The United States played a key diplomatic role in foiling the Palestinian efforts to pursue unilateral statehood outside of negotiations several years ago, and the American veto at the powerful United Nations Security Council wasn’t even required. But Israel can’t…
Tag: Jerusalem
Islam Media Manipulation: Downplay Terror, Change Temple Mount Name
The Palestinians are trying to convince the media to change the name of the Temple Mount and stop calling it by its historic name, according to a copy of the announcement reported by Matthew Kalman’s blog. The official statement published…
Same Day Sweden Recognizes ‘Palestine’, Palestinians Plan ‘Day of Rage’
The Swedish government has poor timing—and it raises questions about their Middle East policy. The same day they announced they had recognized the “State of Palestine” to—in the words of Foreign Minister Margot Wallström—“give our support to the moderate forces…
Palestinian Incitement: Israel Basically Declared ‘War’
Israel has warned that Palestinian incitement is brewing violence, and one day after another terror attack, the Palestinian comments still haven’t changed. Following the attempted assassination of Jewish religious rights activist Yehuda Glick, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lamented the…
New Stage in Terror: Shooter Acts Brazenly with Jerusalem Assassination Attempt
The assassination attempt on a well-known Jewish rights activist in Jerusalem was more than the second terror attack in just a week in Israel’s capital—it was a brazen and aggressive strike at the Jewish people. According to Israeli Police Spokesman…
Russia Backs Palestinian UN-Plan to Force Israeli Withdrawal
Here’s one more foreign policy position opposed by the United States that Russia supports: Their deputy foreign minister announced they back the Palestinian plan to seek a United Nations-imposed timeframe on the creation of a Palestinian state out of Israeli…