Israel approved the construction of several hundred housing units in the West Bank, the prime minister’s office said early Sunday, a day after five Israelis were killed in their home in the disputed territory.
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Israel approves settlement increase
A Palestinian has killed five Israelis in an attack on a settlement in the West Bank, the Israeli military says.
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Palestinian ‘kills five Israelis’
Documents said to have come from peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians indicate that the Palestinians were prepared to compromise on Jerusalem and refugees.
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Palestinians Deny Leaked Reports on Peace Process
Egypt charges a businessman and two Israelis with recruiting spies for Israel, a day after they revealed an alleged cell that plotted to kidnap tourists.
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Egypt uncovers ‘Israeli spy ring’
Goldblog seems to have set off a wee controversy by asserting that the proprietor of this blog will not be donating money to the Jewish National Fund in the wake of the terrible forest fire in northern Israel because a) the JNF is schnorring for firetrucks, and it is a commonly-held belief among everyone except proponents of checkbook Zionism that the free and independent and well-off State of Israel should pay for its own public safety equipment. This blog, contrary to statements made in the dumbosphere , is not opposed to helping Israel out of this mess, which is why the suggestion was made in this space — and is being made again — to donate money to the Yemin Orde youth village , which looks after some of Israel’s neediest children and was half-burnt out by the fire. But about that controversy: Adam Dickter, reporting in The New York Jewish Week , writes that the Jewish National Fund’s CEO thinks I’m ignant for arguing that people shouldn’t give him money: JNF CEO Russell Robinson said Goldberg’s assertion that the government should go it alone “shows a complete lack of understanding and ignorance.” A lack of understanding and ignorance. That’s heavy. In fact, I do think the Israeli government should go it alone when it comes to public safety. That’s what proud, advanced countries do — they don’t schnor firehoses from senior citizens in Boca Raton. However, I also think people should plant trees in Israel; it’s almost a religious obligation, one I have fulfilled repeatedly. But I’m not going to do it now, and neither should anyone else, until the Israelis can assure us that our newly-planted trees won’t be burned to a crisp because of government incompetence. Ask yourselves this simple question: Do you believe that the Israeli government’s firefighting capabilities and strategies are currently sufficient to protect your trees? If your answer is yes, you haven’t been reading about the incompetence of those Israelis in charge of suppressing forest fires. No one expects Israel to prevent all forest fires, but, as numerous press reports have detailed , Israel’s fire service is — and has been — a disreputable mess. Israeli authorities have known about this disaster-in-the-making for years, and have done nothing. So, no, I’m not going to waste my money buying trees for Israel until I know that competent people are in charge, and that a plan is in place.
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On Israel’s Firefighting Incompetence
The recent U.S. offer of $2 billion in military aid, plus diplomatic guarantees, to secure a 90-day settlement freeze from the Israelis misses the point entirely, argues The Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens. The fact is, he says, there is no deal to…
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Are Settlements the Real Problem?
After a great deal of fanfare, talks between the Israelis and Palestinians have reached what may be a permanent impasse. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas haven’t met since Hillary Clinton…
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Mideast Peace Talks Could Be Over
US and EU envoys continue shuttle between Israelis and Palestinians in an attempt to save the recently-launched peace talks form collapse.
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Attempt to salvage Mid-East talks
Efforts to salvage Middle East peace talks were at full throttle, with meetings and possible inducements to Israelis and Palestinians.
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U.S. Works to Persuade Israel on Settlement Freeze
Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict.
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Obama ‘cautiously hopeful’ on Mideast
Four Israelis were killed in a shooting near Hebron in the West Bank on Tuesday, Israeli medical sources and the army said.
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4 Israelis reportedly killed in West Bank
A Palestinian gunman kills four Israelis in an attack in the West Bank, Israeli security forces say.
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Four Israelis killed in West Bank
