JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli Cabinet approved a measure that would require a public referendum or vote on any peace agreement that involves withdrawing from land Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War.
The Cabinet approved the legislation, which will...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority could begin as soon as next week.
Silvan Shalom, Israel’s minister for regional cooperation, said at a news conference that direct negotiations between Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi...
(JTA) — David Lau and Yitzchak Yosef, both sons of former Israeli chief rabbis, were elected Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel, respectively.
Wednesday’s vote by 147 Knesset members, local officials and regional rabbis was the culmination of a...
(JNS.org) – Families of terror victims are harshly criticizing the Israeli government’s plan to release 85 Palestinians imprisoned prior to the 1993 Oslo Accords as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian Authority ahead of renewed peace talks
TEL AVIV (JTA) — We don’t know. That’s the operative phrase of the new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks announced Friday and ostensibly set to begin in the coming days in Washington.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said conducting the restarted peace talks discreetly would be helpful in reaching their goals.
Speaking Sunday at the opening of the weekly Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said he was committed in equal measure...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) — The intensity with which Israel reacted this week to new European guidelines prohibiting support for projects based in disputed territories surprised not only EU diplomats, but also their Israeli counterparts.
