Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo to broker an end to the Gaza conflict have so far made no progress, a senior Israeli official said Tuesday. "The gaps are still very wide. There has not been progress in the negotiations," he told AFP. Israel Hayom cited “an official diplomatic source” as
Israel’s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Friday the call by the European Union (EU) for terrorist groups in Gaza to disarm. The EU’s call came in a statement in which the bloc offered to take charge of Gaza's border crossings and work to prevent illegal arms flows. “Israel, like the foreign ministers of the
The Turkish group IHH said on Monday it would send a new flotilla of ships to “break Israel's siege of Gaza”, four years after the deadly storming of its vessel by Israeli commandos, according to AFP. IHH, which organized the first flotilla, said in a statement quoted by the news agency that activists from
Islamic Jihad second-in-command Ziad Nahala was quoted on Friday in the Palestinian Authority (PA) Al-Hayat Al-Jadida saying that the war with Israel is "behind us," the same day that a Security Cabinet meeting was to be held in Jerusalem. Nahala said "we have no choice but to reach a truce agreement. That stands at
A staggering amount of so-called "civilian casualties" in Gaza were probably Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, the New York Times admits for the first time this week, challenging the routine acceptance of casualty figures provided by the Hamas-run health ministry. The report critically examines the data from the Palestinian Health Ministry, the official data
Now.We must speak, stand and fight for freedom NOW. RSVP here. No one is going to save you. YOU are going to save you. BE THERE. On Sunday, August 17, from 3:45 to 7PM, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) will be hosting a rally in New York City’s Union Square from 3:45
Israel was once again criticized on Sunday for an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza, which the United States said was “disgraceful”. According to the AFP news agency, in one of the most strongly-worded statements yet from Washington since the conflict began nearly a month ago, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said
The abduction of three Israeli teenagers - 16-year-old classmates Gilad Sha'ar and Naftali Frenkel, and 19-year-old Eyal Yifrah - has struck a chord here in Israel. Almost everyone in this country is practically glued to their computer screens, searching with bated breath for information, almost as if they themselves were playing a part in the
A radical anti-Israel march through New York's "Diamond District" in central Manhattan - an area known for its large concentration of Jewish businesses - ended in abject failure late last month, after anti-Zionist demonstrators were drowned out by locals who responded with overwhelming support for Israel. A few dozen anti-Israel protesters, including the usual
Police in Miami, Florida are searching for two suspects after a 60-year-old rabbi from Brooklyn, New York, was shot while making his way to a local synagogue on Saturday morning. According to the Miami Herald, the victim, Rabbi Joseph Raksin, was confronted by two young men while walking down a street around 9:00 a.m.
