Meeting with Trump comes at time of crisis for Palestine leader
Expectations have been set low for meetings between US presidents and Palestinian leaders for many years now, but never as low as the hopes for Donald Trump’s first meeting with Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, Middle East observers argue. The Palestinian president will arrive at the White House facing a crisis of legitimacy among Palestinians, and […]
Trump: ‘I Would Be Honored’ to Meet With N. Korean Dictator
In an interview with CBS on Sunday, President Trump called North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un a “smart cookie.” Then on Monday, Trump said he would be “honored” to meet with Kim. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely — I would be honored to do it. If it’s […]
Benjamin Netanyahu to Abbas: How can you speak of peace while financing murderers?
If the Palestinians are serious about peace, stop paying salaries to murderers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday during a memorial ceremony at Mt. Herzl for victims of terrorism. Speaking two days before Abbas is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington, Netanyahu said to the PA […]
Palestinian factions reject Israel’s right to exist
After two of the Palestinians’ most notorious Islamic terrorist groups, Hamas and Fatah, agreed that the nation of Israel has no right to exist, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas appears to be distancing himself with the factions in preparation of his meeting with President Donald Trump on May 3 to spur a pro-Palestinian foreign […]
Israeli ambassador speaks of fresh Palestine peace initiative
Israel is pressing for a fresh Middle East peace initiative involving Arab states, Mark Regev, the Israeli ambassador to the UK, told a meeting at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London as pro-Palestinian activists mounted a vocal protest outside. Regev said Israel “wants to see larger and greater involvement from the Arab […]
The Pope and the Peace Agreement | Prophecy Update
The Bible prophecies that a peace agreement will be signed very soon between the Israelis and the Palestinians, recognizing Israel’s right to exist in the Middle East.
Palestinian Authority says it’s halting Gaza power payments to Israel
The Palestinian Authority informed Israel that it is stopping all payments for electricity that enters Gaza through 10 electrical lines, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said on Thursday. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has warned over the past two weeks that he will take “unprecedented measures,” if Hamas does not concede some of […]
Senior IDF officer: Gaza shortages might lead to confrontation with Hamas
Concerns in the IDF are mounting that masses of Gazans will converge on the border fence with Israel if a threat by the Palestinian Authority to stop paying for Hamas’s use of electricity goes into effect next week. The supply of fuel for the Strip has been a source of dispute between the PA and […]
‘Restore trust between Israel and the PA’
German Deputy Chancellor and Foreign Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel visited the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Gabriel received a comprehensive review of the threats and opportunities on the various fronts from the Institute’s experts, headed by Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, and presented the positions of Germany on how to […]
Donald Trump plans to cut foreign aid worldwide, but increase assistance for Palestinians
US State Department documents obtained by Foreign Policy magazine show that while President Donald Trump intends to stick to his promise to slash foreign aid, under the budget proposals the Palestinian Territories would receive increased funding. The Trump administration announced last month that it planned on reducing the diplomacy and foreign aid budget by 28 […]