The Australian government announced Thursday that it would no longer use the word “occupied” to describe East Jerusalem. The Times of Israel reported: Attorney General George Brandis explained Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s position that using the word “occupied” was judgmental and does not contribute to the dialogue about the...

The Rolling Stones made sure boycott advocates got “no satisfaction” with their concert last night in Tel Aviv. Fifty thousand fans attended one of the most anticipated concerts in Israel in years, with the legendary rock band explicitly rejecting the request made by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters that the Stones avoid playing in Israel in solidarity with the anti-Israel boycott movement....

American and Hamas officials secretly met numerous times over the last six months, according to a report in the online news website BuzzFeed. The meetings were held between U.S. intermediaries and Hamas’ leadership, which lives outside the Gaza Strip in third-party countries ranging from Egypt to Qatar and Jordan. Topics...

The Wall Street Journal late Wednesday criticized the Obama administration for agreeing to fund the recently announced Palestinian unity government – agreed to by the rival Fatah and Hamas factions, and unveiled earlier this week – with the outlet pointing out that the new cabinet’s refusal to dismantle Hamas’s military...

In reaction to yesterday’s endorsement by the Obama administration of the recent formation of a Palestinian unity government, Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz wrote a scathing critique of the administration’s approach to Israel. Horovitz, who is often critical of Israel’s current government, writes in 12 Ways the US Administration has Failed...

On a conference call with reporters on Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called his trip to Israel “the most amazing trip I’ve ever been on” and expressed his belief that peace is still possible. However, Manchin also made clear which side he believed needed to change to make peace possible....