Opposition to unilateral Palestinian moves toward statehood at the UN gained bipartisan support in Washington on Thursday, with Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) jointly authoring a letter to Foggy Bottom urging the State Department to veto Palestinian moves in the international body that would bypass direct negotiations...

State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki, when asked today if the United States would support a proposed United Nations resolution that would set terms of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, said that “it is not something that we would support.” The Times of Israel reports: Washington has seen the...

The European Union on Wednesday rejected an effort to declare its support for Palestinian statehood outside the contours of bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, a decision that marked a setback for upcoming efforts by Ramallah to secure a United Nations Security Council resolution supporting unilateral moves toward statehood. State Department Spokesperson Jen...

Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released a letter today addressed to their former Senate colleague, Secretary of State John Kerry, asking him to announce that the United States will veto any Palestinian resolutions that seek to undermine direct negotiations with Israel and impose terms on the Jewish...

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah said on Wednesday that his administration was prepared to resign over the growing interference into governing by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Reuters reports that Bahah issued his threat after “Houthi rebels who control the capital Sanaa raided state institutions and sacked public officials.” Armed Houthis...

After winning praise from critics in Israel and abroad, film-making team Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz are now celebrating a nod from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Their film, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, is a nominee for Best Foreign Film at the upcoming 72nd Golden Globe Awards to be broadcast...