While Jack Lew’s relatively low profile could ease tensions at a volatile time between the US and Israel, his previous statements criticising Israel have angered Republican senators. US President Joe Biden has nominated Jacob Lew, a former Secretary of the Treasury, as the next US ambassador to Israel. The move comes at a tense time between the
The presentation of terms by the Palestinian Authority comes as the US continues its intensive diplomatic push to bring about a normalisation deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Palestinian Authority has presented terms to the US ahead of upcoming talks between Saudi Arabia and the US over a potential normalisation deal with Israel. The terms
The revelation by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of August about a secret meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush in Rome has sparked strong internal and external reactions despite the absence of diplomatic relations between the two parties. This led to Cohen being summoned by the
Israeli occupation forces raided several homes near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho and brutally assaulted a 17-year-old Palestinian girl. Israeli forces today brutally assaulted a Palestinian girl after raiding several homes in the Arab Mleihat community, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Hassan
In a speech to Fatah party members, Abbas suggested that European Jews are not Semites, unlike Jews of the Middle East. He also said that the role of Jews in society as “usurers” was a reason behind the persecution of Jews in Europe. Widespread condemnation followed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas‘s comments in which he suggested
Is it the ember of time that’s forcibly melted in us? or the trick of mirrors between reality and imagination? With my both hands I feel your absence… exactly the same I feel my body You once said “I will vanish behind the curtains of dreams” At that time…we didn’ believe you.. and we mocked you
Amos Goldberg, a leading professor of the Holocaust at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has published a scathing retort saying that describing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as “apartheid” is not anti-Semitic, in a guest post in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Felix Klein, Germany’s commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism, said using “apartheid” in such
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, an Aipac ally, said he ‘vigorously endorses’ Omar’s re-election In statements given to Politico, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and other top Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn all stated their support for the progressive lawmaker from Minneapolis. “[Representative] Omar has been elected by her constituents
Far-right minister taunts Palestinian citizens of Israel while their homes are being demolished Israel‘s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf cheered on the demolition of houses in a Palestinian Bedouin village, as they oversaw the operation on Tuesday. Ben Gvir praised Israeli authorities for their “sacred work” in demolishing the homes belonging
Papua New Guinea will open its embassy in Jerusalem next week during a visit to Israel by the country’s Prime Minister James Marape, Israeli media reported on Monday. Israel’s Channel 14, among others, reported that the inauguration of the embassy would take place on September 5. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/muslim-majority-kosovo-opens-embassy-in-jerusalem/embed/#?secret=rwkqruoqPe#?secret=PWaYL2duTf Anadolu quoted Challen 14 as saying that “Israel