Source: JTA, 5-20-13
Israeli officials canceled a UNESCO inspection of sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, saying the Palestinians had politicized the agency’s visit….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 20, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/israel-political-brief-may-20-2013-israel-cancels-unesco-visit-cites-politics-by-palestinians/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 5-5-13
President Peres addressed the PA peace process during his meeting with Swiss FM Didier Burkhalter Sunday, “The State of Israel wishes to restart dialogue with the PA, but we have the minimal demand of them to put an end to terror and violence towards our….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 5, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/israel-political-brief-may-5-2013-president-shimon-peres-we-left-gaza-so-why-fire-rockets/
Source: JTA, 5-3-13
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni reportedly refused to accept the 1967 border as the basis for a final Israeli-Palestinian border prior to negotiations….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 3, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/israel-political-brief-may-3-2013-israel-rejects-1967-borders-precondition/
IDF troops razed the outpost erected by Jewish settlers near Tapuach Junction, where fellow settler Eviatar Borovsky was stabbed to death on Tuesday by a Palestinian terrorist….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 3, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/israel-brief-may-3-2013-tapuach-junction-outpost-razed/
Source: Reuters, 5-2-13
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would put any peace deal with the Palestinians to a referendum, raising expectations that direct negotiations might soon resume following a two-year stalemate….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 2, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/israel-political-brief-may-2-2013-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-says-would-put-peace-deal-to-referendum/
Source: JTA, 5-1-13
Israeli settlers and Palestinians clashed in the West Bank more than a day after the murder of a Jewish man by a Palestinian attacker….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 1, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/israel-brief-may-1-2013-murder-of-jewish-settler-sparks-west-bank-clashes/
Source: Ynetnews, 5-1-13
The Palestinians have rejected Netanyahu’s demand to recognize Israel as the Jewish state, saying it would undermine the rights of Israel’s Arab minority as well as millions of refugees scattered throughout the world whose families lost properties….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 1, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/israel-political-brief-may-1-2013-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-conflict-over-recognition-not-territory/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
A Palestinian stabbed to death an Israeli man at a bus stop in the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-palestinian-kills-israeli-at-west-bank-bus-stop/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
An Israeli airstrike killed a senior Palestinian terrorist in northern Gaza….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-israeli-airstrike-kills-senior-palestinian-terrorist-in-gaza/
Source: JTA, 4-28-13
Israel’s Air Force bombed a terrorist training base in Gaza hours after a rocket from the coastal strip struck near a community in southern Israel….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 28, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/israel-brief-april-28-2013-israels-air-force-hits-gaza-sites-after-rocket-attack/
Source: JTA, 4-24-13
Israel has agreed to allow UNESCO to inspect sites in Jerusalem in exchange for the postponing of five Palestinian-sponsored resolutions critical of Israel….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 24, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/israel-political-brief-april-24-2013-israel-to-allow-unesco-inspectors-in-jerusalem/
Source: Haaretz, 4-10-13
Russian Jews urge Netanyahu to ignore U.S. Jews’ call for ceding land. The prominent Russians, including the president of the Russian Jewish Congress, wrote that their message was a reaction to the April 3 letter initiated by the dovish Israel Policy….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 9, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/israel-political-brief-april-1-2013-russian-jews-urge-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-to-ignore-us-jews-call-for-ceding-land/
Source: JTA, 3-31-13
An Israeli boy and several Israeli soldiers were injured during Israeli-Arab and Palestinian protests marking Land Day….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on March 31, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/israel-political-brief-march-31-2013-israeli-boy-soldiers-injured-during-land-day-protests/
Source: JTA, 2-22-13
Palestinian protesters reportedly fired flares and hurled stones at Israeli troops in the Old City in Jerusalem amid violent protests in the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 22, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/israel-brief-february-22-2013-riots-break-out-in-jerusalem-west-bank-over-palestinian-prisoners/
Source: Jerusalem Post, 2-17-13
According to the Al-Masreyoon website, an Israeli delegation of four people arrived in Cairo on Thursday on an Israeli military plane. They met with members of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service led by intelligence chief Raafat Shehata….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 17, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/israel-political-brief-february-17-2013-israel-hamas-in-egypt-mediated-indirect-talks/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 2-14-13
Rioting Gaza residents attacked the Gaza security fence near the northern town of Beit Hanoun, Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces who was quoted by Agence France Presse….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 14, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/israel-political-brief-february-14-2013-gazans-attack-security-fence-near-beit-hanoun/
The 2013 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, released this week, ranked the Jewish state at 112nd on the global list. The fall, dropping Israel down from 92, was attributed to Israeli actions in Palestinian areas, which used to be given a separate ranking in the index under the label of “Israel extraterritorial.”…READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 14, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/israel-brief-february-14-2013-israel-falls-20-places-in-world-press-freedom-index-from-92-to-112/
Source: JTA, 2-10-13
Israeli troops evacuated Palestinian and foreign activists attempting to erect a Palestinian outpost in the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 10, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/israel-political-brief-february-10-2013-israeli-troops-dismantle-fifth-palestinian-west-bank-outpost/
Source: Haaretz, 2-6-13
Spokesman Jay Carney says U.S. president’s trip, which is scheduled for the end of March, is not connected to efforts to restart Mideast peace talks….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 6, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/israel-political-brief-february-6-2013-white-house-obama-will-not-bring-a-new-peace-plan-to-israel/
Source: Zee News, 2-1-13
Israeli security forces dismantle Palestinian protest camp Ramallah/Jerusalem: Israeli security forces used force Saturday to disperse Palestinian activists attempting to set up a camp in West Bank in protest of Israeli expansion of settlement, witnesses….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 1, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/israel-political-brief-february-1-2013-israeli-security-forces-dismantle-palestinian-protest-camp/
Source: JTA, 1-31-13
A U.N. report on the impact of Jewish West Bank settlements on Palestinians said Israel immediately should begin withdrawing all settlers from the territory….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 31, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/israel-political-brief-january-31-2013-un-israel-must-withdraw-from-settlements-immediately/
Source: ABC News, 1-2-13
The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote area of the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 2, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/israel-political-brief-january-2-2013-israel-orders-bedouins-to-leave-west-bank-area/
Source: JTA, 1-1-13
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed concern that Hamas would take over the Palestinian Authority before or after a peace agreement….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 1, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/israel-political-brief-january-1-2013-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-could-take-over-pa-calls-for-security-for-israel/
Source: JTA, 12-30-12
Israeli President Shimon Peres praised Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as a partner for peace while slamming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 30, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/israel-political-brief-december-30-2012-president-shimon-peres-praises-mahmoud-abbas-rips-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-and-avigdor-liberman/
Source: Reuters, 12-18-12
Stung by de facto recognition of Palestinian sovereignty in a U.N. General Assembly vote last month, Israel announced it would expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 18, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/israel-political-brief-december-18-2012-israel-presses-on-with-plan-for-6000-new-settler-homes/
Source: JTA, 12-13-12
Israel’s finance minister transferred $115 million that Israel collected for the Palestinian Authority to the Israel Electric Corp….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 13, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/israel-political-brief-december-13-2012-israel-transfers-pa-money-to-electric-company/
Source: JTA, 12-13-12
Three Arab teenagers from eastern Jerusalem were arrested on suspicion that they attacked a haredi Orthodox Jewish man….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 13, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/israel-brief-december-13-2012-east-jerusalem-arabs-arrested-for-attacking-jewish-man/
Source: JTA, 12-13-12
Palestinians and Israeli soldiers clashed in the city of Hebron a day after a Palestinian teen who threatened an Israeli Border Police officer was shot and killed….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 13, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/israel-political-brief-december-13-2012-palestinians-and-israeli-troops-clash-in-hebron-in-aftermath-of-teens-fatal-shooting/
Source: JTA, 12-12-12
A Palestinian teen who threatened Israeli troops near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron was shot and killed….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 12, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/israel-political-brief-december-12-2012-israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-teen-brandishing-toy-gun/
Source: JTA, 12-10-12
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly said he wanted to negotiate with Israel it if freezes construction for six months in the West Bank and Jerusalem….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 10, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/israel-political-brief-december-10-2012-palestinian-president-mahmoud-abbas-seeks-talks-if-israel-halts-west-bank-construction/
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