Israel

The White House hoped a new Israeli prime minister would resume peace talks with the Palestinians. With Netanyahu holding on, the administration is weighing a turn to the U.N. to help force a deal.

FP: After years of blocking U.N. efforts to pressure Israelis and Palestinians into accepting a lasting two-state solution, the United States is edging closer toward supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution that would call for the resumption of political talks to conclude a final peace settlement, according to Western diplomats. […]

As Netanyahu wins, the U.S. disengages

Summary Michael Young| The Daily Star Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israel’s general elections means that any hope of serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians – never particularly high in the first place – is now virtually nil. But more uncertain, and interesting, is what it will do to relations […]

Israel and Iran face off over past oil ties

Israel, Iran tight-lipped on decades-old arbitration with pressure in Israel to remove secrecy World Bulletin / News Desk As Israel loudly and publicly denounces Iran and its nuclear programme this week, the two countries are quietly tussling in a decades-old dispute over a secretive oil pipeline company that could be worth billions […]

UN Envoy Says Israel Must Investigate Killing of 1,500 Gaza Civilians

Published on Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:21 https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/sharebutton?plusShare=true&usegapi=1&action=share&annotation=bubble&height=20&hl=en-GB&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.pnn.ps&url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.pnn.ps%2Findex.php%2Finternational%2F9285&gsrc=3p&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.GQDd1SP-LBc.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCNMIHrpq1uc2iapjlMAjte3JDYN8A#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1425544481086&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.pnn.ps&pfname=&rpctoken=27309655 PNN/ Bethlehem/ A United Nations envoy Tuesday called on Israel to investigate the killing of about 1563 Palestinian civilians, one third of them children, during the 2014 offensive on Gaza, and to make the findings public. Makarim Wibisono, a former Indonesian ambassador, […]

Netanyahu, Obama and the Geopolitics of Speeches

Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the United States this week to speak to Congress on March 3. The Obama administration is upset that Speaker of the House John Boehner invited Netanyahu without consulting with the White House and charged Boehner with political grandstanding. […]

Hate is hate, not politics

The Daily Star An arson attack on a Christian seminary in Jerusalem Thursday, and a similar attack on a mosque the day before are hate crimes, committed by extremist individuals, and are representative of the systemic racism directed at Palestinians by the Israeli government and its policies. Because while the […]