The Palestinians are still refusing to discuss peace with Israel, so perhaps the next best thing is that Egypt is currently talking to both sides about the same issue—even if things do not appear to have even reached the mediation…
At the end of a brutal week in which multiple Israeli civilians were murdered in terror attacks, the Israelis have decided to take a new step to counter official Palestinian incitement for terrorism—cutting off funding for terrorist families paid by…
Egypt’s emergence as a potential mediator between Israel and the Palestinians for peace talks continued on Wednesday, as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry visited the Palestinian leadership to discuss international efforts to get negotiations restarted. Ahram Online, citing a report…
The Palestinians had to retract on Friday an anti-Jewish libel spoken by President Mahmoud Abbas—accusing Israeli rabbis of encouraging the poisoning of Palestinian wells—because the claims were completely false. But the correction came only after Abbas told the European parliament…
Israel has seen this before: World powers believing they have a model that will redesign Middle East borders without concern for those who live there. 100 years ago, Europe tried to divvy up the Middle East. Today, France is spearheading…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a clear message for those who think that international intervention is needed for Middle East peace because Israel isn’t ready to make tough decisions. If there are direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians,…