Poll finds a slight majority of Israeli Jews back advancing sovereignty in parts of West Bank, though even many supporters are doubtful government will actually go ahead with it soon. An Israeli flag is seen in the E1 area of the West Bank on January 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Slightly fewer than half of Israelis…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah on Monday. (Majdi Mohammed/AP) In a speech broadcast live on Palestinian TV on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered what he called a “history lesson” in which he suggested that the Holocaust was the fault of Jews themselves. During…
Photo-montage de portraits du Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu (d) et du président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas AFP Friedman, Greenblatt join slew of Israeli officials condemning Abbas’ remarks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a chorus of Israeli and American condemnations of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, accusing him of propagating “contemptible” anti-Semitic rhetoric…