op/ed: Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks on the Holocaust explain why two-state solution is dying
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Donniel Hartman had some bad news for his audience on the largely liberal Upper West Side: The…
Middle East conflict
Deaths on Gaza border hand Hamas a PR victory and Israel an angry internal debate
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the smoke from the rifles of Israeli sharpshooters and the firebombs thrown by Gaza Palestinians cleared in the…
Can Jared Kushner navigate Middle East peace without top secret clearance?
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner has had better weeks. Kushner, who along with being the son-in-law of President Donald Trump carries the…
Mike Pence says US Embassy will move to Jerusalem by end of next year
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. Embassy would move to Jerusalem by no later than the end of next year during…
Will Abbas’ explosive comments kill the peace process?
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Oslo Accords? “Killed,” the Palestinian Authority president says, blaming Israel. The Israeli prime minister says the Palestinians are…