The Biden administration warned on Monday that the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a “long process” despite being a presidential priority. Biden is set to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a visit that will include Israel and the Palestinian Territories, before leaving for Read more…
Israel’s defence minister Benny Gantz met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss security coordination ahead of US president Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week. Israel’s security establishment has expressed concerns about the possibility of escalation in the West Bank Read more…
Israel will advance a long-delayed plan to approve the construction of some 1,000 new Palestinian homes and make a number of other confidence-building measures towards the Palestinian Authority. The moves come ahead of President Biden’s visit to the region this week, according to reports. The move to authorise the housing units Read more…
Israel’s November general election may be over 100 days away, but already the contours of the contest – the fifth time in just over three years the country’s voters have been required to go to the polls – are coming into view. As ever, the figure of former prime minister Read more…