June 2, 2016
10:21 pm

Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett talks to Channel 2 in an interview segment aired on June 2, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Bennett threatens to ‘topple government’ to prevent Palestinian state

Jewish Home leader vows to ‘stand as fortified wall’ against ‘historic mistake’ to retreat to 1967 line, divide Jerusalem

By Times of Israel staff

June 2, 2016
6:11 pm

US President Barack Obama, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 9, 2015. AFP/ SAUL LOEB)

Washington Post editorial: Paris summit is start of diplomatic pushback against Israel

Column accuses PM Netanyahu, new Defense Minister Liberman of insincerity in statements supporting two-state solution

By JTA

May 26, 2016
8:44 pm

Bernie Sanders, Democratic presidential candidate, speaking at a campaign rally at California Sate University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. (Jim Steinfeldt/Getty Images)

Sanders expects ‘consensus’ on Palestinian rights at party convention

Presidential hopeful calls for revising the Democratic platform to acknowledge Israeli occupation

By JTA

May 22, 2016
4:51 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks to a gathering of supporters during a campaign rally at the Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, Kentucky, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Sanders: Democratic platform must better reflect Palestinian hopes

Jewish presidential candidate backs challenger for Congress seat of DNC chief Wasserman Schultz, who he says unfairly treated his campaign

By JTA

May 20, 2016
3:56 pm

The Arab failure to destroy Israel

Nakba Day is not about pursuing a state for Palestinian Arabs, but about destroying the one Jewish state in the world

By Julie Nathan

May 17, 2016
5:50 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, shaking hands with IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, alongside President Reuven Rivlin, at an Israeli Independence Day ceremony for outstanding soldiers in Jerusalem, May 12, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu keeps calling for talks with Abbas. Is he serious?

He froze settlements, but also expanded them, calls for talks but reportedly declined them. Is Netanyahu a realist on peace, or the obstacle to it?

By Ben Sales

May 13, 2016
2:46 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the diplomatic corps at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 12, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu says he’s ready to meet Abbas for talks ‘right now’

PM claims he’s taken unprecedented steps for peace, tells Palestinian leader to heed calls for direct negotiations

By Times of Israel staff

May 10, 2016
3:49 pm

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, left meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 24, 2016. (AFP / ABBAS MOMANI)

Top Jordan official: Lack of Palestinian state fueling extremists

‘Palestinian cause represents the essence of the conflicts and crises in the region,’ says Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh

By AP and Times of Israel staff

April 15, 2016
1:54 am

The UN Security Council votes at United Nations Headquarters in New York, December 10, 2015. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Washington keeps options open on UN settlements resolution

State Department officials refuse to say whether US will support Palestinian bid; Congress urges Obama to veto any one-sided draft

By AFP, AP and Times of Israel staff

April 13, 2016
1:04 pm

A Palestinian man at the Rafah border crossing holds his PA passport on June 12, 2015. (Aaed Tayeh/Flash90)

PA readies to issue ‘State of Palestine’ passports

Abbas’s office announces directive ahead of bid to reintroduce UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements

By Tamar Pileggi and AP

April 12, 2016
10:14 pm

Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, right, votes during a meeting of the UN Security Council Tuesday, December 30, 2014 (Photo credit: Frank Franklin II/AP)

As Palestinians head back to the UN, cause for concern in Israel

Upcoming Security Council resolution is projected to easily win the votes it needs — and this time a US veto is far from assured

By Raphael Ahren

April 10, 2016
10:58 pm

US President Barack Obama right) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during their bilateral meeting at UN headquarters, September 24, 2013. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Palestinians hope for Obama change of heart with UN vote

Historic breakthroughs with Iran and Cuba signal possibility of a ‘new era’ of US-Palestinian relations, PA foreign minister says

By Aron Heller

April 6, 2016
11:53 pm

French President Francois Hollande welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee Palace before attending a unity rally “Marche Republicaine” on January 11, 2015 in Paris in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists. (AFP/ Dominique Faget)

Abbas to meet Hollande for powwow on French peace plan

PA leader also set to hold talks with Putin later this month on ‘the evolution of the political situation in Palestine’

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2016
10:47 pm

Peace Now head Yariv Oppenheimer (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Yariv Oppenheimer steps down as Peace Now head

The left-wing activist served as left-wing group’s secretary-general since 2002

By Times of Israel staff

March 21, 2016
6:31 am

US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference on March 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Molly Riley/AFP)

Biden to AIPAC: Israeli, Palestinian apathy ‘incredibly disappointing’

VP earns scattered boos from appreciative audience when he criticizes ‘systematic’ settlement expansion; Iran deal is good for Israel, he asserts

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Topic: Palestinian statehood

Bennett threatens to ‘topple government’ to prevent Palestinian state

Jewish Home leader vows to ‘stand as fortified wall’ against ‘historic mistake’ to retreat to 1967 line, divide Jerusalem

Washington Post editorial: Paris summit is start of diplomatic pushback against Israel

Column accuses PM Netanyahu, new Defense Minister Liberman of insincerity in statements supporting two-state solution

Sanders expects ‘consensus’ on Palestinian rights at party convention

Presidential hopeful calls for revising the Democratic platform to acknowledge Israeli occupation

Sanders: Democratic platform must better reflect Palestinian hopes

Jewish presidential candidate backs challenger for Congress seat of DNC chief Wasserman Schultz, who he says unfairly treated his campaign

The Arab failure to destroy Israel

Nakba Day is not about pursuing a state for Palestinian Arabs, but about destroying the one Jewish state in the world

Netanyahu keeps calling for talks with Abbas. Is he serious?

He froze settlements, but also expanded them, calls for talks but reportedly declined them. Is Netanyahu a realist on peace, or the obstacle to it?

Netanyahu says he’s ready to meet Abbas for talks ‘right now’

PM claims he’s taken unprecedented steps for peace, tells Palestinian leader to heed calls for direct negotiations

Top Jordan official: Lack of Palestinian state fueling extremists

‘Palestinian cause represents the essence of the conflicts and crises in the region,’ says Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh

Washington keeps options open on UN settlements resolution

State Department officials refuse to say whether US will support Palestinian bid; Congress urges Obama to veto any one-sided draft

PA readies to issue ‘State of Palestine’ passports

Abbas’s office announces directive ahead of bid to reintroduce UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements

As Palestinians head back to the UN, cause for concern in Israel

Upcoming Security Council resolution is projected to easily win the votes it needs — and this time a US veto is far from assured

Palestinians hope for Obama change of heart with UN vote

Historic breakthroughs with Iran and Cuba signal possibility of a ‘new era’ of US-Palestinian relations, PA foreign minister says

Abbas to meet Hollande for powwow on French peace plan

PA leader also set to hold talks with Putin later this month on ‘the evolution of the political situation in Palestine’

Yariv Oppenheimer steps down as Peace Now head

The left-wing activist served as left-wing group’s secretary-general since 2002

Biden to AIPAC: Israeli, Palestinian apathy ‘incredibly disappointing’

VP earns scattered boos from appreciative audience when he criticizes ‘systematic’ settlement expansion; Iran deal is good for Israel, he asserts

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