israel had no moral choice but to fight. The scandal is that much of the world chose to make Hamas’s strategy work. Israel can point to real military achievements since…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) Turkey’s president compared Israel to history’s worst mass murderers as Jerusalem accused Ankara of incitement and support for Hamas. Israel has condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he described Zionism as a “genocidal ideology,” compared Israel’s conduct to Nazi…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) Reported pressure on Arab-Israeli parties to unite against Netanyahu raises serious questions about foreign involvement in Israel’s democratic process. The Palestinian Authority reportedly intervened in efforts to unite three Arab-Israeli parties ahead of Israel’s Oct. 27 election, seeking to prevent Prime…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (627+ words) The persecution of Israel’s honorary consul in my Florence shows how the Palestinian cause can be used to mobilize voters and punish those who stand with Israel. (JNS) The political road to power increasingly runs through pro-Palestinian consensus and voters…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (325+ words) London wants to punish Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria while insisting that Israel preserve Britain’s role in shaping Gaza’s future. London’s possible sanctions against Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria are creating a fresh diplomatic clash with Jerusalem—and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (198+ words) Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said that the U.N. agency “will have no place in Israel’s capital” after the Kafr Aqab site was evacuated. (JNS) Israeli security forces evacuated a United Nations Relief and Works Agency compound in…...