A new crisis threatened to undercut American efforts to revive the flat-lining peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians this evening, in the wake of comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday. In a closed door meeting reported by Josh Rogin of The Daily Beast, Kerry told members of the...

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A report aired Friday on Israel’s Channel 10 revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had given the green light to negotiators to begin discussing the contours of final borders between Israel and what would become a Palestinian state, among other things: According to Channel 10, while Netanyahu refused Palestinian demands...

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As part of its ongoing clampdown on smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian army uncovered six tunnels over the weekend that started inside a mosque (Arabic link) on the Egyptian side of the border. A military spokesman said in a statement, on the official page of the Armed...

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Last year when he wrote about the passing of Israeli children’s author Devora Omer, Shmuel Rosner lamented that his children, who were unfamiliar with her work, are “missing out on the foundational tales that undergird a strong collective memory, which a country like ours needs in order to survive.” The...

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According a report on CNN, an Israeli company, Water-Gen, has developed a device that uses an extremely efficient process to remove the humidity from the air and store it as clean, drinkable water—in other words, creating water out of thin air. “The clean air enters our GENius heat exchanger system where...

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Hamas wasted little time in shooting down reports that as part of its reconciliation package with the Palestinian Authority it might keep the door open to recognizinng Israel. Interviewed on the Hamas website, Senior Hamas official Hassan Yousef categorically denied (Arabic) the report, saying “the issue of recognition is non-negotiable.” Taher...

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A meeting of top Israeli political leaders on Thursday, called in order to chart Jerusalem’s response to a Wednesday announcement by Palestinian leaders that the rival Fatah and Hamas factions had agreed to a deal that would see the formation of a unity government with members from both groups, concluded...

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In celebration of Earth Day this week, daytime talk-show hostess Ellen DeGeneres gave away SodaStream machines to her studio audience. She is the latest high profile celebrity to promote the Israeli company. Honest Reporting observed: A-list celebrities continue to line up behind SodaStream, the fizzy water company that’s been the...

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Efforts to extend the Middle East peace talks under the auspices of American Secretary of State John Kerry were undermined earlier this week when the Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reached a unity agreement with the terrorist organization Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. The deal prompted State Department spokeswoman...

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State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday blasted the announcement, made earlier in the day by top Palestinian figures including Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, that the rival Fatah and Hamas factions had settled on an agreement that would among other things lead to the establishment of a new...

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