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January 28, 2020

Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza

President Trump on Tuesday called for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he unveiled the details of his administration’s much-awaited Middle East peace plan.

January 28, 2020

Netanyahu withdraws request for immunity on corruption charges

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin.

January 27, 2020

Anti-Defamation League condemns Rashida Tlaib for 'blood libel' retweet falsely accusing Israelis of killing Palestinian boy

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) slammed Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for sharing "blood libel" on social media that wrongfully claimed that Israelis were responsible for the death of a young Palestinian boy. 

January 27, 2020

Pardon commission recommends release of American-born Israeli woman jailed in Russia over 9 grams of cannabis: reports

Naama Issachar, a 26-year-old woman with dual American and Israeli citizenship sentenced to seven and a half years in a Russian prison after authorities allegedly found nine grams of cannabis in her luggage, learned on Monday that her petition to be pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin was approved by The Moscow Region’s pardon commission, according to reports.

January 27, 2020

Trump touts upcoming peace plan following meeting with Netanyahu despite Palestinian objections

President Trump said that he is confident in his proposed Middle East peace plan set to be announced later this week, despite the Palestinians roundly rejecting the deal.

January 26, 2020

Deroy Murdock: Claims that Trump is anti-Semitic are lies – He is a true friend of the Jewish people

President Trump has an outstanding record of deep friendship and respect for the Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel. He has repeatedly condemned and fought against anti-Semitism.

January 24, 2020

Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Auschwitz mass murders must teach world to reject anti-Semitism and other hatred

I write from Jerusalem, where I attended a ceremony Thursday at which Vice President Mike Pence and other international leaders spoke to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the hellish Nazi death camp where at least 1.1 million people – about 1 million of them Jews – were murdered.

January 24, 2020

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump, Netanyahu have transformed their nations -- It's better to be respected than liked

Whether by accident or by deliberate osmosis, Israel and the U.S. have adopted similar solutions to their existential problems.

January 23, 2020

Pence's office denies Prince Charles 'snub' after video posted online

The press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence hit back at reports Thursday that he might have been “snubbed” by Prince Charles while at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem.

January 23, 2020

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Few Americans know the death toll, poll finds

A new survey claims the Holocaust is receding in collective memory, as few Americans know the death toll of Jews.