"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

"It’s not a state now. It does not meet the customary international [law] test of statehood. It doesn’t control defined boundaries. It doesn’t fulfill the normal functions of government. There are a whole host of reasons why it’s not a state."

Netanyahu made it clear a construction freeze in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria was a non-starter, would spell political disaster.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Rome with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss talks with the Palestinians and Iran. Kerry...

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz hails Israel’s participation in the event as a sign of deepening relations between the two countries.

One must wonder how much trouble we would have been spared—not to speak of death and destruction—had somebody on the IDF side had the wisdom to eliminate Jibril Rajoub back when he was but a lad of 15.

David Barnea met with the U.S. national security advisor at the White House ahead of his trip to Jeddah.

Isaac Herzog said that 'recently there has been a certain attempt to dim Peres' peace doctrine; his faith in the two-state vision and [his efforts to achieve] a comprehensive peace with our Palestinian neighbors.'

PM Netanyahu reminded Italy's Pres. Matarella the Arch of Titus, a Roman description of Jewish Jerusalem events, was not 'Zionist propaganda.'

Mauritania and Israel had diplomatic relations from 1999-2010.

"...Hamas is really smart. When they decide to rocket Israel, they insinuate themselves in the hospitals, in the schools, in the highly populous areas."

Secretary of State John Kerry has many in Israel wondering if the U.S. has its foreign policy priorities straight, particularly in the Middle East.

"President Putin offered to meet in Moscow on September 9," Abbas said. "I agreed. I was to fly to Moscow from here (Warsaw) to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu."

The Israeli plan, formulated under American pressure, is to help the Trump administration put pressure on Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to moderate his speech at the UN General Assembly.

PM Netanyahu says he hopes Pres. Obama doesn't withdraw US support for Israel at the "final hour" during a UN Security Council vote.

The Israeli delegation is being led by Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan • Abbas adviser Nabil Shaath says the visit is “painful to witness.”

Such a link would be “shorter, faster, cheaper and safer” than currently used trade routes, says the Bank of Israel.

Appointing Gold, a strong right-winger, is a clear message to the Obama administration that Israel's fed up with its illusions.

Maybe the crow and the seagull know something that most of us know but the pope won’t believe.

Netanyahu's spokesman David Keys said Israel has ironclad information that the Obama administration helped craft the anti-settlements UNSC resolution.

It remains to be seen how Greenblatt plans to incorporate his clear understanding of the borderline-suicidal policies of the Gaza terror gang into his much touted plan for a "deal of the century."

"I hope the citizens of South Korea will gain the quiet they have been seeking for years.”

The new Kotel brochures in Arabic were produced in honor of the Abraham Accords signed with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and countries which will hopefully follow in their footsteps.

Morocco is the sixth member of the Arab League to normalize relations with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan.

Gantz added in the same meeting that before promoting political moves, Israeli citizens should be able to return to work and earn a living again.

John Kerry says an Israeli-Peace peace pact is “important to “regional security and stability.” ZOA says he is full of nonsense: Arab wars on Israel have nothing to do with their own internal problems.

Various reports have emerged recently on Netanyahu’s intention to declare sovereignty in stages, or on only a small segment of the allocated territory.

Obama himself suggested that a break from the process may be necessary.

Biden will not reverse the embassy move – it's there to stay. He will not mess with US military aid to Israel. But he just has to win Michigan in November.

The agenda for thousands of American Israel Public Affairs Committee activists who will meet with lawmakers next month includes Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israeli-Palestinian...

The Muslim narrative of anarchy that played out in Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and Libya is going to destroy the Palestinian Authority, not Israel.