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• Palestinian move may foment violence, inhibit Peace
• Talks, not symbolic gestures, are the only way forward
• Fayyad and other Palestinian officials wary about unilateralism
New York, Aug. 18 – The coordinated attacks in southern Israel today that killed and injured scores of people including children raises crucial questions about whether Egypt can be trusted to maintain security across the border and counter a deadly Islamist terrorist threat to Israel.
• Leaders discuss peace, security in phone conversation
• U.S. places sanctions on Syria’s largest commercial bank and cellular phone company
• Obama, Netanyahu “agreed to continue to work closely together” on security concerns
Iran-backed Hamas Reiterates Intransigence, Commitment to Violence
Washington, Aug. 9 - Just a few months after joining forces with Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group, leading members of Iran-backed Hamas are highlighting their extremist positions and agenda of violence, including their rejection of a two-state solution, their demand for a right of return to Israel for all Palestinians and refusal to give up “one inch” of Palestine.
The motor boat was filled with AK-47 assault rifles, magazines and additional weaponry, AFP reported. The two men aboard the boat were apprehended. It has not been confirmed whether they are of Palestinian or Jordanian origin.
The Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, is considered “dead” because of its extremely high concentration of salinity. It forms a natural 43-mile border between Jordan and Israel. The two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have maintained relatively peaceful relations since.
Solar windows reduce energy costs, create electricity
Clean energy an Israeli strategic interest
90 percent of Israeli homes use solar water systems
Jerusalem,July 14 - Israeli innovators have launched the world’s first solar-powered window, a revolutionary breakthrough that could cut heating and cooling costs for homes and businesses around the world and lead the way to a future of clean, energy efficient, self-powered buildings.
Ashton: Regional changes bring renewed possibility of talks
106 EU MPs say Palestinian moves at U.N. won't bring peace
Washington, July 12 – United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said the Quartet “strongly advocate[s] a return to negotiations” for Israelis and Palestinians, because “a resolution, a statement, an assertion is not an agreement.”
• South Sudan became independent country Saturday
• Israeli PM immediately recognizes new African state, eager to strengthen ties
• Israel hosts 8,000 Sudanese refugees
U.S. Representatives overwhelmingly support peace talks
Secretary Clinton: Israel, U.S. share “democracy, opportunity, tolerance”
Ambassador to Israel led sanctions against Syria
Washington, July 10 - Israel is trying to restart peace talks with the Palestinians, according to Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, Israel Radio reported on Sunday.
“Unilateral moves are not in the Palestinians’ best interests,” he said, suggesting that direct talks are the preferred option for both parties.
Hamas rejects respected figure as Palestinian Prime Minister
Jerusalem, June 16 - Diplomatic activity aimed at persuading Palestinians to abandon unilateral moves at the United Nations and return to negotiations are gathering momentum as key European and U.S. officials arrived for talks with Palestinian and Israeli leaders.
Jerusalem, June 14 - Hezbollah, with 40,000 rockets directed at Israel, and its allies have taken control of a sweeping majority of seats in Lebanon’s government. The composition of the new government was announced on Monday after months of stalemate between the Hezbollah-led bloc and its rival, the Western-backed March 14 grouping.
Netanyahu: Peace process delayed by one-sided Palestinian actions
Italy, U.S., Mexico favor negotiations over unilateral declarations
Abbas nominates Fayyad for PM, angers Hamas
Jerusalem, June 13 - Israel is ready to negotiate with the Palestinians and help create a Palestinian state said but talks are being delayed by Palestinian moves to gain symbolic recognition of a state from the United Nations in September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Jerusalem, June 12 - Defying demands from world leaders, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has launched an all-out military assault on the town of Jisr al-Shughour, sending tens of thousands of Syrian civilians fleeing across the Turkish border.
The Israel Project (TIP) announced that it has recently hired Mark Sloman to develop and manage its groundbreaking initiative in India, which focuses on providing factual information about Israel, the Middle East and the Indo-Israel relationship to India press, policy makers and public.
Assad engineered Naqsa Day as a diversion from Syria’s bloodbath
Unicef accuses Syria of using ‘extreme violence against children’
Anti-government protests continue in Syria: 40 killed in northwest Syria this week
Jerusalem, June 7 - Palestinian factional security guards killed 14 Palestinians in Syria Monday, reports Israel Radio. Those killed were part of an angry crowd that accused the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) of manipulating them, against their own good, during Sunday’s Naqsa Day demonstrations against Israel.
Jerusalem, June 6 – Yesterday, hundreds of Syrians tried to storm the Israeli-Syrian border. Some of them were armed, forcing Israel to defend its sovereign borders from infiltration by violent, foreign nationals. Some see these attempts to infiltrate Israel as part of an orchestrated campaign by Syria’s autocratic ruler, Basher al-Assad, to deflect attention from the massacring of more than a thousand of his own people. It was the second time in under a month that events like this happened. The other Israeli borders, Jordan and Lebanon, for example, were quiet.
Assad attempts to deflect attention from massacres of own people
IDF exercises restraint, issues warnings
400,000 Palestinians have friended Facebook sites calling for 3rd Intifada
Jerusalem, June 5 - Around 500 infiltrators, some of them armed, attempted to storm Israel’s border with Syria Sunday. The events coincide with the Palestinian ‘Naqsa Day,’ the anniversary of the Six Day War in 1967.
Jerusalem, June 2 - “Fatah has never recognized Israel’s right to exist and will never do so,” according to Azzam al-Ahmed, a member of the Fatah Central Committee who is closely associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Ahmad made the comment during an interview with the Egyptian paper Al-Masry Al-Youm, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Jerusalem, May 2 - Israel began dismantling four northern West Bank outposts Wednesday night. Settlers opposed to the removal of the illegal structures clashed with the police.
Islamic Jihad leader on FBI’s most wanted terrorist list
Jerusalem, May 31 - “Palestinians have proven they are capable of operating the Gaza side of Egypt's Rafah crossing…There is no need for foreign observers,” leading Hamas figure Ghazi Hamad said on local radio this week, the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reported.
Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with Hamas-controlled Gaza on Saturday. Israel fears this will lead to an increase in the flow of weapons and terrorist training to the strip.
Iran produces anti-naval ballistic missiles that “cannot be tracked”
U.S. sanctions Syria for disproportionate force against civilians
Jerusalem, May 19 - Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s Middle East speech, forces across the region lambasted Israeli-Palestinian peace and promoted violence over dialogue.
Photos from Naqba Day: Thousands of Palestinians mourned Israel’s creation on Naqba Day by storming Israel’s borders and starting violent protests and riots in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Photos from Naqba Day: Thousands of Palestinians mourned Israel’s creation on Naqba Day by storming Israel’s borders and starting violent protests and riots in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
"The state was founded 63 years ago on the basis of the declaration of independence, which promises equality of rights for all of our citizens regardless of religion, race and sex. We extended our hand in peace to our Arab neighbors and promised equality, progress and partnership to Israel's Arab citizens. When one looks at the region today, Israeli Arabs are the only Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa that enjoy democratic rights, equality and civil rights.” -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Barak: Land-swaps, recognition of Israel, likely part of peace deal
Obama to deliver Middle East speech
Jerusalem, May 12 – In a bid to kick-start the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the U.S. Congress on May 24, U.S. House of Representative Speaker John Boehner said in a statement.
"Israel Uncensored" (إسرائيل بدونرقابة ) tells the true story of Israel
Israeli society, culture & politics covered in Arabic for Arab world
Arab revolution is springboard for positive message about Israel
Jerusalem, May 12 - “Israel Uncensored,” (إسرائيل بدونرقابة), The Israel Project (TIP)’s new Arabic-language Facebook page, has reached almost 15,000 followers less than two weeks after going live.
Israel would support Palestinian unity, if it were for peace
Hamas: We have the right to fire on Israel
World leaders move to sanction Syria for violence against protesters
Jerusalem, May 8 - Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would support a Palestinian unity agreement but only if its aim was peace with Israel.
“I'd be the first one to champion and to applaud national unity amid the Palestinians for peace. But what we have is not a union for peace. What we have is a pact with Hamas who calls for the eradication of Israel, the opposite of peace,” Netanyahu said during an interview on CNN.
In interview with CNN, Prime Minister says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei effectively runs Iran, warning that if Iran 'gets atomic bombs, it will change history.'
Washington, May 5 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress next month and is coming under heavy international pressure to deliver concessions that might coax Palestinian leaders back into peace negotiations.
Founded in 1987, Hamas was created by former Muslim Brotherhood members, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Mohammad Taha. They carried out civilian attacks and suicide bombings and advocated firing Qassam rockets at Israeli civilians
Netanyahu to travel to Britain for talks on Wednesday
Netanyahu reportedly to ask Cameron not to support unilateral Palestinian state
Washington, May 3 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Britain on Wednesday (May 4) to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron. One of the top issues for discussion, according to Israeli media reports, is the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) plan to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state via the United Nations in September.
In addition to the thirteen Members of Congress who joined the Board of Advisors in March, TIP welcomes seven distinguished legislators who have a wealth of experience in foreign affairs, security policy, and communications. TIP appreciates the commitment to Israel and to the dissemination of the facts about Israel by Republicans and Democrats, Senators and Congressmen who join our expanded Advisory Board. Our efforts to educate the press, policy makers and the public can only be enhanced and strengthened by the work of our Advisory Board members.
Bin Laden said he was focused on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Al-Qaeda looks to establish new terror bases
Jerusalem, May 2 - Israel thanked the American people for their fight against terror this morning after news circulated that a small team of American special forces successfully killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Jerusalem, May 2 – "We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and the martyrs."
Washington, May 2 - Ismail Haniyeh, now the top political leader of Hamas in Gaza who on Monday hailed Osama bin Laden as a martyr, has been part of the Iran-backed terrorist group since its inception in 1987.
Iran-backed Hamas to join Abbas’ Fatah party in unity government
Jerusalem, May 1 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may send his top envoy, Isaac Molho, to Cairo as Egypt plans to reopen its border with Gaza at Rafah. Although the visit has not been confirmed, Molho’s trip would likely focus on Egypt’s intention to open the border crossing and plans for a Palestinian unity government.
Hamas will maintain its “no recognition, no negotiations” stance
German FM: "Hamas is not a party for us.”
Congress members say deal could end U.S. funding for Palestinians
Washington, April 28 – Within a day of forging an alliance, leaders of Fatah and Iran-backed Hamas disagreed publicly on whether they would negotiate peace with Israel, with Hamas steadfastly refusing the possibility of resuming talks with the Jewish state.
Israel transfers one ton of aid per capita to Gaza
Word Leaders: Deliver goods to Gaza through legitimate crossings
Jerusalem, April 28 - A flotilla that is thought to have terrorist ties may sail to Gaza in the next month - a year after a convoy tried to access Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza.
Second time Egyptian gas pipeline attacked in 2 months
Israel to continue electricity supply using alternative fuel
Jerusalem, April 27 – An Egyptian pipeline that carries natural gas to Jordan and Israel was blown up early Wednesday morning near Al-Sabil, a village in northern Sinai.
Jerusalem, April 24 – Israeli and Palestinian security officials held emergency talks on Sunday after an Israeli was killed and four others were wounded in a shooting incident in the West Bank.
Washington says best way forward is via direct talks
Israel proposes new steps to help Palestinian civilians
Netanyahu expected to address Congress next month, offer ‘real peace’
Jerusalem, April 20 – The Obama administration believes the ‘go-it-alone’ approach of the Palestinians is not a good idea.
Palestinian leaders say they are pushing ahead with plans for a unilateral declaration of a state in September.
“We’ve been very transparent in saying that we don’t believe it’s a good idea, we don’t believe it’s helpful,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters on Tuesday.
Moshav Bitcha, Israel, April 17 – It was just another day at school for mature student Roni Yihye as he parked his car outside Sapir College in Sderot on Feb. 27, 2008.
At that moment members of Iran-backed Hamas fired a rocket that landed yards away. Shrapnel pierced his chest killing him.
He was a “wonderful father and an amazing husband” says his widow, Esther. “I don’t know if I’ll ever find someone with the majestic heart that he had,” she adds, with tears in her eyes, knowing there will be one person missing at the family’s Passover celebration on Monday night.
The pair came from the Palestinian village Awarta, which lies less than a mile from Itamar, the community in which they stabbed to death three of the Fogel family’s five children and the parents as they slept.
Jerusalem, April 11 - For many kids in Israel’s southern communities, living life under the constant fear of rockets and missiles is just a part of the daily routine. In Nativ Ha’asara, a kibbutz near Israel’s border with Gaza, children speak about their fears and hopes while telling their personal stories.
Israel holds Hamas responsible for terrorism from Gaza
More than 120 rockets, mortars target Israeli homes
Jerusalem, April 10 – The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad issued a pledge on Sunday that it will continue attacking Israel “until we stop the aggression and defeat the enemy from our land.”
Gaza-based terrorists fired at least 120 rockets and mortar rounds towards Israeli homes over the weekend.
Israeli leaders: No alternative to direct negotiations for peace
Most Germans view Iran as security threat to Israel
Many Germans favor peace talks over PA’s unilateral moves
Jerusalem, April 6 - The prospect of Iran developing nuclear weapons is likely to take center stage when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets his German counterpart, Angela Merkel, tomorrow.
Powerful House Committee Chair Blasts Palestinians for Failing to Talk Peace
Washington, April 6 – Palestinian leaders have for over two years sought every excuse to avoid peace talks with Israel while allowing anti-Israeli and anti-American incitement to persist, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday.
A Palestinian state should mean an end to the conflict
“Two-state solution” is something we have already agreed on
Israel offered Abbas much of the 1967-land, offer was rejected
Jerusalem, April 5 – “Unilateral actions cannot be a substitute for negotiations. They do not substitute an end to the conflict, refugees, Jerusalem or borders,” Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Tuesday.
Meridor asked 170 diplomats and journalists at an event organized by The Israel Project what the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s recent unilateral moves to gain international recognition of a state achieves in practical terms.
“Do borders include security needs?...Borders need to be agreed on by two parties, not decided unilaterally. Of course there are political problems on both sides. But as long as people don’t come to talk, it’s difficult. We have to say our goals up front,” he added.
Municipal Planning Committee to look at projects throughout city
Jerusalem’s development plans are public, transparent
Jerusalem, April 4 - The Jerusalem Municipal Planning and Construction Committee was scheduled to examine on Monday proposals for 1,000 new developments that would improve the lives of all the city’s residents. The applications include parks, roads and private homes in various neighborhoods.
The municipality is building and renovating neighborhoods throughout the city as part of its long-term development plan through 2020.
The meeting is a routine part of the overall development program for the city, which is public and transparent to all through the municipality’s website, said Elie Isaacson, spokesman for Jerusalem’s Mayor, Nir Barkat.
Democracy a friend of peace if not “hijacked by radical regimes”
Says PA should recognize Israel; peace will come
Peace should be reached by negotiation, agreements
Jerusalem, March 31 - “The greatest terror of all, is the danger of nuclear terror,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday (March 30).
The next generation must prevent militant Islamic regimes from gaining nuclear weapons, he said, referring to Iran and the danger of a Taliban takeover of Pakistan, a nation with nuclear capabilities.
Advanced medical clinic opens in quake disaster zone
Jerusalem donates 18 tons of emergency humanitarian aid
Israel brings expertise to rescue efforts worldwide
Jerusalem, March 30 – Israel has opened a field hospital in the Miyagi district of Japan, one of the areas worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The delegation comprises 50 medical staff from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Home Front Command and Medical Corps.
An opening ceremony was held yesterday and included a moment of silence for all those affected by the catastrophe. The number of missing or dead in Japan has now reached over 28,000, reports confirm today.
The first patient at the new clinic, treated for suspected broken ribs, was was Minamisanriko Mayor Jin Sato. He was examined by the commander of the medical team, deputy to the IDF Chief Medical Officer, Col. Dr. Ofir Cohen-Marom.
Thirteen Members of Congress Join Board of Advisors as TIP Expands on Capitol Hill Tip Board of Directors Welcomes Robert “Bobby” Copeland and Randall Levitt
South Tel Aviv school educates kids from 49 countries
Children are taught mutual respect, peace
Jerusalem, March 24 - Immigrant children at Bialik-Rogozin, the Israeli school featured in the Oscar award-winning documentary Strangers No More, say that Israel gave them a new life. The school is located in southern Tel Aviv only a short distance from the location where a military-grade rocket fired from Gaza recently fell in the southern suburbs of that city. Slideshow of royalty-free pictures of the school and children
Jerusalem, March 23 – Israeli civilians scrambled for shelter this morning after Gaza, controlled by Iran-backed Hamas, stepped up its attack on major Israeli cities.
Facility to be located in devastated fishing village
Israel using experience with medical aid to disaster-struck nations
Jerusalem, March 22- Israel is stepping up its assistance to Japan this week by establishing the first field hospital set up by countries providing assistance following this month’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
Jerusalem, March 22 - International leaders have condemned Iran-backed Hamas’ indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilians. The comments come after Israel was attacked by 58 rockets and mortar attacks over the past few days, including longer-range grad rockets that reached Ashkelon, an Israeli city of some 112,000 residents.
Military-grade missile hits Ashkelon, town of 112,000
Hamas feels insecure, wants to distract attention from domestic woes
Abbas talking peace with Hamas, not with Israel
Jerusalem, March 21 - After less than three months of 2011, Hamas terrorists armed and financed by Iran and their allies have already fired 124 mortars and rockets at Israeli towns and villages – more than double last year’s rate of attacks.
Russia, Quartet still push for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Israel to return piece of land in Jerusalem to Russia
Security, weapons to Syria likely to be discussed
Jerusalem, March 21 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit Russia this week to discuss diplomatic and economic initiatives. A member of the Quartet on the Middle East, Russia plays a key role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
South American recognition of Pal. State “unhelpful”
Israel: Iran, Syria behind arming of Hamas, Hezbollah
Washington, March 17 – On the eve of President Barack Obama’s departure on a trip to Latin America, two leading congressmen are criticizing moves by several South American nations to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.
Jerusalem, March 15 – A Liberian-flagged ship believed to be carrying arms to Hamas-controlled Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli navy 125 miles (200 km) at midday.
"The weaponry originated in Iran, which is trying to arm the Gaza Strip," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
From an initial investigation, strategic weapons were found on-board the "Victoria” including many 60 and 120 mm mortar shells, and C-704 anti-ship missiles, the IDF said.
Three-month old baby, children age 11 and three, along with parents killed
Terrorist infiltrated West Bank settlement of Itamar
Police and security forces searching for killer
Jerusalem, March 12 - Five family members were stabbed to death in their beds early Saturday following a terrorist infiltration into the West Bank settlement of Itamar, close to Nablus.
Israel police report the terrorist broke into the house around 1 am armed with a knife and stabbed the mother, father, a three-month old baby and children ages 11 and three. The victims were apparently sleeping.
Three of the family’s children, age two, six and 12, are still alive.
The terrorist succeeded in fleeing the settlement. Israel police and Israel Defense Forces are searching the area.
“An entire family was killed by despicable and cowardly murderers who murdered children and parents for no reason,” Israel Defense Forces GOC Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi said from the scene.
Jerusalem, March 10 - In an effort to kick-start stalled peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), Netanyahu’s envoy Isaac Molho met with Quartet on the Middle East representatives in Jerusalem on Thursday.
Reflections on a Visit to Israel and Palestine Article by José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor & 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, The Huffington Post, March 8, 2011
I recently completed my first State Visit to Israel and Palestine. I did not include Gaza in the trip. Unexpectedly, I left the region with much hope for a fully sovereign Palestinian State and long-lasting peace for the peoples who inhabit that crowded land.
Major General Eitan Dangot, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities, said: "We are dealing from Gaza with a terror entity that doesn't stop. Since the beginning of 2011, 123 rockets and mortar shells were launched towards Israeli towns and cities - 52 rockets, 66 mortar shells and five grad missiles. Hamas continues to smuggle weapons underground and by sea."
Netanyahu’s plan: immediate, temporary Palestinian state
Guarantees final status talks
Jerusalem, March 6 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to unveil a peace initiative that calls for the immediate creation of a Palestinian state in temporary borders.
Although the details have not been made public yet, reports suggest proposal would also include guarantees on final status talks.
Jerusalem, March 4 – New moves in the case of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held captive in isolation by Iranian-backed Hamas in Gaza for four-and-a-half years, have raised some slender hope he may soon be freed – though such hopes have too often been dashed in the past.
Pope Benedict Confronts Truth: Hamas Perpetuates Lies
Washington, March 3 - Two separate pieces of news this week show two organizations moving in opposite directions, one toward reconciliation and historical justice and the other toward hatred and endless conflict.
Washington, March 3 – Demonstrations against the Iranian regime this week were both larger and more aggressive than previously seen this year. The chants of “Death to the dictator” are now quite specific: “Death to Khamenei.” They can be heard at night in every Iranian city, and posters of the supreme leader are now burned in the streets during the fighting–for fighting it is.
Palestinian state within temporary borders will be created right away
Israel says it will not build on private Palestinian land in West Bank
Erekat refuses meeting with Israeli envoy; Quartet in Israel next week
Jerusalem, March 2 - A new peace plan that would immediately create an interim Palestinian state is being considered by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The proposal would establish their state within temporary borders while a final-status agreement is worked out.
Several Palestinian officials are reportedly not interested in Netanyahu’s peace plan.
The plan would resemble other initiatives recently proposed by Israeli leaders.
Cooperation flourishes between Israelis and Palestinians
Jerusalem, March 1 – Amid all the talk of settlements on the international stage, Israel’s quiet work to help improve conditions for Palestinians often goes unnoticed.
Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on
Monday. (David Katz/The Israel Project)
Israel to dismantle all illegal settlements on private Palestinian land
Defense minister: Israel a “country of law;” settlers must respect
Jerusalem, March 1 - Israeli security forces began removing an illegal outpost in the West Bank on Monday. Officers arrested eight people who tried to prevent the dismantling of Havat Gilad
Jerusalem, Feb. 27 – Russia is set to sell Syria a large shipment of P-800 Yakhont advanced cruise missiles. The likely recipient of the weaponry is Iranian-backed Hezbollah, Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a statement.
First time rockets hit Beersheba since Cast Lead in 2009
Gaza’s terror violates ceasefire, U.N. Resolution 1860
55 attacks this year; 238 in 2010
Jerusalem, Feb. 24 – Long-range Grad rockets fired from Gaza hit Beersheba, one of Israel’s largest cities, as well as the town of Netivot, last night. Several residents were treated for shock.
It was the first time Gaza-based launchings reached Beersheba, a city of approximately 200,000 located some 25 miles from the Gaza border, since Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s defensive operation against Iran-backed Hamas at the end of 2008 and early 2009.
Washington, Feb. 23 - The unrest sweeping the Arab world has already had an impact on U.S. gas prices – and further underscores the need for a coherent alternative energy strategy.
Libya and Iran are OPEC members; oil prices on the rise
Jerusalem, Feb. 21 - While Iran has been touting its support for protests around the Arab world, 1,500 Hezbollah fighters are working to crush the opposition in Iran, according to the London-based Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat.
Al-Qardawi gives pro-democracy address but stifles free speech
Affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood, in exile for 30 years
Supports suicide bombings, against homosexuality
Jerusalem, Feb. 20 – A firebrand Egyptian preacher associated with the Muslim Brotherhood has returned to the country after an exile of almost 30 years.
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qardawi gave his first public speech in Egypt since 1981 to a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday.
Israel aims to become world leader in alternative energy
Government praised for forging ahead
Israel establishes international centers of excellence
Jerusalem, Feb. 1 - Israel is at the forefront of international efforts to reduce dependency on oil. This need is underscored by the latest protests and riots around the Middle East, which is the world’s oil-producing hub.
Israelis hope for peace negotiations with new government
Gaza expresses anti-Hamas sentiment
Jerusalem, Feb. 14 - In what is viewed as a response to the social unrest sweeping the Arab world, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas ordered Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to fire his cabinet today. The cabinet’s dissolution came about after ideas of a “reshuffle, or even resignation” were proposed by senior members of Abbas’ party, Fatah.
Washington, Feb 10 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, defying the demands of hundreds of thousands of protesters, has again vowed to stay in power until September – confounding reports he was about to step down.
The beleaguered Egyptian leader said in a televised address to the nation, “Satisfied with what I have offered the nation in more than 60 years, I have announced I will stay with this post and that I will continue to shoulder my responsibilities.”
Jerusalem, Feb. 10 – Israeli President Shimon Peres and 20 leading Israeli and international hi-tech firms have combined to encourage Israeli Arabs to join the high-tech workforce.
"I call on young Arabs to participate in this initiative. Our intentions are serious and sincere,” Peres said at the launch of the project on Wednesday.
Jerusalem, Feb. 8 - Israel fears that the current Egyptian government could be replaced with a repressive, hostile regime that causes regional instability.
Egypt could “fall into the hands of radical Islamists as a result of the country’s uprising,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to a European delegation at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Monday (Feb. 7).
Youth-led protestors across Middle East seek better life
Peres, Biden discuss global economic quartet to lift poverty
Jerusalem, Feb. 7 - The need for Israeli-Palestinian peace is now, Israeli President Shimon Peres said yesterday at a policy conference in Herzliya, Israel. The recent events around the Middle East raise the need for a peace agreement.
Clinton: “Parties in Egypt must renounce violence”
Jerusalem, Feb. 6 – After nearly two weeks of protests have left hundreds dead and injured in Egypt, Israel is urging Egypt to maintain order, particularly in the Sinai Peninsula and to keep peaceful relations.
Netanyahu, Blair offer economic steps for Palestinians
Offer Gaza water, sewerage treatment, infrastructure development
Simultaneously develop PA-Israeli gas fields, resources
Jerusalem, Feb. 6 – The Quartet on the Middle East (“Quartet”) reaffirmed that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are urgent and necessary in order to reach peace and lead to two-state solution on Saturday (Feb. 5).
Middle East Quartet to meet in Munich Saturday, Feb. 5
U.S., Israel say one-sided push not a solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Diplomatic source says peace process could be overshadowed by Mideast upheaval
Washington, Feb. 4 –The Quartet on the Middle East is scheduled to meet in Munich Feb. 5 to discuss how to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Palestinians say the group should focus instead on their attempts to unilaterally declare statehood without negotiations.
Former IDF chief to TIP conference: Radicals must not fill vacuum
Israel believes economic cooperation is key for regional success
Jerusalem, Feb. 3 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed hope that the popular uprising in Egypt will lead to the establishment of a true democracy which will live in peace with its neighbors.
Israeli industry leader optimistic trade with Egypt will expand
Egypt-Israel enjoy customs-free zone with U.S.
Jerusalem, Feb. 2 - At a time when much of the Middle East is in flux and mass protests are engulfing the Arab world, Israel says it hopes two key countries with which it has peace treaties - Jordan and Egypt - remain open to continuing positive diplomatic and economic relations.
Next Egyptian government will be more hostile to Israeli and U.S.
Israeli-Palestinian peace process may suffer from regional instability
Algeria, Jordan, Morocco “candidates” for next upheaval
Washington, Feb. 2- Israel’s regional security situation will worsen regardless of who ultimately takes control in Egypt, former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller said Tuesday.
President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel after accepting an invitation by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. During the historic visit, Sadat addressed the Knesset. His speech repeated familiar Egyptian demands, but also contained reassurance that Israel was welcome in the region. His willingness to go to Jerusalem broke a psychological barrier that convince Israelis of his sincerity and ultimately gave them the confidence they could take the risks that would ultimately be required to make peace with Egypt.
Jerusalem, Israel. As Riots and transitions expand in the Middle East, The Israel Project (TIP) is proud to announce the expansion of its Arabic team to cover Arabic social media and web-based initiatives, in addition to its highly successful media outreach and coexistence programs. TIP began working on building this program long before the situation in Egypt as TIP has long believed that “people to people peace” is core to stability and peace in the region.
President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel after accepting an invitation by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. During the historic visit, Sadat addressed the Knesset. His speech repeated familiar Egyptian demands, but also contained reassurance that Israel was welcome in the region. His willingness to go to Jerusalem broke a psychological barrier that convince Israelis of his sincerity and ultimately gave them the confidence they could take the risks that would ultimately be required to make peace with Egypt.
Washington, Jan. 31 - The uprising in Egypt that looks like it may sweep away President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-old regime threatens to deprive Israel of its most important strategic ally in the region.
Israeli leaders have been silent about the events in Egypt and are powerless to affect the outcome. But they and the entire Israeli population are gravely concerned that the turmoil will ultimately bring to power a new government hostile to the Jewish state.
Collaboration with India, China encourages smart energy policies
Jerusalem, Jan. 31 - Israel approved a national plan to develop technologies to reduce the global use of oil in transportation yesterday (Jan. 30). The plan encourages investment and technological innovation in fields that are cleaner and smarter and do not harm the environment, or emit pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Washington, Jan. 28 – As unrest sweeps the Arab world, threatening to topple Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year regime, Israel stands as an island of democratic stability in the region and the most reliable ally of the United States.
Washington, Jan. 28 – As unrest sweeps the Arab world, threatening to topple Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year regime, Israel stands as an island of democratic stability in the region and the most reliable ally of the United States.
Israel, NATO share counterterrorism, weapons smuggling concerns
Terrorists use unconventional weapons, human shields
Global responses, missile shields are effective
Jerusalem, Jan. 27 – Cooperation and combined efforts “ensure that the extremists who wish to destroy our way of life will never succeed,” Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said in a speech yesterday (Jan. 26) at the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue.
Group carried out two murders, 19 other serious crimes
Police chief: Began as criminals but attacks became nationalist
Jerusalem, Jan. 26 – Israeli police and intelligence officers say they have broken up a terror cell that was responsible for two murders, including that of American citizen Christine Logan, a month ago
Gaza’s Army of Islam, Al Qaeda offshoot, bombed Egyptian church
937 rockets, mortars at Israel from Gaza in 2009-2010
Jerusalem, Jan. 26 - Two qassam rockets were fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza into Israel overnight (Jan. 25), as part of the increase in terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians.
Distinguished Israeli diplomats and politicians join new Israel-based Board of Advisors
New members significantly extend global reach of The Israel Project
Jerusalem, Jan. 24- The Israel Project has added four distinguished Israeli leaders to its new Board of Advisors, greatly expanding the organization’s global reach and strengthening its efforts to promote Israeli democracy to the world.
Iranian insistence on preconditions torpedoes talks
No date set for future talks amid Iranian intran
Unclear where negotiations can go from this
Washington, Jan. 24 – Talks between Iran and six world powers on Tehran’s nuclear weapons program ended in complete failure over the weekend, raising major questions about whether it is even worth continuing such negotiations.
Israel calls on Palestinians to return to negotiations
Washington says talks are only path to peace
Jerusalem, Jan. 24 – Documents leaked to Al-Jazeera Television and The Guardian show how close Palestinians and Israelis could be to reaching a lasting peace agreement.
International observers, Noble Peace Laureate approve Israel’s version
Mavi Marmara linked to IHH, Islamist terrorist groups
Gaza blockade thwarts terror on Israel
Jerusalem, Jan. 23 - Israel abided by international law in trying to prevent the Mavi Marmara ship from accessing Iran-backed Hamas and Gaza’s waters, according to the findings of the Turkel Commission, Israel’s public, autonomous and independent investigation of the Gaza flotilla incident of May 31, 2010. The Commission presented the first part of its findings today.
U.S. says U.N. not the right forum for resolving Israeli-Palestinian issue
Peace settlement can only come from direct talks
U.S. has veto power over resolution
New York, Jan. 21 -- A UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli building in parts of the country is counterproductive to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S officials have said, adding that they are working to prevent it coming to the floor.
Washington, Jan 21 – A new campaign orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority to score diplomatic points and win international recognition for a unilateral declaration of independence seems to be gathering some momentum – but the effort is self-defeating and will ultimately harm Palestinians more than Israel.
New York, Jan. 21 -- Two days of talks involving six world powers meeting in Istanbul to discuss curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions had barely begun Friday (Jan. 21) when the Islamic republic declared it would not slow its plans to continue enriching uranium for its nuclear program.
Former Israeli Envoy to EU says Europe Has Key Role
Face-to-face negotiations only way to progress
Palestinian unilateral independence bid is simplistic, unhelpful
Washington, Jan. 20- A Palestinian campaign to win international recognition for a unilateral declaration of independence could damage peace talks with Israel which are the only avenue for achieving true peace in the region, a veteran Israeli diplomat says.
Ex-general: Next Lebanese PM will likely be from Hezbollah
Hariri’s pro-Western bloc in decline
Indictment requested in Hariri murder, details not public yet
Jerusalem, Jan. 19 - The next prime minister of Lebanon is likely to come from Iran-backed Hezbollah, well-known retired Lebanese Brigadier-General Amin Hattit said on Tuesday.
Ramallah, Jan. 18 – Improved security and coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have led to economic boom times in the West Bank. Nowhere is the economic vitality more visible than in Ramallah, the West Bank’s largest city. The Israel Project was on the ground in Ramallah to show you the progress.
Four lawmakers join Ehud Barak in new faction ‘Independence’
Dep. Def. Min. Vilnai: We must advance peace with Arab world
Platform promotes peace, security, economy, social cohesion
Jerusalem, Jan. 17 – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Monday that he had resigned as leader of the Labor Party and had created a new parliamentary faction.
Jerusalem, Jan. 13 - Israel is watching closely as the crisis deepens in Lebanon’s government. Eleven ministers resigned on Wednesday, including 10 from Hezbollah.
Suspected of being implicated in the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the Lebanese cabinet on January 12, 2010. The Lebanese government collapsed as a result.
Experts say the country could once again be headed for civil war. Israeli troops were put on high alert near the Israeli-Lebanese border.
Netanyahu: These are the seeds of Israel, it’s our moral duty
Falash Mura inhabit poor camps in northern Ethiopia
Have Jewish ancestry but many converted to Christianity
Jerusalem, Jan. 17 – Groups of hundreds of Falash Mura, Ethiopians with Jewish ancestry, began arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport today. Israel’s cabinet approved the immigration of 8,000 Falash Mura into Israel in 2010.
Netanyahu: Women's status around the world is critical
Israel initiates pioneering schemes at home and abroad
Gender equality is a basic human right
Jerusalem, Jan. 16 – Israel is set to enter U.N. WOMEN, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, today (Jan. 16). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s involvement in the organization is essential to Israel and the advancement of women around the world.
Iranian-backed organization has 45,000 rockets aimed at Israel
U.S.-backed government is powerless to oppose Hezbollah
Its members helped murder former prime minister
By Alan Elsner (Senior Director of Communications)
Washington, Jan 14- The Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization with its 40,000 rockets aimed at Israel clearly aims to dominate the country and control the selection of its next leader, analysts believe.
Terrorists responded to Israeli peace moves by firing missiles
World desperately needs internal reform, anti-corruption measures
Washington, Jan 13- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reminded Arabs on Thursday (Jan 13) that Israel had made far-ranging moves for peace by withdrawing from Gaza and southern Lebanon but these steps had been met by thousands of terrorist rockets and missiles aimed at its civilians.
No sense in speculating about completion of nukes- Ilan Mizrahi
Stuxnet and military threat effective in deterring Iran
Hamas and Hezbollah avoiding new conflict
Jerusalem, Jan 12- Iran’s nuclear program may be further along than some Israeli Intelligence officials accept, former senior Mossad official Ilan Mizrahi said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Hariri cuts short U.S. visit after Obama meeting
U.N. to indict Hezbollah in former Prime Minister's assassination
Sectarian strife threatened in Israel's northern neighbor
Washington, Jan. 12 - Lebanon’s government has collapsed after ministers from the Hezbollah organization, which seeks to destroy Israel, resigned ahead of a U.N. report that will link some of its members to the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.
Iran threatens entire Middle East, not just Israel
PM dismisses reports Iran’s nuclear program halted
He blames Palestinians for breakdown of peace talks
Jerusalem, Jan 11 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Iran will never abandon its quest for nuclear weapons unless faced by a credible military threat.
New York, Jan. 11 - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is laying out an ambitious vision of economic development for his city based on freedom of religion, equal rights for all and a massive increase in tourism.
Israeli envoy to U.S. in effort to revive peace talks
Israel under attack from Gaza despite constant calls for peac
Only road to peace is negotiations
Jerusalem, Jan 10 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his desire to pursue peace talks with Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas, despite continual rocket fire into Israel.
Netanyahu: Both Arabs and Jews buy, rent in all of Jerusalem
58 illegal buildings torn down in West Jerusalem, only 23 in East Jerusalem, in 2010
Historic portion of Shepherd Hotel to remain
Jerusalem, Jan. 10 - Shepherd Hotel, bought by a private real estate owner Ira Moskowitz in 1985, is being partially rebuilt to create 20 new apartments.
18 to 21 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel since Jan. 1
Over 8,800 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel since 2001
The majority of the attacks occurred after Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 in the hopes of reaching a peace deal including a two-state solution
Jerusalem, Jan. 9 – Since the start of the year terrorists have fired at least two rockets or mortars a day towards the homes of Israeli citizens. Four people were wounded over the weekend from rocket fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza. Backed by Iran, Hamas threatens to destroy Israel.
Jerusalem, Jan 8 - Three farm workers from Thailand were wounded by a mortar shell fired from Gaza into an Israeli agricultural community close to the border on Saturday.
Senior Hamas Official Mahmoud al-Zahar says Holocaust was “a lie”
Al-Zahar accuses Israel of “holocausts” in defensive operations against terrorist groups
Hamas’ charter continues to call for destruction of Israel
Jerusalem, Jan 7 – A senior Hamas leader has denied the Nazi Holocaust, putting the Gaza-based terrorist group which wants to destroy Israel on the same page as Iran which funds and arms it.
Israeli FM calls on Europe to deploy force on Egypt-Gaza border
Terrorists fire more rockets from Gaza
Jerusalem, Jan. 6 – Peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s security topped the agenda when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday in the Egyptian resort town Sharm el-Sheikh.
House Republicans, Democrats voted against unilateral Palestinian state
EU against one-sided declaration of Palestinian state
Washington, Jan. 5 -- As the 112th U.S. Congress convenes Wednesday (Jan. 5), the newly Republican-led House of Representatives and its members already have shown their solid support for Israel, and only last month co-sponsored a resolution opposing the unilateral creation of a Palestinian state.
Israel: Terrorists affiliated to Iran-backed Hamas
Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation helps reduce terror from West Bank
Terror significantly down because of security fence
Jerusalem, Jan. 4 – Israel has foiled a Hamas plot to fire a rocket into Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium during a Premier League soccer match that could have caused mass casualties.
Jerusalem, Jan. 3 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he wants to pursue direct, one-to-one talks with Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas until a peace agreement is reached.
Terrorists launch New Year's Day projectiles at Israel
235 missiles, rockets and mortars fired from Gaza in 2010
Israel Security Agency: 798 terror attacks in 2010
Jerusalem, Jan. 2 – Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza launched a military-grade projectile at an Israeli community of 6,500 residents on New Year's Day. The attack is part of a recent rise in mortar and rocket attacks on Israel coming from Gaza.
Palestinians deny seeking U.N. recognition early in 2011
Washington urges parties to relaunch talk
Israel says unilateralism is a mistaken policy
Jerusalem, Dec. 30, 2011 – Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat issued a denial after media reports suggested the Palestinian Authority would ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state as early as January.
Netanyahu: All men and women are equal under the law
Arab-Israel rape crisis worker: Verdict is message to victims and VIPs
Moshe Katsav may appeal to Supreme Court
Tel Aviv, Dec. 30 – A district court found former Israeli president Moshe Katsav guilty of raping an employee in the 1990s when he was tourism minister and of later sexual offences while he was president.
Ahmadinejad says Tehran will not cooperate with P5+1 talks in Jan.
Iranian president: U.N. Security Council members are "retards"
Israeli Dep. PM: Iran has problems with weapons program
Jerusalem, Dec. 29 – The United States, United Kingdom and the Zionist regime are an “ominous triangle of terrorism and warmongering in the world,” Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying by the Iranian Students News Agency.
Jerusalem, Dec. 28 - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would see a peace agreement through to the end. He wants the Palestinians to agree to a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes Israel as a legitimate Jewish state and to drop the idea of the right of return.
He made the comments during an interview with Israel's Channel 10 News.
New plans will legalize 90 percent of Arab buildings
Jerusalem, Dec. 27 - The Jerusalem Municipality is planning to evict Jewish residents from an apartment building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Silwan. There is a court order for the evacuation of the building known as Beit Yonatan.
Hamas claims responsibility for terrorist attacks in Israel, Jerusalem
We will not renounce resistance, recognize Israel
Two years since Israel's defensive operation against Hamas
Jerusalem, Dec. 26 - For the first time, Hamas claimed responsibility for a series of attacks between 2005 and 2010 that killed 15 Israeli soldiers and injured 47. They include a 2008 attack on a Jewish yeshiva (Talmudic college) in Jerusalem in which eight students died and some 30 were injured.
Israel's Christian population continues to flourish
2.4 million Christian tourists expected this year
Israel expedites access to Holy Sites for holidays
Jerusalem, Dec. 23 - Israel is preparing for the arrival of 90,000 tourists this Christmas by promoting access to holy sites and ensuring safety for all.
Nearly 2.4 million Christian tourists are expected to visit Israel by the year's end, according to the ministry of tourism. One-third of the Christian tourists are pilgrims visiting holy sites in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Terrorists fire Iranian-made missile at Israeli tank
Israel lodges complaint with U.N. after child wounded in attack
Residents: 280 projectiles from Gaza in 2010
Jerusalem, Dec. 22 – Israel has formally complained to the United Nations about a new surge of attacks on civilians from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. An Israeli girl was wounded on Tuesday by a projectile which narrowly missed a kindergarten on a kibbutz.
Israel holds Iran-backed Hamas accountable for all attacks emanating from the territory.
Radical groups, affiliated with Hamas, spread violence
Jerusalem, Dec. 21 – A Qassam rocket fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza landed near a kibbutz kindergarten, injuring a young girl on Tuesday. At least 13 rockets and mortar rounds were launched from Gaza since Sunday (Dec. 19), according to Israeli officials.
Jerusalem, Dec. 20 – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem opened a Muslim prayer room this week. The decision to dedicate the space followed a campaign by Muslim, Jewish and Christian students.
There was clear solidarity among students in this regard, regardless of any national or religious background.
Previous attempts at unilateral statehood proved meaningless
Flies in the face of the road map, U.N. Security Council resolutions
Jerusalem, Dec. 19 - Israel opposes a Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) since it avoids direct negotiations as a means to lasting peace, delaying the possibility of agreement on critical issues.
Even Prime Minister Salam Fayyad admits UDI is not the best way forward for the Palestinians.
House: PA unilateral actions detract from peace process
Washington, Dec. 16 - The United States House of Representatives has passed a resolution (Dec. 15) affirming the importance of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and rejecting unitaleral moves by the Palestinians to declare statehood.
Netanyahu: Indirect talks are good for peace, good for Israel
Netanyahu lays out core concerns to U.S. envoy
Barak, Gates share security fears
Jerusalem, Dec. 14 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained that Israel is seeking peace and security before his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on Monday.
Unilateral declaration of independence does not solve issues
Jerusalem, Dec. 13 - Israel is urging the Palestinian Authority (PA) to pursue proximity talks until direct talks are resumed. It has asked PA President Mahmoud Abbas to come to the table to reach long-term solutions on the core issues—borders, security, Jerusalem, water, refugees and settlements.
Washington, Nov. 2 - While Democrats are likely to keep control of the U.S. Senate, Republicans will take over the U.S. House of Representatives following Tuesday’s (Nov. 2) elections. This is likely to have implications for Israel-related issues such as Israel’s relationship with the United States and the push for sanctions against Iran.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- These quotes are from an Oct. 28 Reuters interview with Hamas strategist Mahmoud Al-Zahar, who denounced Israel and the United States and said the U.S. should support Islamic fundamentalists such as himself rather than Israel.
• 170 mortars, rockets this year
• Islamic Jihad to continue jihad until “Palestinian territories are liberated”
• Israel: Hamas is responsible for all attacks out of Gaza
The Israel Project Ad Campaign Seeks to Quell Partisan Bickering Ads Seek Better Future through Israel’s Quest for Peace, Alternative Energy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The Israel Project, a non-profit educational organization, will launch a TV and print campaign in Washington as polls close nationwide Nov. 2. The ads, which will run through the following day, will highlight Israel’s efforts for peace and efforts to build a more prosperous future for Palestinians and Israelis through U.S. and Israeli alternative energy innovations to reduce dependence on MidEast oil.
U.S. legislators are pressing for a new round of sanctions against Iran that would increase economic and diplomatic pressure on the Islamic Republic by stopping foreign governments and companies from developing Iran’s energy sector and reducing Iran’s access to the international financial system.
President Barack Obama walks with, from left, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, through the Cross Hall of the White House, Sept. 1, 2010.
President Obama Expected to Push Non-Proliferation at UN Meeting Sept. 23 and 24
As President Obama prepares to give major speeches in New York about his hope for worldwide nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23 -- and then again at a special meeting of the UN Security Council on Sept. 24 --[1]Iran’s continued defiance of the international community's efforts to halt its nuclear program has sparked Arab and Muslim countries to develop their own nuclear programs.[2]
President Obama Expected to Push Non-Proliferation at UN Meeting Sept. 23 and 24
As President Obama prepares to give major speeches in New York about his hope for worldwide nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23 -- and then again at a special meeting of the UN Security Council on Sept. 24 --[1]Iran’s continued defiance of the international community's efforts to halt its nuclear program has sparked Arab and Muslim countries to develop their own nuclear programs.[2]
more... Date: 9/21/2009 (back to top) Press Kit for Trilateral Talks As President Obama Prepares for Talks with Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Sept. 22: Timeline of Israeli-Arab Peace Initiatives since 1977
A major poll done in Arabic by Arabs on behalf of Greenberg Research and funded by The Israel Project, a non-profit organization devoted to security and peace, shows that Hamas’s standing has fallen dramatically in the Palestinian territories.
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