Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel, the West Bank, Morocco, and Algeria over March 26-30 to discuss the Ukraine war, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and Iran, the State Department announced Thursday. Blinken will meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, and while in Morocco […]
West Bank
Netanyahu’s West Bank trajectory?
After Golan, PM Netanyahu is saddled with an idee fixe of annexing the West Bank. “I am going to extend [Israeli] sovereignty and I don’t distinguish between settlement blocs and the isolated settlements”, said Netanyahu, a few days earlier to the election. The stark reality is: illegal annexation is underway. The most devious and hoodwinking […]
Ancient West Bank site draws Christians, and controversy
Deep in the West Bank, Israeli settlers have transformed an archaeological site into a biblical tourist attraction that attracts tens of thousands of evangelical Christians each year. Tel Shiloh is believed to have been the site of the biblical tabernacle, but not everyone is pleased at how the ruins are presented to visitors. Like many […]
Israel launches dozens of Gaza strikes after rockets target Tel Aviv
The sky above buildings on the Gaza Strip glows orange during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City late on March 14 Israel said Friday its aircraft had struck dozens of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, including rare fire toward its economic capital Tel Aviv. […]