Israel-Palestinian Conflict Archives - Page 239 Of 281

Netanyahu Likely to Accept U.S. Defense Aid Conditions as Talks Enter Final Round

April 15, 2020July 25, 2016

Acting National Security Adviser Jacob Nagel is expected to take part in a decisive round of talks in Washington this week on a military aid deal with the United States. Haaretz has learned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leaning toward giving in on a good many of his demands and accepting most of the American terms. These include a gradual phasing out of Israel’s spending of one-fourth of the American aid on purchases from Israeli defense contractors.

Ten years after last Lebanon war, Israel warns next one will be far worse

July 24, 2016

When Israeli army commanders describe how the next war against Hezbollah could unfold, they often search for words not used in military manuals. The future conflict, they warn, will be “ferocious” and “terrible.”

Israeli Jet Reportedly Strikes Syrian Army Near Golan, Rebels Say

July 20, 2016

An air strike said to have been carried out by an Israeli jet hit a Syrian army post near the Syrian side of Golan Heights on Wednesday, two Syrian rebel sources told Reuters.

Abbas urges African Union to back French peace push on Mideast conflict

July 18, 2016

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged members of the continental African Union to back a French-led initiative to hold an international summit on relaunching negotiations on the decades-long Middle East conflict.

EU UNESCO draft also disregards Jewish connection to Temple Mount

July 15, 2016

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem is fuming over a draft decision distributed on Thursday by representatives of the European Union at meetings of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Istanbul on the subject of the Israeli capital’s Old City that completely ignores the Jewish connection to the site.

Hamas-built underground tunnels from Gaza to Israel spark fear of new war

August 8, 2016July 14, 2016

It has been two years since the July 2014 Gaza War, which killed over 2,000 Palestinians and 70 Israelis.

GOP moves to the right on Israel

July 12, 2016

A push to move the GOP to the right on Israel scored a preliminary victory Monday in Cleveland.

Iranian commander: Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel

August 8, 2016July 8, 2016

The deputy commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said the country has over 100,000 missiles in Lebanon alone readied for the “annihilation” of Israel.

Israel, United States conduct unprecedented joint missile defense test

July 7, 2016

Israel and the United States recently completed a successful joint test of their militaries’ anti-missile systems for the first time in a drill simulating thousands of incoming projectiles from Iran and Lebanon, the Ynet news site reported on Wednesday.

Israel, US syncing missile defense systems for joint response to future attacks

July 6, 2016

In face of the increasing missile threat to Israel, the Defense Ministry and the US Missile Defense Agency completed a test in recent days aimed at synching Israeli and American air defense systems so they can operate cooperatively in a future war.

Netanyahu kicks off whirlwind Africa tour with historic 8-nation summit

July 5, 2016

Jerusalem could not have anticipated such a strong and positive beginning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic whirlwind African tour.

Iranian military official: We have 100,000 missiles in Lebanon ready to hit Israel

August 8, 2016July 3, 2016

Speaking on the occasion of al-Quds Day, Iran’s annual commemorat al-Quds Day, Iran’s annual commemoration of the country’s solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said Friday that Lebanon has 100,000 missiles ready to annihilate Israel.

Quartet draft report: Israel should stop settlements, denying Palestinian development

July 1, 2016

Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace “Quartet” recommended in a draft of an eagerly awaited report seen by Reuters.

Israel wants to keep Quartet report from becoming basis for new UN resolution

June 29, 2016

Amid Israeli concern that a Middle East report by the Quartet could serve as the basis for a new Security Council resolution underpinning the peace process, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday a political horizon was one of the keys to neutralizing the “underlying causes of the cycles of violence.”

Israel and Turkey Set to Finalize Reconciliation Deal

June 27, 2016

Israel and Turkey announced Monday the terms of a deal ending years of diplomatic stalemate between the eastern Mediterranean countries and heralding the normalization of ties.

Clashes break out on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount for second day

June 27, 2016

Israeli policemen clashed with stone throwing young Muslims on Monday morning at the compound flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem known to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa mosque but to Jews as the Temple Mount.

Israel worried Quartet report could be basis of significant UN Security Council resolution

June 22, 2016

Israel is concerned that the highly anticipated Quartet document could be the core of a new United Nations Security Council resolution to replace UNSC Resolution 242, which until now has been the basis for Mid-East diplomacy since 1967.

Israeli Pres. Rivlin: French plan seeks peace talks ‘for negotiations’ sake’

April 15, 2020June 22, 2016

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday told members of the European Parliament that international efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement — including the most recent French initiative — were “negotiations for negotiations’ sake,” and therefore doomed to fail.

Turkey, Israel to agree normalization deal June 26

June 21, 2016

Turkey and Israel will this weekend announce a deal on normalizing ties, ending a six-year diplomatic crisis sparked by a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which 10 Turkish nationals died, a report said Tuesday.

Israeli Opposition Leader Blasted for Secret Talks to Divide Jerusalem

June 20, 2016

Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid bashed opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Sunday for allegedly offering the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians in secret talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014-2015, calling it “dangerous and wrong.”