Yair Lapid reaffirmed Israel’s support for a two-state solution, arguing “peace is not a compromise” as he addressed the UN General Assembly last week. “An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel’s security, for Israel’s economy and for the future of Read more…
UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan made his first visit to Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem last week. The trip was part of a visit to the Jewish state marking two years since the signing of the Abraham Accords, which normalised diplomatic ties Read more…
In a further sign of warming ties between Israel and Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Monday that he plans to visit the Jewish state. Speaking to a group of American Jewish leaders in New York on Monday, Erdogan also told the room that antisemitism is a “crime against Read more…
President Isaac Herzog has reportedly told members of the Knesset from across Israel’s political spectrum that he will work to establish a broad unity government following the general election on 1 November. The president made the comments in meetings with MKs in recent weeks, the Kan public broadcaster reported on Sunday. Read more…
Less than three weeks into September, the Iranian regime is experiencing a self-inflicted autumn of discontent, with domestic protests, uncertainty over the future of ongoing nuclear negotiations, and continued antisemitic threats against Israel emerging from the country in a matter of weeks. Trouble at home Domestic unrest in Iran began Read more…
Israel’s prime minister, Yair Lapid: “Our fight is not with the people of Gaza. Islamic Jihad is an Iranian proxy that wants to destroy the State of Israel and kill innocent Israelis.” Three days of fighting between Israel and an Iranian-backed terror group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ended late on Sunday Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Thirty: Allocate territory in Area C for Palestinian economic development In Step 22, we proposed to expand the Palestinian autonomous zones of the West Bank (Areas A and B, in which more than 90 percent of the Palestinian population Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Nine: Support a Palestinian seaport at Haifa A crucial component of economic independence (see Step 25) is the ability of Palestinian businesses to trade more freely with the rest of the world. Unlike Gaza, the West Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Eight: Action by international donors to improve Palestinian governance A viable, democratic Palestinian state rests on the strength, transparency and accountability of the institutions of Palestinian governance. This is vital for the Palestinian people. And it Read more…
Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a future Labour government would work directly with the Community Security Trust (CST) in a concerted effort to “break the levels” of violent threats, antisemitism and hate crime in the UK. Speaking during his visit to Berlin last week, where he met with Read more…
Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Tuesday as part of a visit intended to deepen ties with regional powers in the context of efforts to undermine the United States and Europe following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit followed boasting from Kamal Kharazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Read more…
Merav Michaeli, Israel’s transport minister, won the Israeli Labor party’s leadership primary on Monday. The result made her the first chair in Labor party chair history to retain her post in consecutive elections since the start of primaries in 1992. Michaeli won 82 percent of the votes, with her challenger, secretary-general Eran Hermoni, winning 16 Read more…