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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at Sky News, stating that Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) are part of the Jewish “ancestral homeland” to which Jews have been attached for 3,000 years and the notion of banning Jews from settling in those areas is the true “obstacle to peace,” after the British news outlet attempted to depict the territories as “occupied” lands.

National Security Advisor Dr. Hamdullah Mohib of Afghanistan told the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that his country remains committed to becoming a peaceful and stable democracy despite constant attacks from the Taliban.

The White House revealed Sunday that it would unveil the “economic component” of its long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan at a regional economic conference to be held in Manama, Bahrain, on June 25 and 26.

The truth is it isn’t hard to understand why the Trump administration might depart from the traditional notion of peace-by-two-states; it’s simply a non-solution.

The Trump administration has a choice to make. Does it want Judea and Samaria to look like Gaza under Hamas? Or does it want Judea and Samaria to look like Israel?

WASHINGTON, DC – Russian and Iranian military aid to the Taliban is granting the jihadist group the option to delay or move ahead with any peace negotiations and ultimately gain more influence under a potential power-sharing arrangement with Kabul, indicated an analyst on Thursday.

Abbas expects President Trump to disregard his statements and continue to bankroll his terror-supporting regime in the name of “the peace process,” just as Bush and Obama did.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday praised the U.S. Ambassador to Israel for blaming the lack of peace on the Palestinians’ endorsement of terror.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “several countries” are considering moving their embassies to Jerusalem after President Trump’s decision to recognize the city as the capital of Israel.

President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, released Monday, revises U.S. policy to indicate that while the U.S. is committed to facilitating peace between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel is not the cause of the problems in the Middle East. The relevant

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas launched an antisemitic tirade Wednesday at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference in Istanbul, Turkey, that was convened to discuss the issue of Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – In the wake of attacks against European Jews following President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Sunday condemned “well-rooted” anti-semitism in his own country, adding that “the ideology of hate” was “alive” and causing French Jews to immigrate to Israel out of fear.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s “historic” recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “makes peace possible,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

The Facebook page belonging to the Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and critically wounded a security guard in the chest in Jerusalem on Sunday was full of angry posts condemning President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed European “hypocrisy” and “double standards,” saying EU leaders were quick to condemn President Donald Trump for his recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital but remained silent in the face of retaliatory rocket attacks into Israel from Gaza.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian rioters used an ambulance as a human shield during violent clashes in Ramallah on Saturday, the IDF said.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during the latter’s visit to the region later this month in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

TEL AVIV – Any Palestinian violence resulting from President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital will be short-lived, a former senior White House official said on Wednesday.

TEL AVIV – A Palestinian journalist has criticized the outcry from his brethren surrounding President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying their rage, while justified, is futile.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem had nothing to do with the peace process that he is still hoping to resume in the coming months, White House officials said on Thursday, adding that the Palestinians’ “short-term

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his “profound gratitude” to President Donald Trump for declaring Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel and for announcing that the U.S. embassy would move there from its current location in Tel Aviv.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian factions have announced three “days of rage” beginning Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to transfer the American embassy from Tel Aviv.

TEL AVIV – African embassies in Israel may follow the U.S.’ lead and move their embassies to Jerusalem, an official from Tanzania said in the wake of news that President Donald Trump intends to formally recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

It is no exaggeration to say that for Jews, recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is an event of almost Biblical significance. And we are witnesses to it.

TEL AVIV – Saudi Arabia has reportedly endorsed a U.S. peace proposal that adheres closely to Israel’s vision while ignoring core demands on the Palestinian side, the New York Times reported.

TEL AVIV – Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his threat to sever diplomatic ties should President Donald Trump make a formal declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump on Tuesday told Arab leaders in the region, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II that he intends to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticized White House aide Jared Kushner’s remarks on the Middle East peace process at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution on Sunday, saying he had erred describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the key to broader stability in the region.

TEL AVIV – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday brushed off fears of a Palestinian reprisal should President Donald Trump formally declare Jerusalem as the Israeli capital or relocate the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv, saying Israel “will know how to deal” with any resulting violence.

Jared Kushner is at the center of the most disruptive American presidency in centuries. So it is something of a surprise that his approach to the Middle East peace process, which is just one of his many responsibilities, is so conventional.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump reportedly became “agitated and exasperated” at the lack of action on his campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, with sources telling The Washington Post that the White House may compromise by formally declaring Jerusalem to be Israel’s capital.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is waging a diplomatic campaign reeling in world leaders in an effort to prevent a formal declaration by President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

TEL AVIV – Moderate Arab states including Egypt and Saudi Arabia are pushing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resume negotiations with Israel as part of a wider strategy to confront the region’s growing threat from Iran, a senior Egyptian official told the daily Israel Hayom on Monday.

TEL AVIV – Former secretary of state John Kerry accused Israel of not wanting peace and added that the Palestinians have been “extraordinary” in their commitment to nonviolence but that the Jewish state would face another bout of attacks if there wasn’t any progress in negotiations.

If President Trump is backtracking on his promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem allegedly for the sake of a “peace process,” why is he simultaneously allowing the Palestinians to violate U.S. law and sink peace unilaterally?

President Donald Trump told former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee in an interview broadcast on TBN Saturday that he would not move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem until he had tried to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians.