January 2, 2017
9:34 am

A general view shows a bus station outside the Hamidiyeh popular market in the old part of the capital Damascus on November 27, 2016. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)

Hundreds flee fighting near Syria’s capital despite truce

Government battles insurgents in water-rich Barada Valley region in campaign to restore supplies to Damscus

By AP

January 2, 2017
3:05 am

First aid officers carry an injured woman at the site of an armed attack on January 1, 2017 in Istanbul. (AFP/ IHLAS NEWS AGENCY)

UN Security Council condemns ‘barbaric’ Istanbul terror attack

Manhunt still on for gunman who killed at least 39 people, including an Israeli teen, during New Year celebration in nightclub

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

December 31, 2016
10:12 pm

Illustrative: The UN Security Council meeting on December 31, 2016, at the UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP/Kena Betancur)

UN Security Council unanimously backs Syria peace plan

Resolution welcomes Russian-Turkish initiative, including ongoing ceasefire and talks next month in Kazakhstan

By AFP

December 31, 2016
7:54 am

Syrian men gather in the rebel-held town of Saqba, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, on December 30, 2016, on the first day of a nationwide truce. (AFP/Sameer Al-Doumy)

Russia urges speedy UN resolution on Syria truce

Shaky ceasefire holds ahead of Astana peace negotiations aimed at supplementing international efforts

By Omar Haj Kadour and Layal Abou Rahal

December 30, 2016
7:37 pm

File: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syria President Bashar Assad arrive for a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Moscow pushes Security Council resolution endorsing Syria peace plan

Russia’s UN envoy hopes to see draft pass unanimously, says UNSC needs to participate in ‘important process’

By AFP and AP

December 30, 2016
6:41 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May meets US Secretary of State John Kerry at 10 Downing Street, July 19, 2016. (Hannah McKay/Pool)

Britain and the US in deepening war of words over Kerry’s anti-settlement speech

Theresa May rebukes secretary’s wrong-headed approach, exaggerated focus on settlements; State Dept. implies UK being hypocritical, says other countries are backing Kerry

By Times of Israel staff

December 30, 2016
3:53 pm

Non-Resident Ambassador of New Zealand, Jonathan Andrew Curr, talks to President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on April 30, 2015, after he presented his credentials (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO)

Christians, Jews protest New Zealand sponsorship of UN resolution on Israel

In rally outside parliament, church leader urges Jewish state to ignore ‘anti- Semitic, anti-Israel, unjust and evil resolution’

By JTA

December 30, 2016
2:46 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press in response to US Secretary of State John Kerry's speech, December 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New Year’s resolution

The UNSC vote against settlements still tops the agenda, as Hebrew media ponder what Obama was up to, the PM’s culpability (if any), and the effect in 2017

By Adiv Sterman

December 30, 2016
1:32 pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) announces his new cabinet at a press conference as Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop (L) looks on in Canberra on September 20, 2015. (Peter Parks/AFP)

Australian PM condemns ‘one-sided’ UN settlement resolution

Day after UK PM bashes Kerry’s anti-settlement speech, Malcolm Turnbull slams ‘deeply unsettling’ UN decision, says ‘Australia stands with Israel’

By Times of Israel staff

December 29, 2016
11:25 pm

A man watches his son during a training session of the Beitar Shabi Givat Zeev soccer club, in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev, near Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Human Rights Watch: UN settlement vote boosts FIFA pressure

Activists say resolution condemning Israeli communities in West Bank requires action on soccer teams from those towns

By AFP

December 29, 2016
10:37 pm

President Barack Obama welcomes Ambassador Michael B. Oren of the State of Israel to the White House Monday, July 20, 2009, during the credentials ceremony for newly appointed ambassadors to the United States (White House photo)

‘We don’t need this America,’ deputy minister says after UN vote, Kerry speech

Former ambassador to US Michael Oren: Obama Administration’s current attitude to Israel ‘sad, tragic and dangerous’

By Raphael Ahren

December 29, 2016
2:57 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 4, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Australia would have opposed anti-settlement UN resolution, FM indicates

Canberra ‘has consistently not supported one-sided resolutions targeting Israel,’ says Julie Bishop, who in 2014 contested notion that settlements are illegal

By Raphael Ahren

December 29, 2016
2:54 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) enters the room followed by Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi (R) at the start of a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on December 20, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Carl Court)

UK officials say they were behind UN settlements vote — report

While Netanyahu points finger at Obama, London says move was part of new strategy by PM May

By Times of Israel staff

December 28, 2016
10:10 pm

A man looks out of a window of building where Israeli flags fly from the roof, in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem on August 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Construction of solo Jewish building in East Jerusalem gets the nod

City Hall approves request for housing project in Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, while permits for nearly 500 homes postponed

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

December 28, 2016
5:41 pm

Likud MK Amir Ohana attends a Knesset debate on December 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Bill barring national service at left-wing NGOs passes first Knesset vote

Likud-proposed legislation comes after Israeli human rights group B’Tselem criticizes Israel’s settlement policy at UN

By Tamar Pileggi

Topic: UN Security Council

Hundreds flee fighting near Syria’s capital despite truce

Government battles insurgents in water-rich Barada Valley region in campaign to restore supplies to Damscus

UN Security Council condemns ‘barbaric’ Istanbul terror attack

Manhunt still on for gunman who killed at least 39 people, including an Israeli teen, during New Year celebration in nightclub

UN Security Council unanimously backs Syria peace plan

Resolution welcomes Russian-Turkish initiative, including ongoing ceasefire and talks next month in Kazakhstan

Russia urges speedy UN resolution on Syria truce

Shaky ceasefire holds ahead of Astana peace negotiations aimed at supplementing international efforts

Moscow pushes Security Council resolution endorsing Syria peace plan

Russia’s UN envoy hopes to see draft pass unanimously, says UNSC needs to participate in ‘important process’

Britain and the US in deepening war of words over Kerry’s anti-settlement speech

Theresa May rebukes secretary’s wrong-headed approach, exaggerated focus on settlements; State Dept. implies UK being hypocritical, says other countries are backing Kerry

Christians, Jews protest New Zealand sponsorship of UN resolution on Israel

In rally outside parliament, church leader urges Jewish state to ignore ‘anti- Semitic, anti-Israel, unjust and evil resolution’

New Year’s resolution

The UNSC vote against settlements still tops the agenda, as Hebrew media ponder what Obama was up to, the PM’s culpability (if any), and the effect in 2017

Australian PM condemns ‘one-sided’ UN settlement resolution

Day after UK PM bashes Kerry’s anti-settlement speech, Malcolm Turnbull slams ‘deeply unsettling’ UN decision, says ‘Australia stands with Israel’

Human Rights Watch: UN settlement vote boosts FIFA pressure

Activists say resolution condemning Israeli communities in West Bank requires action on soccer teams from those towns

‘We don’t need this America,’ deputy minister says after UN vote, Kerry speech

Former ambassador to US Michael Oren: Obama Administration’s current attitude to Israel ‘sad, tragic and dangerous’

Australia would have opposed anti-settlement UN resolution, FM indicates

Canberra ‘has consistently not supported one-sided resolutions targeting Israel,’ says Julie Bishop, who in 2014 contested notion that settlements are illegal

UK officials say they were behind UN settlements vote — report

While Netanyahu points finger at Obama, London says move was part of new strategy by PM May

Construction of solo Jewish building in East Jerusalem gets the nod

City Hall approves request for housing project in Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, while permits for nearly 500 homes postponed

Bill barring national service at left-wing NGOs passes first Knesset vote

Likud-proposed legislation comes after Israeli human rights group B’Tselem criticizes Israel’s settlement policy at UN

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