The Israeli military meticulously and callously calculated the number of calories Gaza residents would need to consume in order not to starve, and used those calculations to inform how to impose a harsh economic blockade on the Palestinians, according to newly...
Around 80 percent of respondents in a survey of both Israelis and Palestinians say that an Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would ignite a major regional war. The poll was a joint effort of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for early elections instead of waiting for the scheduled ones in October 2013, raising new questions about his stranglehold on Israeli policy on Iran, and beyond. Netanyahu and his Likud Party, according to the...
PA in Talks With Arab States on UN ‘Non-Member State’ Bid | Israel says UN recognition would harm statehood
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned of "the catastrophic danger of the racist Israeli settlement of our country, Palestine," in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. In a sprawling and direct speech at the UN, Abbas, President of the...
Palestinians Set to Win ‘Nonmember State’ Recognition at UN | US, Israel expected to condemn move by General Assembly
Abbas Threatens to Resign From PA Leadership | Faced with growing protests and split cabinet, is he serious this time?
Palestinians Slam Romney Over Remarks | Romney declared Palestinian statehood ‘unthinkable’
Abbas Proposes Canceling Oslo Accords | First time PLO leadership considered treaty since 1993
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday announced his intention to again make a bid at the United Nations to upgrade the status of Palestine to "a state under occupation." "When we go to the UN, we will say we are a state under occupation,"...
