Non-Governmental Organization working for lasting Cease Fire and Peace Process in the Middle East through the Non-Violent Approach
There is no ‘them’ and ‘us.’ Brig. Gen Hassan Alian, March 8, 2020
“We are all fighting the same enemy, which is a global enemy... the corona” COGAT Col. Iyad Sarhan, April 3, 2020
People understand that this is a war that doesn’t distinguish between Jews and Arabs.” Col. Shams al-Fares, May 10, 2020
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Reuters, YNet News, January 28, 2021
Pakistan court frees Islamist convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl
Hadar Gil-Ad, YNet News, January 26, 2021
No one is thinking of the children
Assaf Zagrizak, Gilad Cohen, YNet News, January 26, 2021
Ultra-Orthodox rioters wreck bus in Jerusalem in protest of virus measures
Amihal Attali, YNet News, January 25, 2021
Israel is rudderless amid a Haredi intifada
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, January 23, 2021
Dahlan complicates Abbas' plans for Palestinian elections
Taghreed Ali, Al Monitor, January 23, 2021
Israeli settlers threaten Palestinian archaeology in historic town of Sebastia
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2021
Abbas announces dates for presidential, parliamentary elections
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, January 15, 2021
Abbas issues decree ordering Palestinian elections for first time in 14 years [Observers are skeptical this time too]
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, January 12, 2021
Cairo talks on Mideast peace show key players preparing for post-Trump era
AP, The Times of Israel, January 11, 2021
Egypt, Germany, France, Jordan meet on reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Adir Yanko, YNet News, January 6, 2021
Overwhelmed by COVID, Israel's hospitals cut back on surgeries
YNet News, January 5, 2021
Bill by Algerian lawmaker looks to criminalize promoting peace with Israel [if passed, offenders could face up to 15-yr imprisonment]
The Times of Israel, January 4, 2021 [hospitals are seeing “younger cases. We have patients who are 48, 32, 55. I see whole families infected.]
Third wave of pandemic shaping up to be worst one yet, hospital chiefs warn [“We are at the very beginning of a very serious wave.”]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, January 4, 2021
Calls for 'popular resistance' behind upsurge in West Bank violence
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, January 4, 2021
Settlers start hunger strike, saying they, not Arabs are Netanyahu's base
Attila Somfalvi, YNet News, December 27, 2020
Pandemic may be over in Israel by mid-February, scientist says
The Times of Israel, December 25, 2020
New studies indicate immunity to virus lasts at least 6-8 months after recovery
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 23, 2020
UAE steps up medical aid to Gaza
Bishara A. Bahbah, The Times of Israel, December 23, 2020
Victor Kattan, Haaretz, December 23, 2020
Opinion | Israel’s Gulf Coup: How Palestinians Lost Their Arab Allies
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 23, 2020
UAE steps up medical aid to Gaza
YNet News, December 23, 2020
Israel embarks on fourth election in two years as budget row topples Knesset
Haaretz, December 23, 2020
Netanyahu Gains Steam, Gantz Teetering on the Brink, Election Poll Shows
Aziza Nofal, Al Monitor, December 22, 2020 ["Even during the intifada, we did not experience moments of fear like these days"]
Palestinian spirits sag as coronavirus steals Christmas [COVID-19, however, defeated us all and put fear in our hearts]
The Times of Israel, December 21, 2020
Ultra-Orthodox protesters surround car of IDF general, who pulls out pistol
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, December 21, 2020
First Israel-Morocco flight arrives in Rabat to seal normalization deal
Dr Galia Rahav, YNet News, December 21, 2020
Coronavirus, your deadly rampage is almost over
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, December 21, 2020
Hamas slams PA for 'politically-motivated' arrests
Prof. Cyrille Cohen, YNet News, December 20, 2020
Declaring victory in World War C
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, December 19, 2020
Hamas bans Muslims from attending Christmas celebrations in Gaza
Jack Khoury, Noa Shpigel, Haaretz, December 19, 2020
Triple Murder in Northern Israel Makes 2020 Deadliest Year for Arabs in Two Decades
Asaf Kamar, YNet News, December 18, 2020
Traveling through time, darkness and silence to a Hasmonaean wonder
Mohammad Hanafi, Al Monitor, December 18, 2020
Egypt, Jordan work to thaw Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
Hadar Gil-Ad, YNet News, December 17, 2020
Israel's post-pandemic health disaster
Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel, December 16, 2020
Gulf normalization isn’t about fearing Iran, it’s about embracing Israel
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, December 16, 2020
Arab-Israeli town to build green paradise over dump
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, December 15, 2020
The UN's eternal hypocrisy on Israel
Douglas Davis, The Times of Israel, December 15, 2020
'A spiritual kinship’: When John le Carre poured out his soul on Jews and Israel
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 15, 2020
Hamas prisoners elect leadership behind bars
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, December 15, 2020
Gunmen attack Palestinian Authority headquarters in Jenin [and more clashes in Balata Camp, Nablus]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, December 15, 2020
Palestinian Authority mufti: No room for non-Muslims on Temple Mount
AFP, YNet News, December 14, 2020
U.S. and Sudan - deadly foes bury the hatchet [Sudan once a haven for radical islamists, among them Bin Laden, Carlos]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, December 14, 2020
On 33rd anniversary, Hamas vows to free Palestine ‘from sea to river’
YNet News, December 14, 2020
Israeli scientists find ultraviolet lights kill coronavirus
Bishara A. Bahbah, The Times of Israel, December 13, 2020
My fellow Palestinians wake up! You are all alone.
Smadar Perry, YNet News, December 13, 2020
Donald Trump's strange Mideast legacy
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, December 13, 2020
Oman next to announce normalization of ties with Israel, sources say
Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, December 13, 2020
Oman, Indonesia likely next countries to forge ties with Israel
Robi Damelin, YNet News, December 12, 2020
Ending the circle of grief [Israel holds the remains of 68 Palestinians]
Tobias Siegal, The Jerusalem Post, December 12, 2020
Solar energy will help us strengthen Israeli-Arab peace, Netanyahu says
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, December 12, 2020
Israel normalizes ties with Bhutan
Al Monitor, December 11, 2020
Oman praises Israel-Morocco relations
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, December 11, 2020
Normalization with Morocco warms Israeli hearts
Jacob Magid & AP, The Times of Israel, December 10, 2020
‘Historic decision’: Israel and Morocco agree on full ties ‘as soon as possible’
YNet News, December 10, 2020
Trump announces Israel, Morocco to normalize relations
Nathan Jeffay, The Times of Israel, December 10, 2020
Israeli space chief Ben-Israel says aliens may well exist, but they haven’t met humans
Aaron Reich, The Jerusalem Post, December 10, 2020
Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready
YNet News, December 10, 2020
Norway votes to cut aid to Palestinian Authority over anti-Semitic textbooks
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, December 10, 2020
Ashrawi’s exit of the PLO sign of organization’s demise
Afif Abu Much, Al Monitor, December 10, 2020
Arab-Israeli woman announces presidential run
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, December 9, 2020
For Palestine’s negotiations strategy to work, Gulf must be united
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, December 9, 2020
Mizrahi Israelis hope normalization with Gulf will bring regional peace
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, December 8, 2020
West Bank Samaria settler olive oil and wine to be exported to Dubai
YNet News, December 6, 2020
Israel's COVID relapse worsens as infection rate exceeds 4%
Hana Salah, Al Monitor, December 4, 2020
Gaza caught between full lockdown or collapse of health sector amid COVID-19 surge
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, December 3, 2020
Israeli medical delegation enters Gaza to provide essential COVID-19 care [Twelve Arab Israeli doctors, on delegation organized by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel]
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, December 3, 2020 [people who’ve been to Jerusalem always told me:It’s probably the most spiritual city in the world. I felt it last night. I felt it,]
Bahrain minister says he took a stroll around Jerusalem, felt its holy ‘spirit’
The Times of Israel, December 3, 2020
Patient dies of suspected COVID months after being declared virus-free
Reuters, YNet News, December 2, 2020
Iran watchdog passes law on hardening nuclear stance, halting UN inspections
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, December 2, 2020 [Last week, Fatah and Hamas officials announced that the unity talks had failed]
After dumping Hamas, Abbas seeks to restore ties with Gulf states
Adir Yanko, Alexandra Lukash, YNet News, December 2, 2020 [the important thing is that we are on a slippery slope ]
Israel headed toward state of emergency, says Health Ministry chief [The coefficient of infection is rising and currently fluctuates between 1.1 and 1.2, which is high]
Adir Yanko, YNet News, December 1, 2020
Israel seeing start of third coronavirus wave, says senior health official ["This is the beginning of the third wave. That's how the second wave started"]
Elior Levy, YNet News, December 1, 2020
Hamas leader Sinwar in Gaza has coronavirus, terror group says
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2020
Coronavirus research: One in five Israelis suffer from depression [at peak almost one in three people in Israel (29%) suffered extreme or highly extreme symptoms of anxiety]
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic brings dark times to Jerusalem's Old City
Tobias Siegal, The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2020
Saudi Arabia officially approves Israeli flights over its airspace
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Reuters, YNet News, November 29, 2020
Covert Israeli-Saudi meeting sends Biden a strong message on Iran
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, November 28, 2020 [Gaza is drowning in rain and COVID-19]
Creeping in through Syria, Iran is just a border fence away from Israel
Sean Mathews, Al Monitor, November 27, 2020
In a changing Middle East, Abraham Accords will usher in new era for technology
The Times of Israel, November 27, 2020
Nazareth mayor announces plan to establish joint Arab-Jewish political party
Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel, November 26, 2020
Pragmatism or Palestine nationalism? Arab MK forces a choice on his colleagues
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, November 26, 2020
Palestinians in quandary about new visitors from Gulf
Sanaa Alswerky, The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2020
Gaza Ministry signs off on solar energy project
Alex Fishman, YNet News, November 25, 2020
Israel, Saudi find themselves facing more than one common foe
AFP, YNet News, November 24, 2020
Saudi Arabia and Israel: A history of quietly warming ties
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, November 24, 2020
Netanyahu, UAE Crown Prince nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, November 24, 2020
Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza hit with record-smashing virus case surge
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, November 24, 2020
Hamas threatens Israel as Gaza COVID-19 cases surge
Elior Levy, YNet News, November 24, 2020
Report: Hamas rocket attacks cry for help over virus crisis in Gaza
Walid Mahmoud, Al Jazeera, November 23, 2020
Gaza declares COVID-19 disaster with health system near collapse
AFP, The Times of Israel, November 23, 2020
Health official warns COVID-19 ‘getting out of control’ in Gaza Strip
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, November 23, 2020
Saudi and Israel confirm top-level talks, but no formal ties imminent
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, November 23, 2020
Not-so-secret meeting with Saudis a major step, but don’t say normalization yet
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, November 23, 2020
Netanyahu trip to Saudi Arabia shows importance of Israeli-Saudi ties
Itay Blumenthal & Itamar Eichner, YNet News, November 23, 2020
Netanyahu makes secret Saudi Arabia trip for talks with bin Salman
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, November 23, 2020
Senior State Dept. official says Saudis enthusiastic about Israel ties
Reuters, YNet News, November 23, 2020
Israel sends delegation to Sudan to firm up ties
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, November 22, 2020
YNet News, November 21, 2020
Parched earth: Scientists combat desertification in Middle East
Mohammad Al-Kassim, The Jerusalem Post, November 21, 2020
How can Israel resolve water scarcity issues with the Palestinians?
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, November 19, 2020
Latest tunnel was Hamas’s deepest; it’s not what worries Israel most about Gaza
Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2020
Cross border attack tunnel discovered last month was deepest ever found [20 such tunnels found since 2014]
Yaron Drukman, Itamar Eichner, Adir Yanko, YNet News, November 19, 2020
Nearly half of new coronavirus cases among Israeli Arabs
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, November 19, 2020
PA restoring ties with Israel undermines reconciliation, Hamas says
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, November 17, 2020
Palestinians restore ties with Israel
AP, YNet News, November 15, 2020
Palestinians torn as Israel seeks Gulf tourists in Jerusalem
Ron Ben-Yishai, YNet News, November 15, 2020
Hamas is caught between Israeli hammer and Islamic Jihad anvil
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, November 12, 2020
Can Hamas control individual rocket firing?
YNet News, November 10, 2020
Saeb Erekat, veteran Palestinian negotiator, dies of COVID-19 at 65
Al Jazeera, November 10, 2020
Obituary: Erekat, negotiator, public face of Palestinian cause
The Times of Israel, November 10, 2020
Erekat remembered as a peace-seeker by some, a demonizer of Israel by others
The Times of Israel, November 10, 2020
Brother of Lebanon’s Hariri envisions eventual peace with Israel
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, November 9, 2020
Hamas officials warn that Gaza could return to lockdown as cases rise sharply
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, November 9, 2020
Shin Bet: Hamas recruiting teens to carry out terror attacks, kidnappings
Taghreed Ali, Al Monitor, November 8, 2020
Families of ancient Palestinian village struggle to survive settler attacks
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, November 6, 2020
Dahlan supporters complain of PA crackdown in West Bank camps
Sarah Chemla & Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, November 5, 2020
PMW: For PA, peace means a Judenfrei state, ethnically cleaned of Jews
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, November 2, 2020
Attacks on Christians show hypocrisy of 'blasphemy' controversy -analysis
Reuters, YNet News, November 2, 2020
Europe's COVID-19 cases double in five weeks, total infections surpass 10 million
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, November 1, 2020
French cartoon row: Islamic leaders push Holocaust denial in response
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Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, October 31, 2020
Top Fatah militant killed during clash in Balata camp with PA officers
Jared Szuba, Al Monitor, October 30, 2020
Intel: US, Sudan sign terror claims agreement
Al Monitor, October 30, 2020
New normal takes shape for Israel, Palestinians, UAE
Alex Fishman, YNet News, October 30, 2020
Gaza power plan could electrify Mideast peace efforts
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, October 30, 2020
Israel-Arab accords an earthquake for Palestinians, who pin their hopes on Biden
The Times of Israel, October 30, 2020 [FRENCH PRESIDENT DENOUNCED AS 'ENEMY OF GOD']
Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Macron, Muhammad cartoons; 3 arrested
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, October 29, 2020
Palestinians call for ‘day of rage’ to protest offensive cartoons
The Times of Israel, October 29, 2020
After 3 killed in Nice church, Macron says France under Islamist terror assault
Al Jazeera, October 29, 2020
Muslims have ‘right to punish’ French, says Malaysia’s Mahathir
AFP, YNet News, October 29, 2020
New 'Made-in-Gaza' device fights coronavirus spread (but is barred from export)
Houda Nonoo, The Times of Israel, October 29, 2020
Mossab Hassan Yousef, The Times of Israel, October 28, 2020
A Palestinian dreams of Isaac and Ishmael
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, October 28, 2020
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar: PLO won’t change, reconciliation ‘nearly impossible’
Reuters, YNet News, October 28, 2020
Turkey condemns French caricature featuring Erdogan
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2020
Ankara continues its crusade against France – analysis
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, October 28, 2020
Palestinian international peace conference gaining traction
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, October 27, 2020
Israel-Emirates peace: An inside look
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, October 27, 2020
Why Israelis flock to the Emirates
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, October 25, 2020
Saudis, Arab states drastically reduce aid to Palestinians
Adela Suliman & Charlene Gubash, NBC News, October 23, 2020
Sudan formally recognizes Israel in U.S.-brokered deal
The Guardian, October 23, 2020
Sudan and Israel agree US-brokered deal on normalising relations
White House, October 23, 2020
President Donald J. Trump Brokers a Historic Peace Agreement Between Israel and Sudan
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, October 23, 2020
Israeli technology exposes Gaza attack tunnel, challenges Hamas
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2020
Terror tunnel found along Gaza border belonged to Hamas - IDF
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, October 20, 2020
IDF exposes Gaza terror tunnel entering Israeli territory
Al Monitor, October 20, 2020
First UAE delegation visits Israel amid Palestinian opposition
Ahmed Gomaa, Al Monitor, October 20, 2020
France, Egypt join forces to reach settlement in Libya
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, YNet News, October 19, 2020
The Ramallah lynching was our warning of what was to come
Attila Somfalvi, YNet News, October 18, 2020
Dreaming of performing in Israel, UAE musician plays Hatikvah
Elior Levy, YNet News, October 18, 2020
Erekat's hospitalization in Israel exposes PA's hypocrisy
Idan Zonshine, The Jerusalem Post, October 17, 2020
Israeli kayakists take advantage of coronavirus lockdown to clean river
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, October 14, 2020
Israeli nature lovers clean beaches, rivers
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Jazeera, October 14, 2020
Is the normalisation deal really a win for Israel?
Al Monitor, October 13, 2020
Iran in shock after 11-year-old boy commits suicide over poverty
The Jerusalem Post, October 13, 2020
Understanding the haredi perspective on the coronavirus – analysis
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, October 13, 2020
Israel’s president warns of growing social schism, loss of moral compass
The Times of Israel, October 12, 2020
Full text of President Rivlin speech: ‘Tribalism is breaking out. Stop! Please stop!’
Amira Hass, Haaretz, October 11, 2020
Analysis | In Absence of Palestinian Parliament, Tribalism Thrives, Anti-corruption NGO Says
Itay Gal, YNet News, October 11, 2020
Israel's oldest man passes away at age of 117
Abeer Darwish, YNet News, October 10, 2020
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, October 9, 2020
Saudi prince rattles Palestinian leaders in televised critique
Joshua Davidovich & Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, October 9, 2020
Unholy heat: Data shows Jerusalem’s endless summer may be the fiery new normal
YNet News, October 8, 2020
MEPs call to defund Palestinian education over anti-Israel incitement in schoolbooks
YNet News, October 8, 2020 [The EU refusal points to growing frustration with the PA leadership, even among staunch supporters of the Palestinians.]
EU to PA: No aid until you take tax revenue from Israel
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, October 8, 2020
Bahraini journalist: We're looking forward to working with Israelis
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, October 7, 2020 [A national vote has not been held for 14 years]
Despite flurry of fresh promises, Palestinians skeptical elections will happen
Reuters, YNet News, October 6, 2020
Ex-Saudi spy chief slams Palestinian leadership's criticism of UAE-Israel deal
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, October 6, 2020
The Saudis indict the Palestinians instead of saving them - analysis
Bishara A. Bahbah, The Times of Israel, October 5, 2020
A cynical ploy by bankrupt Palestinian leadership
President Reuven Rivlin, YNet News, October 4, 2020
Battle against coronavirus is a war for our lives
Smadar Perry, YNet News, October 3, 2020
Peace with Lebanon? Not so fast
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, October 2, 2020
Why Hamas can’t control arms proliferation in Gaza
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, October 2, 2020
Twenty years since the Al-Aqsa Intifada, what do Palestinians hope for now
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, October 1, 2020
US, UAE press ahead to broker Israel-Sudan rapprochement
Ahiya Raved, YNet News, October 1, 2020
Hottest September seared into Israeli record books
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Reuters, YNet News, September 30, 2020
Home learning in Gaza hindered by blackouts and poverty
Muhammad Sehada, Walid Mahmoud, Al Jazeera, September 30, 2020
‘Cautiously optimistic’: Palestinian factions unite on elections
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, September 30, 2020
After years of bashing Israel at UN, UAE and Bahrain dramatically soften tone
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, September 29, 2020
In Zoom meeting with local Jews, UAE minister hails ‘wisdom of Shabbat’
YNet News, September 29, 2020
Israel passes U.S. for COVID deaths per capita for first time
Yaron Druckman, YNet News, September 29, 2020
Israel sees 50% of total virus caseload in past month
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, September 28, 2020
Egypt-PA crisis looms as Abbas moves closer to Turkey, Qatar and Hamas
Hadar Gil-Ad, YNet News, September 27, 2020
'Alone and afraid,' Israelis fight for mental health amid pandemic
Nathan Jeffay, The Times of Israel, September 27, 2020
Israel could see 3rd, 4th lockdown, warns top UK epidemiologist who moved here
Associated Press, YNet News, September 27, 2020
Syria minister calls Turkey main terrorism sponsor in region
The Times of Israel, September 26, 2020
Egypt returns bodies of 2 Gaza fishermen shot by its navy
Binyamin Tobias, YNet News, September 26, 2020
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, September 25, 2020
'We are at the height of war - a coronavirus war'
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, September 25, 2020
Hamas charges three Gaza activists for pro-peace video call with Israelis
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, September 24, 2020
Hamas opens up on arms, missile supplies from Iran
YNet News, September 24, 2020
Arab funding for Palestinian Authority slashed by 85% in 2020
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, September 24, 2020
Egyptian media campaign targets Hamas
AFP, YNet News, September 24, 2020
Fatah, Hamas say deal reached on new Palestinian elections
Yossi Beilin, Al Monitor, September 24, 2020
An open letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Giora Eiland, YNet News, September 23, 2020
This pandemic is a war like no other
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, September 23, 2020
Palestinian security forces round up Dahlan supporters in West Bank
Associated Press, YNet News, September 22, 2020 [There is no blood in the sand. Those days are hopefully over."]
Trump hails Israel-UAE-Bahrain peace deals 'dawn of a new Middle East' at UNGA
The Times of Israel, September 23, 2020
Saudi king warns UN of Iranian threat, backs US peace efforts in Middle East
Mordechai Kedar, The Jerusalem Post, September 22, 2020
Turkey’s relationship with ISIS proves it's deserting its European allies
Reuters, YNet News, September 22, 2020
Angered by Arab-Israel ties, Palestinians quit chairing Arab League sessions
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, September 22, 2020
New Palestinian curriculum shows no improvements, antisemitism remains
Michael Milshtein, YNet News, September 20, 2020
The virus in Gaza offers chance for Hamas and Israel
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, September 20, 2020
Palestinians risk being left behind in the new Middle East
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, September 19, 2020
Abbas plays a misguided waiting game, as Hamas eyes his presidency
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, YNet News, September 19, 2020
A new Jewish year and a new Mideast era
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, September 18, 2020
With the Israel-UAE-Bahrain deals, ‘undeniable Palestinan truths’ no longer hold
Al Jazeera, September 18, 2020
Coronavirus: UK now 'seeing a second wave coming in'
Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, September 17, 2020
The Second Intifada: A defining event that reshaped the nation
The Jerusalem Post, September 17, 2020
The Second Intifada: A look back at the Palestinian terror campaign
Shakib Ali, YNet News, September 16, 2020
Israeli Arabs see opportunity in the accords with Bahrain and the UAE
Hend Al Otaiba, Haaretz, September 14, 2020
UAE: We Seek a Warm Peace With Israel
AFP, The Times of Israel, September 14, 2020
As Israel reimposes lockdown, Europe and world see COVID comeback
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, September 13, 2020
Israeli gov’t approves: Three-week lockdown beginning Friday
YNet News, September 13, 2020
Gaza Strip records 100 new cases of coronavirus as health crisis deepens
Alex Fishman, YNet News, September 13, 2020
Israel's looming defense disaster
Seth J. Frantzman, , September 13, 2020
Why Oman’s support for Bahrain-Israel deal is important for the Gulf
Daniel Salami, Ilana Ushomorsky, YNet News, September 12, 2020
Bahrain says Israel deal helps Palestinians; PA recalls Manama envoy
AFP, The Times of Israel, September 12, 2020
Gazans burn photos of Bahraini king; Hamas: ‘Fight the virus of normalization’
The Times of Israel, September 11, 2020
Bahrain, Israel’s new peace partner: A tiny country in the shadow of Iran
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2020
UAE, Egypt congratulate Bahrain and Israel on normalization
Associated Press, YNet News, September 11, 2020
Israel, Bahrain agree to normalize ties
Al Jazeera, September 11, 2020
Israel, Bahrain agree to establish full diplomatic ties
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2020
Coronavirus is overwhelming Israel's hospitals – here's how
Jonathan Spyer, The Jerusalem Post, September 10, 2020
Israel and Qatar have an unlikely partnership for dealing with Gaz
Al Jazeera, September 10, 2020
Turkey blasts 'arrogant' Macron amid Eastern Med crisis talks
Kate Mayberry, Usaid Siddiqi & Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera, September 10, 2020
Greece, France, Palestine report record coronavirus cases: Live
Afif Abu Much, Al Monitor, September 9, 2020
Israeli-Arabs split over agreement with the Emirates
Tamar Beeri, The Jerusalem Post, September 9, 2020
Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize following Israel-UAE deal
Shayna Abramson, The Times of Israel, September 9, 2020
Babylonians, Romans and now Coronavirus
Shoshana Chen, YNet News, September 9, 2020
Israel will pay dearly for persecuting its Haredi community
Ram Fruman, YNet News, September 8, 2020
Haredi political games are risking Israel's public health
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, September 8, 2020
France protests Israel’s deportation of terrorist Hamouri who planned to kill chief rabbi
Associated Press, YNet News, September 8, 2020
Coronavirus puts new strain on Gaza's overwhelmed health system
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, September 7, 2020
Yasser Arafat’s widow lashes out at PA over criticism of UAE-Israel deal
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, September 6, 2020
Coronavirus czar: The High Holy Days terrify me
Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post, September 6, 2020
There are 1,000 dead from coronavirus – it is time we see their faces
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, September 6, 2020
Qatar brokers Israel-Hamas cease-fire
Khalid Hassan, Al Monitor, September 6, 2020
Will arrest of leader disable Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?
Al Jazeera, September 6, 2020
Hezbollah, Hamas chiefs meet to discuss Israel-Arab ties
AFP, YNet News, September 6, 2020
Hezbollah, Hamas chiefs meet to discuss Israel-Arab ties
Editorial, The Jerusalem Post, September 6, 2020
Why are police idle against violence, COVID-19 violations in Arab sector?
The Times of Israel, September 6, 2020
Boy, 14, dies of heatstroke as record-breaking heatwave enters 2nd week
The Times of Israel, September 4, 2020
Jerusalem bakes in hottest day since record-keeping began in 1942
YNet News, September 4, 2020
Israel battles extreme heat as Jerusalem sees hottest day on record
Al Monitor, September 4, 2020
Serbia, Kosovo to open embassies in Jerusalem
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, September 3, 2020
UAE deal shows Arab-Israel conflict starting to come apart before our eyes
The Israel-UAE agreement’s greatest achievement: Little Arab protest
Associated Press, YNet News, September 3, 2020
Mideast's confirmed coronavirus death toll goes over 50,000
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, September 3, 2020
Finally, an Arab state happy to be seen in the company of Israel
AFP, YNet News, September 2, 2020
Egypt's Sisi: UAE-Israel deal 'step to Mideast peace'
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, September 2, 2020
After understandings with Hamas, Israel pushes for comprehensive cease-fire
Alex Fishman, YNet News, September 2, 2020
Hamas eyes another Israel fight as Gaza teeters on brink of collapse
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, September 1st, 2020
Hamas announces ceasefire understandings with Israel
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, September 1st, 2020
France: Charlie Hebdo reprints offensive Prophet caricatures
The Jerusalem Post, September 1st, 2020
The UAE-Israel deal could mark a new dawn for relations in the Middle East
Emily Schrader, The Jerusalem Post, September 1st, 2020
With the UAE deal, the BDS movement is over
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, September 1st 2020
Israel-UAE deal could have happened four years ago
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, September 1st, 2020
The Emiratis’ message: Peace between the people
The Times of Israel, September 1st, 2020
100 Israelis die of virus in week; Bnei Brak expected to be declared ‘red zone’
Anna Ahronheim, Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, September 1st, 2020
IDF says it struck 100 Hamas targets over 19 nights - WATCH
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Reuters, YNet News, August 31, 2020
Lebanon agrees on a new prime minister under French pressure
Aron Heller, The Times of Israel, August 31, 2020
A new ‘sense of hope’: Israel-UAE flight feels like start of a bigger journey
Eyal Arbid, Yoav Zitun, YNet News, August 31, 2020
Hamas, Israel reach agreement on deescalation of cross-border violence
Reuters, YNet News, August 31, 2020
Three killed, several hurt in two UAE restaurant blasts
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, August 29, 2020
Turkey tries to settle scores with Palestinian leader backed by the UAE
Reuters, YNet News, August 28, 2020
Dousing the flames: Israel battles Gaza fires from the sky
Yousef Al Otaiba, YNet News, August 24, 2020
Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, August 24, 2020
Head of IDF's Southern Command goes to Qatar to reduce tensions with Gaza
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, August 24, 2020
Israel-Hamas escalation halts sewage treatment, generates ecological crisis
The Times of Israel, August 23, 2020
Fearing targeted killings by Israel, Hamas leaders said to go into hiding
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, August 21, 2020
‘Betrayal,’ with a personal touch: Why the PA is so angry at the Israel-UAE deal
Gidon Bromberg, The Times of Israel, August 21, 2020
Stopping fuel supplies into Gaza harms Israel
Sarit Rosenblum, YNet News, August 21, 2020
Israel cannot escape another coronavirus lockdown
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, August 21, 2020
Israel carries out multiple airstrikes after 12 rockets from Gaza
Gerald M. Steinberg, The Jerusalem Post, August 20, 2020
Europe’s failed (and forgotten) Gaza monitors – opinion
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, August 19, 2020
Can Egypt help ease tensions between Israel, Hamas?
Michael Bassin, The Times of Israel, August 18, 2020
What Emiratis are like: Insights from a Jew who lived among them
Reuters, YNet News, August 17, 2020
Omani FM makes calls to Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi
Naomi Chazan, The Times of Israel, August 17, 2020
Israel and the UAE: A reality check
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, August 17, 2020
Amid angry clamor, one Palestinian leader isn’t condemning Israel-UAE deal
Ben Caspit, Giora Eiland, Al Monitor, August 17, 2020
Instead of peace with the Palestinians, Israel makes peace with the UAE
AFP, YNet News, August 17, 2020
Saudi silent over Israel deal but covert ties under focus
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, August 17, 2020
Hello Abu Dhabi! Why the Israel-UAE agreement changes (almost) everything
Danny Grossman, The Jerusalem Post, August 17, 2020
Deconstructing the Israel-UAE Breakthrough
Reuters, YNet News, August 17, 2020
Rivlin invites UAE's crown prince to Jerusalem as new deal takes shape
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, August 16, 2020
Five countries that could be next to make peace with Israel
YNet News, August 16, 2020
Netanyahu: UAE peace deal will eventually drive peace with Palestinians
Martin Oliner, Israel National News, August 14, 2020
UAE and Israel: A match made in heaven
Associated Press, YNet News, August 13, 2020
Who are the winners and losers in UAE-Israel agreement?
Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, August 13, 2020
Settlers slam Netanyahu agreement to halt annexation in exchange for UAE relations
Haaretz, August 13, 2020 ["Working together, these efforts will help save Muslim, Jewish and Christian lives throughout the region."]
'Historic Diplomatic Breakthrough': Read the Full Statement on Israel-UAE Agreement
Al Jazeera, August 13, 2020
Israel launches new raids on Hamas targets in Gaza
Reuters, YNet News, August 13, 2020
Israel halts fuel shipments to Gaza over fire balloon launches
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, August 12, 2020
Egypt demands end to balloon attacks on Israel
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, August 12, 2020
Israel halves Gaza fishing zone after dozens of fires sparked in south
The Times of Israel, August 12, 2020
Mossad said to ask Qatar to keep funneling cash to Gaza in deescalation effort
Reuters, YNet News, August 11, 2020
'Dream destination' cafes offer taste of paradise in Gaza
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, August 10, 2020
‘Gaza tensions won’t lead to Hamas-Israel war’ - sources
Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, August 10, 2020
Hamas launches missiles toward the sea ‘in warning to Israel’
Reuters, YNet News, August 9, 2020
'Israel wants to help Lebanon,' Macron tells donor conference
Ted Regencia, Arwa Ibrahim, Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera, August 9, 2020
Live Second day of protests as anger over Beirut explosion grows: Live
Daniel Salami, YNet News, August 9, 2020
Angry Lebanese say Hezbollah worse than Israel [Do you really want to say you did not know there were 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the port?]
The Jerusalem Post, August 8, 2020
NYT reveals origin of ammonium nitrate that caused Beirut blast - report
Reuters, YNet News, August 8, 2020
560,000 Gaza students back to school after five-month shutdown
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, August 7, 2020
Fatah, PLO are planning for a third intifada - PMW
Daria Litvinova, The Times of Israel, August 7, 2020
Captain astonished to find out his ship delivered Beirut explosive
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, August 7, 2020
Incendiary balloons may spell end of quiet on Israel-Hamas border
The Times of Israel, August 6, 2020
Israel has world’s highest per capita COVID-19 morbidity rate, virus czar says
The New York Times, August 6, 2020
Anger Rises After Beirut Blast and Evidence Officials Knew of Risks
YNet News, August 6, 2020
'Revolution': Angry crowds in Beirut urge Macron to help bring change
Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2020
With Hezbollah in charge, the destruction of Beirut was matter of time
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2020
UN Secretary-General Guterres calls on Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, August 5, 2020
Beirut blast may see Lebanese scrutiny turn to Hezbollah’s weapon stores
Timour Azhari, Al Jazeera, August 5, 2020
Beirut blast: Tracing the explosives that tore the capital apart
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2020
Hezbollah stockpiled chemical behind Beirut blast in London and Germany
Ali Hashem, Al Monitor, August 5, 2020
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2020
Nasrallah threatened to blow up Israel with same chemicals as Beirut blast
Agencies, Daniel Salami, YNet News, August 5, 2020
Beirut explosion leaves 250,000 homeless, hospital decimated
The Times of Israel, August 4, 2020
‘Like Hiroshima or Nagasaki’: Pictures, videos show devastation across Beirut
Al Jazeera, August 4, 2020
'I can't believe I'm alive': Survivors recount Beirut explosion
Aaron Boxerman, Agencies, The Times of Israel, August 4, 2020
Dozens killed as massive blast rocks Beirut, causing widespread carnage
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, August 4, 2020
Hezbollah looted Lebanon and it will cost $93b. to bail it out - analysis
Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera, August 1, 2020
Lebanon poverty: Agency says 500,000 children are going hungry
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, August 1, 2020
When Ariel Sharon Took Gideon Levy to Gaza to Convince Him That Disengagement Is a Mistake
Zaheena Rasheed, Hamza Mohamed, Usaid Siddiqui, Al Jazeera, August 1, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic likely to be 'lengthy', WHO warns: Live
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Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, July 30, 2020
Palestinian hands tied as crime rises in East Jerusalem
The Times of Israel, July 22, 2020
Topless protester, a social work student, pushes back against tide of criticism
Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2020
Topless protest outside Knesset sparks social media storm
The Times of Israel, July 22, 2020
Palestinian Authority reports 596 infections over past day, a new high
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, July 22, 2020 [“We’re like bastard children, unwanted by the Palestinian Authority and unwanted by Israel”]
‘Worse than the intifada’: Arab merchants at Old City shuk hit ‘rock bottom’
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, July 21, 2020
Fighting coronavirus through a fog of uncertainty
President Reuven Rivlin, YNet News, July 20, 2020
Israelis will get through the coronavirus crisis together
Bryant Harris, Al Monitor, July 20, 2020
Intel: Trump presses Macron on Libya as France-Turkey row continues
Saeid Golkar, Al Jazeera, July 18, 2020
Iran's message to its people: If you revolt, you die
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, July 17, 2020
Young Gazans sell recycled cloth bags to challenge plastic
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, July 16, 2020
Already battling COVID-19 and economic meltdown, Israel is now in a third crisis
Sever Pmocker, YNet News, July 15, 2020
As coronavirus flares, Israel must go into lockdown
Associated Press, YNet News, July 15, 2020
Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus
Suha Taweel Kadry, Haaretz, July 14, 2020
The French Monk Who Took on Himself to Be a Bridge in a Divided Land
Giulio Meotti, Israel National News, July 14, 2020
Hagia Sophia is a mosque. What about the Temple Mount and Hevron?
YNet News, July 14, 2020
Police arrest Haredi demonstrators as lockdown protest turns violent
Noa Landau, Haaretz, July 14, 2020
11 European Foreign Ministers Urge EU to List Options to 'Deter' Israeli Annexation
Dalit Halevy, Israel National News, July 14, 2020
Hamas: 'Attacking al-Aqsa will ignite war'
AFP, YNet News, July 13, 2020
Palestinian Authority orders nightly, weekend coronavirus curfew
Reuters, YNet News, July 13, 2020 [The record increase of more than 15,000 new cases in a day came as Disney World reopened]
Florida sets one-day coronavirus record, more than most of world
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2020
Palestinians appalled by assassination of ‘collaborator’ murderer
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2020
Has Israel infiltrated Hamas's military wing?
AFP, YNet News, July 12, 2020
Coronavirus claims over 20,000 lives across Mideast
Omri Ron, The Jerusalem Post, 12, 2020 ["The situation in France is deteriorating every day"]
World Zionist Organization offers plan to bring French Jews to Israel
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, July 11, 2020
Hamas military wing's website targeted by cyberattack
Hassan Shaalan, YNet News, July 10, 2020
Ongoing violence leaves Israel's Arab sector reeling and angry
YNet News, July 10, 2020
All hands on deck as Israel battles second coronavirus wave
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2020
How Israel fell from its coronavirus pedestal – analysis [the international community is looking to the country as an example of what not to do]
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2020
Third intifada will closely follow annexation, top PA official warn
Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, July 9, 2020
Have we all forgotten about annexation? - analysis
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, July 9, 2020
Israeli army hit hard by coronavirus
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, July 9, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak in the IDF sends 10,000 troops and chief of staff into quarantine
Adir Yanko, YNet News, July 8, 2020
Israeli doctors warn of 'brutal winter' if hospitals aren't bolstered
AFP, YNet News, July 7, 2020
Palestinian rights group decries ‘surge’ in Gaza suicide attempts
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, July 7, 2020
Hamas’ test rockets coincide with Israeli annexation plan
Reuters, YNet News, July 7, 2020
Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan warn Israel on annexation
Kate Mayberry, Ramy Allahoum & Linah Alsaafi, Al Jazeera, July 7, 2020
'Wear a mask, period': US coronavirus surges
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, July 7, 2020
Arab world mourns Israeli who died saving Bedouin family from drowning
Saman Dawod, Al Monitor, July 6, 2020 [6,417 Yazidis were kidnapped — 3,548 females and 2,869 males; . A total of 2,878 people remain abducted — 1,308 females and 1,579 males]
Yazidis still negotiating return of kidnapped women, children
Saar Git, YNet News, July 6, 2020
The coronavirus symptoms no one talks about
Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor, July 6, 2020
Turkey entrenches further into Libya as rivals strike back
Associated Press, YNet News, July 5, 2020
Israel ramps up quarantining, PA reimposes lockdown amid virus surge
Al Jazeera, July 5, 2020
Can the coronavirus help save the planet?
YNet News, July 4, 2020
With annexation faltering, Israelis and Palestinians look to future
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2020
Alarmed by rise in Gaza suicides, Palestinians blame Hamas, PA
The Jerusalem Post, July 3, 2020
Simon Wiesenthal Center asks EU to focus on ISIS, not Israel
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, July 3, 2020
With renewed Fatah, Hamas partnership, will Israel now face a return to terror?
Orly Azoulay, YNet News, July 2, 2020
Trump has no time for West Bank annexation
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, July 2, 2020
Crickets as Netanyahu's annexation date comes and goes
Elior Levy, YNet News, July 2, 2020
'Israel the only enemy': Rivals Hamas, Fatah unite over annexation
Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post, July 2, 2020
What happened to the renovation of the Western Wall egalitarian section?
Boris Johnson, YNet News, July 1, 2020
As Israel's friend, I urge you not to annex
Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, The Times of Israel, July 1, 2020
Annexation is a mistake: These 4 people should prevent it
Natan Sachs, YNet News, July 1, 2020
In American eyes, annexation is like playing with fire
Giora Eiland, YNet News, June 14, 2020
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Josep Borrell, The Jerusalem Post, June 30, 2020
Let us nurture the EU-Israel relationship, not gamble it
Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz, June 30, 2020
For Palestinians, From Hebron to Nablus, Annexation Is Already Here. A Journey Through the West Bank
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, June 30, 2020
AFP, The Times of Israel, June 29, 2020
In counter to US peace plan, Palestinians say ready for direct talks with Israel
Yoni Ben Menachem, Israel National News, June 29, 2020
Nepotism and corruption are eroding public support for the PA
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, June 29, 2020
Why Egypt is staying quiet on Israel’s West Bank annexation plan
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffmann, The Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2020
50% of COVID-19 patients suffer from weakness, distress after recovery
Nathan Jeffay, The Times of Israel, June 28, 2020 [FREAK PAINS AND HALF-BROKEN LUNGS PERSIST MONTHS LATER]
‘It’s frightening’: Doctors say half of ‘cured’ COVID patients still suffer
Akiva Eldar, Al Jazeera, June 27, 2020
Annexation in Palestine and Netanyahu's calculus
Al Jazeera, June 26, 2020
UN: Millions of Yemeni children on the 'brink of starvation'
Zachary Keyser, The Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2020
Midday sunlight could deactivate up to 90% of coronavirus strain - study
Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel, June 25, 2020
Hamas: Israeli annexation would be declaration of war
Al Jazeera, June 25, 2020
US coronavirus cases may be 10 times higher than data shows: Live
AFP, The Times of Israel, June 24, 2020
At UN, Arab League head warns of ‘religious war’ if Israel annexes in West Bank
The Times of Israel, June 24, 2020
FM Ashkenazi says Israel unlikely to annex Jordan Valley — report
Michael Milstein, YNet News, June 24, 2020
PA is pushing the Palestinian public into Israeli arms
Reuters, YNet News, June 23, 2020
Vexed by annexation: The battle inside the EU over Israel
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, June 23, 2020
Gantz: Israel will not wait for the Palestinians
Al Jazeera, June 22, 2020
Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' Hajj due to coronavirus
YNet News, June 21, 2020
Palestinians place major West Bank cities on lockdown over virus surge
The Times of Israel, June 20, 2020
‘Recovered’ COVID-19 patients suffer major ongoing physical, cognitive problems
Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor, June 20, 2020
Why is Sirte everyone’s ‘red line’ in Libya?
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, June 19, 2020
Israeli security chiefs warn that annexation could ignite the West Bank
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, June 17, 2020
More world leaders take stand against Netanyahu’s annexation plan
Giora Eiland, YNet News, June 14, 2020
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, June 14, 2020
With U.S. in turmoil, Netanyahu's annexation dream is fading
Aaron Boxerman & Agencies, The Times of Israel, June 9, 2020
PA submits ‘counter-proposal’ to US plan, providing for demilitarized Palestine
Ali Younes, Al Jazeera, June 9, 2020
PA proposes demilitarised state as counterproposal to Trump plan
Elior Levy, YNet News, June 9, 2020
Palestinian PM: If Israel annexes West Bank, we will declare statehood
Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post, June 8, 2020
US wants Gantz to agree to annexation this summer
Nahum Barnea, YNet News, June 7, 2020
Elisha Ben Kimon & Itamar Eichner, YNet News, June 7, 2020
U.S. officials signal West Bank annexation can wait
Al Monitor, June 5, 2020
COVID-19 compounds economic crises in Yemen, Jordan, Palestine
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, June 5, 2020
Netanyahu’s dilemma over his annexation plan
Amos Yadlin, YNet News, June 4, 2020
The consequences of annexation
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, June 4, 2020
Settlers lash out at Trump, spark war of words with Netanyahu
Elor Levy, YNet News, June 4, 2020
Palestinians in the Jordan Valley not concerned by annexation plans
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, June 3, 2020
Settlers accuse Netanyahu of misleading right on annexation
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, June 2, 2020
Palestinians draw parallels between disabled man's killing, US police violence against black people
Al Monitor, June 1, 2020
Poverty could double in the West Bank as coronavirus takes toll, World Bank warns
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Smadar Perry, YNetNews, May 31, 2020
Nasrallah's problems keep mounting
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, May 31, 2020
Teacher says she shouted, ”he’s disabled!’ before cops gunned down Palestinian
Idan Zonshine, The Jerusalem Post, May 30, 2020
Hamas wants 'intifadah' after Iyad al-Hallak shooting, protests expected
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, May 29, 2020
Despite trial, Netanyahu's popularity soaring
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, May 29, 2020
Is Hamas becoming second power in ruling Palestinians?
Efraim Inbar, Al Monitor, May 29, 2020
Despite criticism from abroad, Israelis united over annexation
Ariel David, Haaretz, May 28, 2020
Jews and Arabs Share Genetic Link to Ancient Canaanites, Study Finds
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, May 28, 2020
Netanyahu not destabilized over Palestinians cutting security coordination
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2020
Naftali Bennett: Trump peace plan is a 'disaster' for Israel
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, May 27, 2020
Israel is not prepared for the next war [the price of Iron Dome : $ 100 million per battery, $ 50,000 per rocket]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2020
PLO declares agreements with Israel have ended
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, May 26, 2020
Touring Gaza border amid lull, Gantz said to warn tensions will remain for years
Amir Fuchs, The Times of Israel, May 26, 2020
A prime minister on trial: questions and answers
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, May 26, 2020
Army liaison to Palestinians said to warn of ‘terror wave’ if West Bank annexed
Naomi Chazan, The Times of Israel, May 25, 2020
Amir Fuchs, The Times of Israel, May 25, 2020
A prime minister on trial: questions and answers
Ido Aharoni, The Jerusalem Post, May 24, 2020
Roger Waters – getting a taste of his own medicine
Giulio Meotti, Israel National News, May 24, 2020
Europe has sanctioned euthanasia for the elderly ill with corona
Associated Press, YNet News, May 23, 2020
Gaza reports first coronavirus-related death
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, May 23, 2020
President sends holiday greetings to Muslim citizens on eve of Eid al-Fitr
Giora Eiland, YNet News, May 23, 2020
Israel must learn from its coronavirus mistakes
Isaac Misri, YNet News, May 23, 2020
Coronavirus offers opportunity for shift to environmental policies
Ayseba Umutlu, Al Jazeera, May 22, 2020
Coronavirus, lockdowns and the looming second wave
Al Monitor, May 22, 2020
Palestinian Authority rejects COVID-19 aid flown from UAE to Israel
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, May 22, 2020
Cutting security ties, Abbas shows he’s serious — even if it risks everything
The Times of Israel, May 22, 2020
Russia to convene Mideast quartet for talks on West Bank annexation plans
Daoud Kuttab, YNet News, May 22, 2020
Trump peace plan risks upending Israel’s treaty with Jordan
Nathan Jeffay, The Times of Israel, May 21, 2020
Success story? Israel’s coronavirus stats are worse than all its neighbors’
Anders Persson, The Jerusalem Post, May 21, 2020
Annexation will be a game-changer for Europe’s role in the Middle Eas
Attila Somfalvi, Alexandra Lukash, YNet News, May 21, 2020
Joint List MK warns of third intifada if annexation goes ahead
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2020
PA announces change in school curricula following pressure from the EU
YNet News, May 20, 2020
PA amends educational curriculum under EU pressure
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2020
Senior EU official vows to 'look deep' into EU funding Palestinian terror
Elior Levy, YNet News, May 20, 2020
Abbas' annexation warning to Israel
Al Jazeera, May 20, 2020
UN envoy says Israel must 'abandon threats of annexation'
Reuters, YNet News, May 20, 2020
Israel must abandon annexation threat, says UN Mideast envoy
YNet News, May 20, 2020
Abbas: PA no longer bound by agreements with Israel, U.S.
AFP, YNet News, May 20, 2020
Amnesty urges probe into 'ruthless' Iran protest killings
The Times of Israel, May 19, 2020
EU says it won’t recognize unilateral Israeli annexation in West Bank
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 19, 2020
Jews and Palestinians are almost at parity in Israel, territories - study
Prof. Doron Lancet, YNet News, May 18, 2020
What the state is hiding about the coronavirus outbreak
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 18, 2020
Gantz pledges release of Israelis in Gaza in first defense minister call
Leon Sverdlov, The Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu suggests microchipping kids, slammed by experts
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, May 18, 2020
Jewish terrorist convicted in 2015 Duma attack
Dr Jale Samuwai, Al Jazeera, May 17, 2020
A moment of reckoning - when coronavirus meets climate change
The Times of Israel, May 15, 2020
EU parliament passes resolution condemning hate speech in Palestinian textbooks
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, May 15, 2020
Borrell: EU will work to 'discourage' Israeli West Bank annexation steps
Associated Press, YNet News, May 15, 2020
Jordan warns Israel of ‘massive conflict’ over annexation
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, May 14, 2020
Why is Egypt building more walls around Gaza?
Nitsan Keidar, Israel National News, May 14, 2020
New PA campaign: The rock is the weapon
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, May 14, 2020
How a jailhouse letter to Abbas could fast forward Palestinian unity talks
Gad Lior, YNet News, May 14, 2020
Israel faces biggest unemployment crisis in history due to coronavirus
Amos Gilad, YNet News, May 13, 2020
Stop the madness of West Bank annexation
Dr Nimrod Goren, YNet News, May 13, 2020
Israel should look to EU before West Bank annexation
Al Jazeera, May 13, 2020
US to Israel: Be circumspect on annexation of occupied West Bank
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, May 12, 2020
IDF soldier killed when rock thrown at his head in West Bank raid
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, May 12, 2020
Will EU sanction Israel over annexation plans?
Reuters, YNet News, May 11, 2020
France pushes tough EU response if Israel applies sovereignty over West Bank lands
Marwan al-Muashar, YNet News, May 11, 2020
West Bank annexation will be the end of Israeli-Jordanian peace
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera, May 10, 2020
A moment of truth for Israel-Palestine
Afif Abu Much, Al Monitor, May 10, 2020 [The fact that the virus did not distinguish between Arabs and Jews played an important role in reconciling them]
In Israel, coronavirus crisis improves Jewish-Arab relations [the coronavirus strengthened the relationship between the Arab and Jewish communities]
Zaheena Rasheed, Tamila Varshalomidze & Ramy Allahoum, Al Jazeera, May 10, 2020
Germany's coronavirus infections accelerate again: Live updates
The Times of Israel, May 9, 2020
Arab Muslim twins from East Jerusalem go from delinquents to Israeli soldiers
Shimrit Meir, YNet News, May 8, 2020
A Middle East changed by coronavirus
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, May 8, 2020
Women protest spike in domestic violence as locked-down Israel simmers
Ted Regencia & Saba Aziz, Al Jazeera, May 7, 2020
Coronavirus sparked 'tsunami of hate, xenophobia': Live updates
Associated Press, YNet News, May 7, 2020
Amnesty slams Palestinians' freedom of expression arrests
Al Jazeera, May 7, 2020
'We're facing a double pandemic': UN body warns of 'mega-famines'
The Times of Israel, May 7, 2020
Let’s shop! Israelis head to malls, markets and gyms after six weeks of closure
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, May 7, 2020
Netanyahu’s future coalition, without the settlers?
Nicole Winfield, Agela Charlton & Chris Blake , The Times of Israel, May 6, 202
Fears of second wave lurk as countries begin to ease virus lockdowns
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, May 6, 2020
Palestinian terrorists can legally take part in EU-funded activities
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, May 6, 2020
Israel fumes after EU says Palestinian terror supporters can still get funds
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, May 6, 2020
PA hiding terrorist salaries from donor countries in financial reports
Alex Fishman, YNet News, May 6, 2020
Stop boasting, Iran has not left Syria
Ron Ben Yishai, YNet News, May 5, 2020
Iran has not halted plans of entrenchment in Syria
The Times of Israel, May 5, 2020
National Emergency Authority said to fear 2nd virus wave will be twice as bad [forecasts a second wave of infections in mid-September]
Reuters, YNet News, May 5, 2020
UK becomes worst-hit coronavirus country in Europe [death toll tops 32,000 - overtaking Italy, Spain & France]
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, May 5, 2020
Failed by Israel, Malki Roth’s parents hope US can extradite her gloating killer
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, May 5, 2020
Iran seems to reconsider military entrenchment in Syria
Agencies, YNet News, May 5, 2020
Security official: Iran begins pulling troops out of Syria
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera, May 4, 2020
The plague: Searching for meaning
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2020
Egypt says it destroyed more than 3,000 Gaza tunnels [in the past five years - some were three kilometers long and 30 meters deep]
Amihai Attali, YNet News, May 4, 2020 [those who don’t wear a mask, or wear their mask half heartedly, are essentially screaming: “I could not care less about you!”]
Don’t die of shame in the coronavirus crisis
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2020
The novel coronavirus could last 2 years, 2nd wave could be worse - report
Al Jazeera, May 4, 2020
UK deaths second highest in Europe. When will lockdown ease?
The Times of Israel, May 3, 2020 [Israel must release all teenage, female and elderly prisoners and those who were rearrested after the 2011 Shalit swap deal]
Hamas official says group wants ‘significant achievement’ in swap deal
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, May 3, 2020
Italian scientist says she discovered main mechanism behind COVID-19
Anne Joseph, The Times of Israel, May 3, 2020 ["The settlements are making the possibility of the creation of a Palestinian state no longer possible"]
Peace activist author A.B. Yehoshua now pushes for a one-state solution
Associated Press, YNet News, May 2, 2020 [After an especially rainy winter]
The Sea of Galilee is full, but its beaches are empty [water level at the highest it has been in decades]
Mordechai Goldman, Al Jazeera, May 1, 2020
Temple Mount closed to both Jews, Muslims over coronavirus
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, May 1, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic could last 2 years, 2nd wave could be worse - report
Ricky Carmi; YNet News, May 1, 2020
As Israel returns land to Jordan, farmers are left with nothing
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David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, April 30, 2020
It’s not over, and uncertainty abounds, but Israel’s COVID-19 stats are stunning
The Times of Israel, April 30, 2020
Prisoner swap with Hamas gains momentum as hostage negotiator updates families
Benny Gantz, The Times of Israel, April 29, 2020
The real message of the International Bible Quiz
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, April 29, 2020
Ministers said to have met to discuss possibility of prisoner swap with Hamas
Shira Rubin, The Times of Israel, April 28, 2020
Arab Israelis partner with police, IDF to avert Ramadan coronavirus surge
Nathan Jeffay, The Times of Israel, April 27, 2020
Video saluting Israel’s Arab medical professionals during crisis goes viral
Christina Lin, The Times of Israel, April 27, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine used by Korea for Covid-19 while US is divided
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, April 26, 2020
Hamas quietly allows Gaza doctors to get COVID-19 training in Israel
Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2020
Labor votes by landslide to join government
Maria Sterkl, The Times of Israel, April 25, 2020
Yuval Harari: Pandemic policy will influence world politics, economy for decades
Associated Press, Haaretz, April 25, 2020
Coronavirus Crisis Presents New Opportunities for Gaza Battered Economy
Media Line, YNet News, April 25, 2020
Gaza's women break social barriers to advance amid pandemic
Matan Tzuri, YNet News, April 24, 2020
Gaza manufacturers find new life in making protective gear for Israel
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, April 24, 2020
Coronavirus reveals Palestinian economic dependence on Israel
Mohammad Al-Kassim, Media Line, The Jerusalem Post, April 24, 2020
As coronavirus rises, press freedom falls under the Palestinian Authority
Rasha Abu Jalal, Al Monitor, April 23, 2020
How is Palestine dealing with added hunger, poverty from COVID-19?
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, April 22, 2020
Israel thwarts terror attack at country's biggest soccer stadium
Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, April 22, 2020
When coronavirus curbs end, will we go back to abusing planet Earth?
Al Jazeera, April 21, 2020
UK coronavirus death toll 40 percent higher than reported
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, April 21, 2020
How a falafel shop owner may have accelerated Israel's unity government
Adrian Filut & Adi Pick, Calcalist, YNet News, April 21, 2020
The Economic Crisis Will Kill More People Than the Virus, Warns Israeli HMO Head
Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera, April 21, 2020
Domestic abuse against Palestinian women soars
It's good to be back online, and to witness that Israel has a united government at last
Will this ever happen on the Palestinian side ?
During this "lost fortnight" the average number of visitors was around 30
Tonight, April 21, at 9 pm, there have been 130 of you :)
Good to "see" you back too !
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, April 20, 2020
Israel's Netanyahu, Gantz reach deal on unity government
Moran Azulay, YNet News, April 20, 2020
Netanyahu and Gantz sign deal for unity government
The Times of Israel, April 19, 2020
Sobbing falafel seller, symbol of virus’s financial toll, moves TV crew to tears
Isaac Ben-Israel, The Times of Israel, April 19, 2020
The end of exponential growth: The decline in the spread of coronavirus
The editor of this section has been exposed to the corona virus, hence the two-week gap
In this interval, it seemed that the whole world came to a standstill
including the Israeli-Palestinian equation
All the media talk was about "covid-19"
the virus had become master of all...
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2020
Guterres calls for global ceasefire, lauds Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
Reuters, YNet News, April 4, 2020 ["I have lived through many troubles ... but these days are the toughest I have ever seen"]
Packed Palestinian refugee camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, April 3, 2020 [“We are all fighting the same enemy, which is a global enemy... the corona” COGAT Col. Iyad Sarhan]
Coronavirus: Israel must help Hamas without creating a security threat
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, April 3, 2020
COVID-19 expenses upending PA budget formulation
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, April 2, 2020
Infected health minister accused of flouting rules, endangering Israel’s leaders
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, April 2, 2020
Despite Israeli help to contain virus, Palestinian PM spreads conspiracies
Amos Atsa-El, The Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2020
Giora Eiland, YNet News, April 1st, 2020
Fighting coronavirus the smart way
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Rina Bassist, Al Monitor, March 31, 2020
Israel outlines pandemic cooperation with Palestinians, warns international help needed
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, March 31, 2020
How is Gaza dealing with COVID-19?
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, March 31, 2020
Israel and Palestinians working closely to mitigate coronavirus spread
Afif Abu Much, Al Monitor, March 30, 2020
Israel's Arab parties recalculate as Gantz joins Netanyahu
Associated Press, YNet News, March 30, 2020
Fearing Gaza virus spread, Hamas preps for mass quarantines
Benny Gantz, The Times of Israel, March 29, 2020
I chose the only path possible at this time, a national emergency government
Alex Fishman, YNet News, March 29, 2020
Coronavirus in Gaza is both a threat and an opportunity for Israel
Celia Jean, The Jerusalem Post, March 29, 2020
Rivlin writes a letter to world leaders, wishes recovery from coronavirus
The Times of Israel, March 28, 2020,
Organizers of Gaza border protests cancel Land Day event over virus concerns
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2020
Bob Dylan drops 17-min song inspired by Kennedy assassination
Gadi Naaman, The Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2020
The straw that broke the camel’s back [Between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses each year]
The Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2020
What do you do during a rocket attack amid coronavirus quarantine?
Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz, March 27, 2020
Analysis : As Armies Reassess Risk, Coronavirus Is Making Peace in the Middle East
Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2020
21 Nobel laureates blast Iran for allowing spread of coranavirus, cover-up
Raoul Wootliff, The Times of Israel, March 26, 2020
Netanyahu and Gantz said forming unity government; Blue and White collapses
Colleen Long, David Rising & Emily Schmall, The Times of Israel, March 26, 2020
Half-million infected worldwide as economic toll rises [For most people, the coronavirus causes mild symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in 2 to 3 weeks]
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, March 26, 2020
Why Israel should lead efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Gaza
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, March 26, 2020
Most Palestinians support cooperation with Israel to combat coronavirus
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, March 26, 2020
Seven new cases of coronavirus emerge in Gaza Strip, bringing total to nine
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, March 26, 2020
Across Middle East, militants hang up guns to fight coronavirus
Michael Bachner, The Times of Israel, March 24, 2020
Natan Sharansky gives tips for quarantine based on Soviet gulag
YNet News, March 24, 2020
UN's Palestinian refugee agency suspends Gaza food aid
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, March 24, 2020
Hamas closes Gaza mosques in attempt to stop spread of coronavirus [The health system in Gaza is already shaky and barely functioning]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2020 [“If the crisis continues for another week, you will see people taking to the streets to search for food,” ]
Palestinians fear ‘economic disaster’ due to coronavirus restrictions
Ran Namerode, The Jerusalem Post, March 23, 2020 [there is a light at the end of the tunnel – and the tunnel is not that long]
Spread of COVID-19 begins to show pattern of 4-8 week eruption cycle
Eli Kavon, The Jerusalem Post, March 23, 2020
Maimonides on Jewish humiliation under Islamic rule
Isi Leibler, The Jerusalem Post, March 23, 2020
Stop the madness, Blue and White! Form a national-unity government now!
Al Monitor, March 23, 2020 [“We are more concerned now than we have been by the Israeli military attacks over the past 20 years”]
Gaza officials warn fragile health care system ‘cannot survive’ coronavirus [urged PA President Mahmoud Abbas to lift economic sanctions imposed on the Gaza Strip in 2017]
Reuters, AP, YNet News, March 22, 2020
PA orders all West Bank Palestinians into 14-day home confinement
Farah Najjar & Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera, March 22, 2020
Fear, anxiety as besieged Gaza confirms first 2 coronavirus cases
Associated Press, YNet News, March 22, 2020
Palestinians report first 2 cases of coronavirus in Gaza Strip
Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, March 21, 2020
Netanyahu says unity deal with Blue and White reached
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, March 20, 2020
Israel tightens grip on Palestinian workers to limit COVID-19
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 20, 2020
Israel, Palestinians cooperate over coronavirus
Al Monitor, March 20, 2020
Is there a coronavirus peace dividend for Israelis and Palestinians?
David Grossman, Haaretz, March 19, 2020
The Plague Is a Formative Event. When It Fades, New Possibilities Will Emerge [For surely, we are all one infectious human fabric, as we are now discovering.]
Reuters, YNet News, March 19, 2020 ["You have to adapt, put yourself in a bit of danger so you can provide food for your children"]
Palestinians defy leaders' ban on work in Israeli settlements
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, March 19, 2020 [If...our lives will become increasingly similar to the 18th century in terms of what we do every day]
Shocking coronavirus study says people could be locked down for 18 months
Ron Kampeas, The Times of Israel, March 19, 2020
Why Arab Israeli parties backing Gantz for prime minister is historic twist
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, March 19, 2020
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, March 19, 2020
How coronavirus outbreak has boosted Palestinian-Israeli cooperation
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, March 18, 2020
Israel, Palestinians set up joint operations room to combat coronavirus
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, March 18, 2020 [97% to 98% of those infected get better]
Israeli scientist: You’re not going to see millions of people die from COVID-19
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, March 18, 2020 ['PANIC LEADS TO MORE PANIC. THIS WON'T BE THE LAST PANDEMIC']
Complete lockdown would cause more harm than good, dissenting top doctor claims
Reuters, YNet News, March 18, 2020
Blockaded Gaza looks wryly on as world isolates itself
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 17, 2020
Can blockade shield Gaza Strip from epidemic?
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, March 16, 2020
Israeli Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt : Coronavirus spread is slowing [The end of the pandemic is near]
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, March 17, 2020
Now is not the time to attack Netanyahu
Benny Gantz, The Times of Israel, March 16, 2020 ["the loneliness – never easy – becomes more difficult than ever."]
Gantz full text: I aim to form a national, patriotic, broad government in days [Jews and Arabs – stand together, united as one.]
]
Itamar Eichner & Moran Azulay, YNet News, March 16, 2020
Urging haste, Rivlin taps Gantz to form next government
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, March 15, 2020
Hassan Shaalan & Itamar Eichner, YNet News, March 15, 2020
Joint List unanimously backs Gantz to form next government
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, March 14, 2020
Palestinian COVID-19 state of emergency raises other fears
Aviad Houminer-Rosenblum, The Times of Israel, March 14, 2020
Joint List — 4 Arab parties on 1 slate — is poles apart but strong together
Reuters, YNet News, March 14, 2020
Hamas shuts crossings, PA suspends mass prayers amid virus fears
Tamir Pardo (ex Mossad chief), YNet News, March 13, 2020
An attack on Israel's Arabs is an attack on us all
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 13, 2020
Israel’s Arab party’s new target: 20 Knesset seats
Michael Bachner, The Times of Israel, March 12, 2020
Netanyahu, Gantz agree to discuss emergency government to combat coronavirus
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, March 12, 2020
Israel dreads coronavirus outbreak in Gaza
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, March 12, 2020
Palestinians' electoral success in Israel can't be denied
Yuval Karni, YNet News, March 11, 2020
Hamas, Hezbollah and coronavirus [Unity Now !]
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, March 11, 2020
Hamas, Islamic Jihad positions on war, peace closely coordinated - report
Anna Ahronheim, The Jerusalem Post, March 11, 2020
Israel's arms exports over past four years at highest ever [the top five largest arms exporters in 2015-2019 : the same as in 2010-2014 (the US, Russia, France, Germany and China)]
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, March 11, 2020
There are no 'semi-citizens' in Israel, says Rivlin in post-election rebuke
Alain Jean-Robert, The Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2020 [When I was growing up in France, hating the Jews was something repugnant; now it’s almost the consensus”]
Hating Jews has become mainstream, warns French writer Sfar [Even among people who are close to me, even my friends, there is a deafening silence]
Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor , March 10, 2020 [“There are no borders here,” Palestinian Gen. Ghassan Alian. “There is no ‘them’ and ‘us.’… People in Judea and Samaria [WB] live together.”
Coronavirus oblivious to Israeli, Palestinian borders [One miniscule virus has illustrated to Israelis the limits of their country’s power]
Giora Eiland, Ynet News, March 9, 2020
Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni, Tova Tzimuki, YNet News, March 9, 2020
Top Blue & White MKs oppose Arab-backed government
Chen Artzi Sror, YNet News, March 6, 2020
Stronger Arab sector is good for all Israelis
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, March 6, 2020
'Look beyond the veil,' says Israel's first hijab-wearing lawmaker Iman Yassin Khatib
Chen Sror Artzi, YNet News, March 5, 2020
Politics in a time of pandemic
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, March 5, 2020
Israel’s fragile Jewish-Arab fabric the big loser in election nobody has yet won
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, March 4, 2020 [87% Arab Israelis... deserted the centrist Blue and White for the Arab-led alliance]
Joint List captured almost total Arab vote, pollster calculates
Naomi Chazan, The Times of Israel, March 4, 2020
The new kingmakers: Israel’s Arab citizens
The Times of Israel, March 4, 2020
Amazon to provide free shipping to Palestinians after PA complaint
Elior Levy, YNet News, March 4, 2020
Gaza for Netanyahu, West Bank for Gantz
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, March 3, 2020
Joint List candidate Iman Khatib-Yassin poised to become the first hijab-wearing MK
Israel National News, March 3, 2020
Right-wing bloc returns to 59 seats
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, March 3, 2020
The bitter victory of Israel’s Arab party
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, March 3, 2020
Headed for 15 seats, Joint List chief claims ‘huge’ success, cites Jewish voters
The Times of Israel, March 3, 2020
Right-wing bloc drops to 58 seats as new vote tally thins Likud lead
YNet News, March 2, 2020
Exit polls: Likud on course to beat Blue & White in Israel elections
Amir Ben-David, The Times of Israel, March 1st, 2020 ['I'M A SON OF THE PALESTINIAN NATION AND AN ISRAELI CITIZEN']
At a Tel Aviv café, the top Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh courts the Jewish vote
Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, March 1st, 2020 [ideas – ideology – are all but dead]
Israel elections: Politicians spew hatred, but people want peace and love
Amir Alon, Silvan Hilale, Adir Yanko, YNet News, March 1st, 2020
Endless elections leave Israel unable to make crucial decisions
Reuters, YNet News, March 1st, 2020
Why is Israel holding its third election in a year?
Associated Press, YNet News, March 1st, 2020
Weary and divided, Israel goes back to the polls
John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera, March 1st, 2020 ["Instead of curtailing networks of people smugglers, Turkey has itself become a smuggler."]
Islanders on Lesbos block camp and port as refugee arrivals spike
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The Times of Israel, February 29, 2020
Joint List leader Odeh: We’ll win 16 seats, prevent Netanyahu forming coalition
The Times of Israel, February 29, 2020
Trump : U.S. troop withdrawal begins today
Shereena Qazi & Alia Chughtai, Al Jazeera, February 29, 2020
US war in Afghanistan: From 2001 invasion to 2020 Taliban deal
Al Jazeera, February 29, 2020
What does the Taliban-US peace agreement say? [FULL TEXT]
Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera, February 29, 2020
Afghanistan's Taliban, US sign peace deal
Israel Moskovitz, YNet News, F 29, 20 ["I'm not afraid, I live by my beliefs, I am not hurting anyone. I'm only afraid of God."]
Hijab and handgun: Israel's first Muslim female detective is breaking the mold
Al Jazeera, February 29, 2020
Erdogan vows to keep doors open for refugees heading to Europe
Amjad Shabita, YNet News, Febr 28, 2020 [U.S. Pdt peace plan isn't implementable, yet it successfully achieved its purpose]
Israel's Arabs are here to stay ["the racism that we know today was unheard of back then... decades ago"]
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 28, 2020
Israeli Arabs resist Netanyahu's last-minute campaign
Dina Kraft, Haaretz, February 28, 2020
Israel’s Young Arabs Are Angry and They Plan to Vote This Election
Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera, February 28, 2020
US, Taliban set to sign deal to end war in Afghanistan
Reuters, Haaretz, February 28, 2020
Bulgaria Ready to Send 1,000 Troops to Turkish Border to Prevent Syrian Migrant Inflow
Al Jazeera, February 28, 2020 [Turkey says it 'opens the gates' for refugees who want to cross into Europe]
33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syrian air raid in Idlib
Ehud Olmert, The Jerusalem Post, February 28, 2020
Ehud Olmert to 'Post': Egypt's Mubarak was a friend to Israel
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 27, 2020
How Hamas’ observation units operate on Gaza border
Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, February 27, 2020
Young Israeli voters hypnotized by Netanyahu’s narrative
Al Jazeera, February 27, 2020 [dozens killed, over 200 wounded since Sunday]
New Delhi hit by worst violence in decades: What you need to know
Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor, February 27, 2020
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces claim gains in Idlib
Al Jazeera, February 26, 2020
The failed deals of the century [A thorough study, from 1916 to 2020]
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera, February 26, 2020 [It is the graveyard of empires, stupid.]
Has Trump surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban?
Marcy Oster, The Jerusalem Post, February 26,2020
Netanyahu meets with dozens of new Ethiopian immigrants
Tovah Lazaroff & Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 26, 2020
Israel reopens Gaza crossings after calm restored
Ahmed Fouad, Al Monitor, February 25, 2020
Egypt may find Gaza more appealing without Haniyeh
Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, February 25, 2020
What is wrong with Israel’s policy toward Gaza?
Europe uses Israeli elections as excuse for inaction (Feb 20)
Alex Fishman, YNet News, February 25, 2020
Gaza escalation was about bodies not bombs
Elior Levy, YNet News, February 25, 2020
Israel achieved nothing in latest Gaza fighting
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, February 25, 2020
Ex-Mossad chief Pardo: Threat from Gaza worse now than during 2014 war
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, February 25, 2020
Hamas, Fatah trade blame for holdup on Gaza meeting
Ron Ben Yishai, YNet News, February 24, 2020
Hamas torn between long-term calm, popular resistance
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 24, 2020
Hamas failing to rally West Bank against US peace plan
Elior Levy, YNet News, February 24, 2020
Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post, February 24, 2020
Gaza is Netanyahu’s 11-year recurring nightmare - analysis
Judah Ari Gross & Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, February 24, 2020
Islamic Jihad announces ceasefire, but Gaza attacks, Israeli strikes persist
YNet News, February 24, 2020
Islamic Jihad says military response complete, signals for ceasefire
Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera, February 24, 2020
Israel slammed for 'necroviolence' on bodies of Palestinians
The Times of Israel, February 24, 2020
In first, Saudi king hosts Israeli rabbi at royal palace
Yonah Jeremy Bob & Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, February 23, 2020
Mossad chief met with Qatar to try to cut deal with Hamas
The Times of Israel, February 22, 2020
Count the martyrs: UK to review funds for Palestinian schools whose books incite
Daniel Salami, YNet News, February 22, 2020
Saudi textbooks call Jews 'monkeys,' espouse Israeli expansionist plot
Uri Heitner, YNet News, February 22, 2020
Wanted: A smart way to starve terrorist funding
The Times of Israel, February 22, 2020
In first, Israeli cycling team to compete in UAE race on Sunday
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, February 21, 2020
Why the Palestinian case at The Hague took a big hit this past week
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, Al Monitor, February 21, 2020
How will the PA face its declining popularity?
Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera, February 21, 2020
Sentenced to death for blasphemy: Surviving Pakistan's death row
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, February 21, 2020
Netanyahu honeymoons with Hamas, expects quiet in return
The Times of Israel, February 20, 2020 ["rein in the rogue factions — shoot them in the knees, that’s the way "]
Hamas said to warn of rockets on Tel Aviv if Israel kills terror group’s leaders
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, February 20, 2020 ["We will not resort to violence, terrorism. We believe in peace and fighting violence"]
Palestinian territories stable after Trump plan, but for how long?
The Times of Israel, February 20, 2020
German shooter reportedly wanted to ‘eliminate’ Israel, other Mideast countries
AFP, The Times of Israel, February 19, 2020
Egypt begins building concrete wall along Gaza border
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 19, 2020
Has Egypt succeeded in calming situation on Gaza border?
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, February 19, 2020
Palestinian teenager killed in clashes between PA forces and locals near Jenin
Matan Tzuri, YNet News, February 19, 2020
'Everyone wants to work here,' say Gaza merchants allowed into Israel
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, February 19, 2020
Palestinian FM dodges European Parliament question on Israeli captives
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, February 19, 2020
Police conduct midnight search of former MK Yehudah Glick’s home
The Times of Israel, February 18, 2020
Former Likud MK Yehudah Glick arrested, handcuffed on Temple Mount
The Times of Israel, February 18, 2020
Jordan condemns Israel’s plan to bring high-speed train to Western Wall
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, February 18, 2020
Caught in the middle of the Palestinians’ normalization debate - comment
Reuters, YNet News, February 18, 2020
Palestinians channel protests through dawn prayers
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, February 18, 2020
PA to protest to Amazon over its shipping policies to settlements
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 17, 2020
12 years later, Olmert plan discussions could resume
Associated Press, YNet News, February 17, 2020 [Turkey,backs the opposition, has sent thousands of troops and equipment ]
Syria military hails advance against rebels in 'record time' [over 400,000 killed since 2011, 8 million displaced]
The Times of Israel, February 17, 2020
Authorities promote plan to extend Tel Aviv-Jerusalem fast train to Western Wall
The Times of Israel, February 17, 2020 [Not any agreement, or any kind of understanding on a paper, will really bring us a solution…]
Only ‘building trust’ – not a piece of paper – will bring peace, Rivlin says
Yossi Beilin, Al Monitor, February 16, 2020
Palestinians tell Trump, Israel: We are not for sale
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, February 16, 2020
Israel fears EU member states set to recognize Palestine
The Times of Israel, February 16, 2020
Conference of Presidents: Our Saudi trip is a ‘big step forward’ for Israel ties
AFP, YNet News, February 16, 2020
Israel strikes Gaza, cancels easing of restrictions
Gideon Biger & Gilead Sher, YNet News, February 15, 2020
What the Trump peace plan doesn't tell us
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 15, 2020
Saudi newspaper slams Muslim Brotherhood as ‘Nazis’ [Titled "The Nazi Ikhwan (Brothers)"]
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, February 15, 2020
Grand Mufti bans Palestinians from supporting peace plan
Noa Landau, Haaretz, February 15, 2020
EU Foreign Ministers Weigh Countermeasures to Trump's Mideast Plan
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 15, 2020
Palestinians outraged by ‘peace’ meeting with Israelis in Tel Aviv
Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz, February 15, 2020 ["We re a revolution, not nakedness, Women s voices won t be silenced"]
Analysis: ‘Million-man’ Protests Threaten New Havoc in Iraq
Raoul Wootliff, The Times of Israel, February 15, 2020 [“Culture is a deep, strategic thing and constructive thing.”]
Odeh: Gantz needs us for coalition, I’d be a better culture minister than Regev
Yuval Karni, YNet News, February 15, 2020 ["We're all Israelis. We all served in the army. We are citizens like everybody else." ]
Wanted: Real discourse between Arabs and Jews
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 14, 2020
Israel’s Gantz dismisses the Joint List, shooting self in foot, again
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, February 14, 2020
Egypt builds a wall on border with Gaza [the 6-meter-high barrier is made of reinforced concrete and goes 5 meters under ground]
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, February 14, 2020
Low chances of success for Abbas’ alternative to US peace plan [the PLO is seeking to hold an international peace conference]
Ruthie Blum, The Jerusalem Post, February 14, 2020
The real source of Abbas’s ‘Swiss cheese’ revulsion [US Ambassador Friedman's perspective from Washington]
Ehud Olmert, The Jerusalem Post, February 14, 2020
Ehud Olmert explains to 'Jpost' why he met with PA leader Mahmoud Abbas
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, February 14, 2020 [Hamas strategy of developing a military force to include the West Bank and Jerusalem]
Will Hamas give up its weapons as part of peace deal?
Lujain Elbaldawi, Al Monitor, February 14, 2020
Iraqi protests blush pink as feminists flood streets ["feminists" and just women...]
YNet News, February 14, 2020
Hezbollah’s popularity seen waning as Lebanese protests continue
Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post, February 14, 2020
The Palestinians’ non-resolution, the blacklist and how Jerusalem emerged
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, February 13, 2020
Defense official: Hamas agreed to halt rockets, balloons; Israel ends sanctions
The Times of Israel, February 13, 2020
Balloon-borne bomb explodes over Gaza-area school, sending kids to shelters
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, February 13, 2020
Hamas, Fatah push ahead on reconciliation to counter US peace plan
The Times of Israel, February 13, 2020
The Times of Israel, February 13, 2020
Senior Saudi diplomat says there are ‘positive elements’ in Trump’s peace plan
Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, February 13, 2020
The power Hamas holds over Israel’s elections
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, February 12, 2020 [brief history of Olmert-Abbas negotiations in 2008]
Despite ostensible failure at UN, Trump plan has restored Abbas’s leadership
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 12, 2020
Hamas puts the ball in Israel's court [it is unknown when the Egyptians will let Haniyeh reenter Gaza]
Yonah Jeremy Bob & Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post, February 12, 2020
Shin Bet slams Bennett for green lighting 'Jewish terror' - report
Reuters, YNet News, February 12, 2020
Widowed, imprisoned, detained: remnants of Islamic State in limbo in Syria
Moshe Elad, YNet News, February 11, 2020
The days of intifada are long gone
i24 English, February 11, 2020 [14'50" video of the press conference]
Palestinian President Abbas & Ex-Israeli PM Olmert Hold Joint Press Conference Over Trump Peace Plan
The Times of Israel, February 11, 2020 ["We believe in peace and fighting violence,We will fight by way of popular, peaceful resistance.”]
Olmert and Abbas meet in New York, urge direct talks as Trump plan rejected
[PA leader willing to pick up negotiations from where he left off with former Israeli PM in 2008]
World must consider coronavirus 'public enemy number one,' WHO says
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, February 11, 2020
Palestinian, Saudi Arabian textbooks demonize Jews, Israel – studies
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, February 11, 2020
Egyptian delegation warns Hamas to stop supporting Iranian interests
The Times of Israel, February 11, 2020 ["no Israeli, Jewish or Arab citizen will be coerced into another country"]
Gantz: Joint List won’t be part of my coalition, which will implement Trump plan
Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel, February 11, 2020
Arab party head: No support for Gantz unless he objects to parts of Trump plan
Yossi Beilin, Al Monitor, February 10, 2020 [Europe has entered a long state of hibernation in everything related to the Middle East]
When will Europe propose genuine peace plan for Israel, Palestinians?
Associated Press, YNet News, February 10, 2020
Egypt moves toward toughening up draconian anti-terror law
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 10, 2020
Fearing instability and violence, Arabs ask Abbas to ‘lower the volume’
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, February 10, 2020 [Israel has maintained impressive restraint]
Now Israel's defense minister, Bennett tones down Gaza rhetoric
The Times of Israel, February 10, 2020
Firebrand Arab Israeli cleric sentenced to 28 months for inciting terrorism
Shakib Ali, YNet News, February 9, 2020
Israeli Arabs are Israeli, not Palestinian
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, February 9, 2020
Stating faults of Arab culture isn't racist, ignoring them is
AP, The Times of Israel, February 9, 2020
Israel blocks Palestinian agricultural exports in escalating trade crisis
The Jerusalem Post, February 9, 2020 ["The wisdom of your eyes, your crystal-clear words that could move mountains within us, are so very much missing"]
President Rivlin on Amos Oz: What would you say about our situation?"
Sever Plocker, YNet News, February 8, 2020
Trump's plan for a failed Palestinian state [best map ever]
Michael Milstein, YNet News, February 8, 2020
Israel's conundrum in face of Hamas' war between wars
Elior Levy, YNet News, February 8, 2020
Even talk of West Bank annexation can kill
Maariv online, February 8, 2020
Abbas: The US took over the peace process – and did nothing
Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera, February 7, 2020
'Hopeful again': Iraqi protesters hail Ayatollah Sistani's speech [at least 500 killed, thousands wounded in a month]
Reuters, YNet News, February 7, 2020
Four Palestinians killed in unrest over U.S. peace plan; twelve Israelis wounded in Jerusalem
Al Jazeera, February 7, 2020
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen as more troops deployed
The Jerusalem Post, February 7, 2020
Palestinians in Gaza launch balloons carrying RPG warhead into Israel
Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post, February 7, 2020
The Hebron street battle fought in peace plan's aftermath
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, February 7, 2020
Bombs under IDF jeeps and heavy gunfire: The battle in Jenin
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 7, 2020
Is West Bank, Gaza unrest a prelude of things to come?
Phil & Cooper, Al Monitor, February 7, 2020
The Art of No Deal (feat. Yossi Beilin & Daoud Kuttab)
Reuters, YNet News, February 7, 2020
Israeli, Palestinian farmers pay price as politicians bicker
Amanda Borschel-Dan, The Times of Israel, February 6, 2020
LISTEN: Rebrand Trump plan as Road Map ‘Phase 2,’ says ‘Catch-67’s Micah Goodman
The Times of Israel, February 6, 2020
Abbas blames rash of attacks on Trump peace plan; Hamas praises ‘revolution’
Ron Ben-Yishai, YNet News, February 6, 2020
The IDF holds the key to combating the West Bank escalation
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, February 6, 2020
Olmert to join Abbas in US press conference next week, Palestinian envoy says
Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel, February 6, 2020
IDF sending extra combat troops to West Bank as violence surges
Inbar Tweezer & Yael Freidson, AP, YNet News, February 6, 2020
12 IDF soldiers wounded, one seriously, in car-ramming attack in Jerusalem
Al Jazeera, February 6, 2020
Second Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in West Bank: Media
Elior Levy & Yoav Zitun, YNet News, February 6, 2020
IDF, Palestinians clash in West Bank as violence spirals
Elior Levy & Yoav Zitun, YNet News, February 5, 2020
Palestinian rioters hurl firebombs at IDF troops near Ramallah
YNet News, February 5, 2020 ["We believe that Palestinian armed organizations will stand and continue resistance"]
Iranian leader urges Palestinians to resist Trump's peace plan 'through Jihad'
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, February 5, 2020
Can the EU resuscitate the two-state solution? [this year the EU will provide €300 million in aid to the PA]
Michael Milstein, YNet News, February 5, 2020
Israel must fight urge to meddle in Palestinian affairs
Sue Surkes, The Times of Israel, February 5, 2020
President: Israel should ‘rush’ to set climate targets, meet them
AP, The Times of Israel, February 4, 2020
6 countries block EU resolution that would have condemned Trump plan, annexation
AP, The Times of Israel, February 4, 2020 ["We are especially concerned by statements on[...] annexation of the Jordan Valley and parts of the West Bank"]
EU warns Israel any West Bank annexation can’t go unchallenged
Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor, February 4, 2020
Trump’s 'peace plan' rewards settler violence [(91%) investigations upon anti-Palestinian terror launched over the past five years ended without an indictment]
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, February 4, 2020
Israeli Arabs alarmed over Benny Gantz supporting Trump’s plan
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 4, 2020
Palestinians won't halt security ties with Israel, US - Ramallah officials ["It's all talk"]
YNet News, February 4, 2020
Rivlin calls for direct negotiations with Palestinians
Daniel Pipes, The Jerusalem Post, February 4, 2020
Israeli Arabs say no to Palestine
Naomi Chazan, The Times of Israel, February 3, 2020
Election-eve peace deals never work
The Times of Israel, February 3, 2020
3 chunks of Israeli land for Palestine, and 5 more overlooked parts of US plan
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, February 3, 2020
Oman, Chad, and now Sudan: Israel and the wider MidEast puzzle
Matan Tzuri, YNet News, February 3, 2020
Two incendiary balloons detonate near Gaza border
Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, February 3, 2020
Fatah on Trump's peace plan: Palestine must be defended 'with blood'
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, February 3, 2020
Hamas hikes taxes on imports, including from West Bank
The Times of Israel, February 3, 2020
Balloon bomb explodes near home in Israel; 8th Gaza balloon of the day
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, February 3, 2020
Egypt-Israel gasline blown up by unidentified assailants
Dore Gold, The Jerusalem Post, February 3, 2020
Israel comes full circle with Sudan - analysis
Emily Schrader, The Jerusalem Post, February 3, 2020
Women leaders absent from parties ahead of Israel's elections [not a good indication of the current situation in society]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 2, 2020
Hamas leader Haniyeh decides to settle in Qatar - report
Asharq Al-Awsat, February 2, 2020
Haniyeh Settles in Qatar, Has No Plans to Return to Gaza
Alex Fishman, YNet News, February 2, 2020
Abbas is bringing back the intifada
Smadar Perry, YNet News, February 1st, 2020
From Jerusalem to Jeddah [a massive slap in the face to the Iranians]
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, February 1st, 2020
Abbas: Palestinians will cut all ties with Israel, US
The Times of Israel, February 1st, 2020
Savaging Trump plan, Abbas says Palestinians cutting all ties with Israel, US
Jason Greenblatt, Bishara A. Bahbah, The Jerusalem Post, [February 1st] Janauary 27, 2020
Why the Palestinian leadership should not reject Trump’s peace plan
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Yossi Beilin, Al Monitor, January 31, 2020
Trump’s Israeli-US deal is not a peace plan
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, January 31, 2020
Why did Egypt withhold gas from Gaza? [An unprecedented crisis hit the Gaza Strip this month]
Ehud Olmert, The Jerusalem Post, January 31, 2020
Peace plan unveiling: A little like a Purim party
AFP, The Times of Israel, January 31, 2020
Jimmy Carter says Trump plan dooms two-state solution
Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera, January 31, 2020
Why are Arab states 'divided' in the face of Trump's plan?
YNet News, January 31, 2020
For Palestinians, hated U.S. peace plan brings internal harmony
Amir Tibon & Noa Landau, Haaretz, January 30, 2020
What Israel and Palestine Will Look Like According to Trump's Plan: FULL TEXT
Spencer Bokat-Lindell, The New York Times, January 30, 2020
Debatable : Inside Trump's Israel-Palestine deal
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, January 30, 2020
How long can Abbas hold firm on security coordination with Israel?
Liat Collins, The Jerusalem Post, January 30, 2020
Palestinian rage, new realities and the real deal
Maxim A. Suchkov, Al Monitor, January 30, 2020
Intel: Why Russia’s warming ties with Israel may lead Moscow to embrace Trump’s peace plan
Reuters, YNet News, January 29, 2020
Abu Dis - an unlikely capital for a future Palestinian state
Al Jazeera, January 29, 2020
World leaders react to Trump's Middle East plan
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, January 29, 2020
The Trump plan could indeed prove historic – for all the wrong reasons
Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post, January 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, UAE welcome Trump peace plan
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, January 28, 2020
Abbas caught between rock and hard place as Trump unveils Mideast plan
The Jerusalem Post, January 28, 2020
Abbas: Trump is a dog and the son of a dog, I won't become a traitor
AP, Reuters, YNet News, January 28, 2020
Palestinian leader rejects Trump peace plan with 'a thousand no's'
The Times of Israel, January 28, 2020
Read full text: US unveils 50-page Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, January 28, 2020
Trump's peace plan is last chance at 2-state solution
Matthew Lee & Aron Heller, The Times of Israel, January 28, 2020
Trump peace plan gives Israel chunks of West Bank, creates Palestinian state
Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, January 28, 2020
This peace plan comes with a map, why is this significant? - analysis
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 28, 2020
In rare public criticism, Hamas official says group botched bid to court West
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, January 28, 2020
Hamas says rise in arrests is related to coming elections
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, January 28, 2020
Israel’s security system prepares for growing Palestinian frustration
AP, The Times of Israel, January 28, 2020
West Bank settlements report rapid growth in 2019
Anne Gearan, Steve Hendrix & Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post, January 28, 2020
Trump announces Israeli-Palestinian peace plan amid doubts it will lead to progress
Reuters, YNet News, January 27, 2020
Trump set to give Israeli leaders 6 weeks to get peace plan 'going'
Jihan Abdalla, Al Jazeera, January 27, 2020
What we know about Trump's Middle East peace plan
The Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2020
ISIS: We need to conquer Israeli settlements, start targeting Jews
Freya Pratty, Al Monitor, January 26, 2020 [“We get hotter summers and colder winters. Every year it gets worse and worse,”]
Palestinian activists seek climate justice under occupation
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2020
First Israelis permitted to limited visits to Saudi Arabia
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, January 26, 2020
New details from Trump's peace plan revealed
Michael Milstein, YNet News, January 25, 2020
What Israelis should know about a Hamas deal
Yaakov Schwartz, The Times of Israel, January 24, 2020
This must never happen again, says Saudi cleric as Muslim group tours Auschwitz
Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israel, January 24, 2020 {remarkably factual}
Who needs the deal of the century right now? Only two people
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, January 24, 2020
Trump’s plan isn’t about peace between Israelis and Palestinians
YNet News, January 24, 2020
Sidelined and isolated, Palestinians say disappointed in international community
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor, January 24, 2020
In historic development, Israel exports natural gas to Egypt
Al Monitor, January 24, 2020
Gaza developments portend military escalation with Israel
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 24, 2020
Gaza men choose family councils but keep women out
Al Jazeera, January 23, 2020
UN's Guterres warns of 'impact' on Sahel region from Libya war
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 23, 2020 [From 1940 to 1945, the Nazis killed some 1.1 million people, mainly European Jews, at Auschwitz]
Senior Saudi religious leader set for ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz Thurs.
Al Jazeera, January 23, 2020
Netanyahu condemns 'tyrants of Tehran' in Holocaust speech
The Times of Israel, January 23, 2020
‘Laden with guilt’: Full text of German president’s World Holocaust Forum speech
Elad Benari, Israel National News, January 23, 2020
Report: Hamas and Egypt in contacts to stop balloon attacks
Afif Abu Much, Al Monitor, January 23, 2020
Israel’s Gantz steers away from Arab voters, seeks soft-right
Shoshana Chen, YNet News, January 22, 2020 ["Are you out of your minds ?"]
Should liberation of Auschwitz be celebrated with luxe dinner parties?
Rossella Tercatin & Greer Fay Cashman, The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2020
Rivlin, world leaders vow to stand united against racism, antisemitism
The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2020
Macron is first French leader in over 20 years to visit Western Wall
Noha Aboueldahab, Al Jazeera, January 22, 2020
Why peace initiatives in Libya are failing
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2020
Gaza families to receive more Qatari cash despite balloon attacks
Yoav Ziton, YNet News, January 22, 2020
IDF says number of soldiers who fell in 2019 'lowest in history'
Al Jazeera, January 21, 2020
Davos: World needs to prepare for 'millions' of climate refugees
The Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2020
Greta Thunberg at Davos: People are dying from climate change [but why did they choose a mocking picture of her ?]
Amira Hass, Haaretz, January 21, 2020 [lengthy interview on major factual topics]
Palestinian Prime Minister to Haaretz: 'The Fact That We Even Survive Is a Miracle'
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 21, 2020
Reconciliation drive between Hamas, Saudis hits wall
Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2020
Palestinians hail Putin's 'historic' visit to Bethlehem
Dov Trachtman, YNet News, January 21, 2020
Are Israel's leaders waiting for dead children in Sderot?
Associated Press, YNet News, January 21, 2020
Hamas official threatens more explosive balloons into Israel
Yoav Zitun & Itamar Eichner, YNet News, January 20, 2020
Israel foiled 560 'significant' terror attacks in 2019, says head of intel agency
Amos Harel, Haaretz, January 20, 2020
Incendiary Balloons Are Launched at Israel – but Addressed to Egypt
Al Jazeera, January 20, 2020
Oil prices jump as Libyan pipeline shutdown cripples output
Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2020
The Joint List aims for 15 seats in the March elections, and could pull it off
Ruari Casey, Al Jazeera, January 20, 2020
No more arms: World powers pledge to halt Libya weapon transfers
Al Jazeera, January 19, 2020
Beirut turns into a battleground as clashes escalate
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 19, 2020
Why Hamas insists on release of jailed Fatah leader
Maayan Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2020
Israeli, Palestinian millennials expect conflict will ‘never end’
Afif Abu Much, YNet News, January 18, 2020
Arabs are not wanted in center-left political parties
Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2020
Saudi editor: US elimination of Soleimani was 'act of heroism'
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, January 17, 2020
Hamas-Fatah division deepens with Soleimani’s assassination
Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, January 17, 2020
What’s behind Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's foreign tour
The Times of Israel, January 17, 2020
Muslims chant about killing Jews outside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Al Monitor, January 17, 2020
Islamic Jihad undermines shaky Gaza cease-fire with rocket barrage
Ahmed Gomaa, Al Monitor, January 17, 2020
Anti-Turkey alliance grows as Ankara sends troops to Libya
Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, January 16, 2020
Palestinian citizens in Israel expect to get 15 seats in Knesset
Elior Levy, YNet News, January 16, 2020 [Egypt incandescent over Haniyeh's visit to Tehran]
Israel concerned over renewed violence on the Gaza border
Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020
Former Iranian Crown Prince: We are beginning to see end of the regime
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020
UN says around 350,0000 people have fled Idlib since Dec. 1
The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020
Finnish MP arrested after breaking through Gaza border fence
Alex Fishman, YNet News, January 15, 2020
Israel's decade of missed opportunities
Lior Gutman, YNet News, January 15, 2020 [the gas flow was always in the opposite direction, until Egypt's pipeline exploded in early 2011]
In historic move, Israel begins supplying gas to Egypt
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 15, 2020
Abbas mulls option of postponing Palestinian elections
Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2020 [Thousands of Syrians are in Libya fighting for Turkey]
How Turkey made Syrian rebels tools of foreigners and Libyan mercenaries
Marianna Belenkaya, Al Monitor, January 15, 2020
Can Libya be turned around and become Russia's 'second Syria'?
Yossi Kupperwasser, The Times of Israel, January 15, 2020
Who cares about the Iranian people?
Sever Plocker, YNet News, January 14, 2020
Who will fight for peace in Israel?
The Times of Israel, January 14, 2020
Palestinian election prospects raise hopes for moribund parliament’s rebirth
Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, January 14, 2020
Iranian protests enter 3rd day as injuries reported, internet disrupted
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, January 14, 2020
The duplicity of Western progressives
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2020
Gaza conflict peaked in 2019, W. Bank terror is dropping - intel report
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 13, 2020
Hamas intensifies Western dialogues to break political isolation
Yossi Beilin, Al Monitor, January 13, 2020
Why Israel must end chief rabbi’s monopoly on Judaism
Eytan Halon, The Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2020
Ben-Gurion Airport: Passenger traffic climbed to 24.8 million in 2019
AFP, The Times of Israel, January 12, 2020
As protests restart in Iran, demonstrators refuse to trample US, Israeli flags [video]
Raz Zimmt, YNet News, January 12, 2020
Ukrainian airliner is Iran's Chernobyl
Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 12, 2020
Hamas unfazed by Israel warnings
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, January 12, 2020
Israel reveals major upgrade to Iron Dome
Al Monitor, January 10, 2020
Can Israel, Hamas keep it calm after US killing of Soleimani?
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, January 10, 2020
Hamas must choose: Egypt or Iran?
Lenny Ben-David, The Jerusalem Post, January 9, 2020
Qasem Soleimani’s final interview
Samia Kullab & Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Times of Israel, January 9, 2020
US rejects Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 9, 2020
Egypt set to reopen Alexandria synagogue Friday after extensive renovation
Sever Plocker, YNet News, January 8, 2020
Let's all take a deep breath on Iran
Ahmad Sadri, Al Jazeera, January 8, 2020
How the Trump administration saved the Islamic Republic
The Times of Israel, January 8, 2020
Trump, full text: The days of tolerating Iran’s destructive behavior are over
Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, January 7, 2020
Trump’s peace plan is on the way: Is Israel ready? - analysis
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Jazeera, January 7, 2020
What is behind the foreign tour of Hamas's Haniya?
Jerusalem Post, January 7, 2020
Soleimani's burial delayed after 50 killed, 213 injured in stampede
Al Jazeera, January 7, 2020
Dozens killed in stampede at Soleimani's funeral: Iran state TV
Nasser Karimi & Jon Gambrell, The Times of Israel, January 7, 2020
As Iran prepares to bury Soleimani, crowds shout ‘Death to Israel’
Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, January 6, 2020
US-Iran conflict heats up, Hamas finesses Tehran’s expectations
Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 6, 2020
Hamas chief meets slain Iranian general’s successor in Tehran
Al Jazeera, January 6, 2020
NATO stands with US after Soleimani assassination and warns Iran
The Times of Israel, January 6, 2020
Hamas leader praises Soleimani at Tehran funeral in show of support for Iran
Reuters, YNet News, January 6, 2020
U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq
AFP, The Times of Israel, January 6, 2020
US military tells Iraq it is preparing to ‘move out’ – official letter
Elior Levy, Reuters, YNet News, January 6, 2020 ["These assassinations only serve to further strengthen our resolve to free Jerusalem"]
Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders attend Soleimani funeral in Tehran
The Jerusalem Post, January 5, 2020
Record 4.5 million tourists visited Israel in 2019
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 5, 2020
Here are Hamas’ five strategic goals for 2020
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, January 5, 2020
IDF annual report: More rockets, less terror acts
Cnaan, Liphshiz, The Times of Israel, January 5, 2020
Thousands in France protest decision to not prosecute Jewish woman’s killer
Reuters, YNet News, January 4, 2020
Palestinians in Gaza mourn Iran's Soleimani
Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor, January 3, 2020
Top commander's assassination leaves Iran with very few options to retaliate
YNet News, January 3, 2020
'No East Jerusalem, no Palestinian elections'
Associated Press, YNet News, January 3, 2020 ["The warfront is mankind's lost paradise"]
Soleimani, a general who became Iran icon by targeting U.S.
Al Jazeera, January 3, 2020
Who was Qassem Soleimani, Iran's IRGC's Quds Force leader?
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, January 3, 2020 ["We are in for interesting times"]
Israel’s security chiefs fear possible Iran war
The Times of Israel, January 3, 2020
Four hellfire missiles and a severed hand: the killing of Qassem Soleimani
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, January 3, 2020 
IDF pushing for thousands of Gazans to work in Israel
Yaakov Schwartz, The Times of Israel, January 3, 2020
Belgian 13-year-old takes European media to task, starts Israel advocacy group
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2020
ICC Prosecutor to ‘Post’: Probe of Gantz, IDF officers, is premature
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, January 2, 2020 
2020, the Year of the End for Gaza
Itamar Marcus, The Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2020 
Palestinian boys are raised to be ‘ammunition’
The Times of Israel, January 2, 2019
Abbas said to warn Netanyahu that West Bank on verge of ‘explosion’
Amir Alon, YNet News, January 1, 2020 [Israel second only to Turkey in child poverty among OECD countries]
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 29, 2019 
Potential consensus candidate Al Shaer helps Hamas, Fatah communicate
Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 27, 2019
Gazans resume return marches after three-week hiatus
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