Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that he will hold a national referendum on any peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu said the decision on a peace agreement was too important to leave to the government. Israel has never held a single-issue referendum in its 65-year-history and cannot happen without legislation in the Knesset. Continue reading
In a major sign that the European Union is going to vacate a position of neutrality and side with Palestine in their ongoing campaign against Israel, the EU has issued new guidelines that starting in 2014 banning any funding of Israeli projects in disputed territories.
EU members will be banned from any Israeli project in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Continue reading
After the Islamic Jihad launched a rocket attack on Israel Sunday night, the country defended itself by destroying three sites used by terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
“Sites of terrorist infrastructure including two weapon storage facilities in the central Gaza Strip and a rocket launch site in the southern Gaza Strip,” an Israeli Army statement read. Continue reading
An Israeli tour guide discovered a pillar thinking he had made a major discovery only to find that the government had been hiding its existence for years.
The pillar is believed to be 2,800 years old and could be a landmark in mapping Old Testament locations. Archeologists believe that the pillar could connect Israel today with Judaism’s historical roots. Continue reading
Lebanese media is reporting that a rocket launched toward Israel from a town near the Israeli border.
Residents of Marjayoun, 6 miles from the border, said they could hear the rocket being launched according to the National News Agency. Residents of the northern Israeli town of Metula contacted the military reporting the sound of an explosion. Continue reading
Iranian media was bragging about their nation’s fielding of a “massive” number of new long-range missile launchers. The weapons systems would be able to reach inside Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East. Continue reading
The coming days are critical for the efforts to rekindle the frozen Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said after participating in Thursday morning’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Continue reading
Syrian troops attacked an Israeli vehicle after claiming that it crossed the ceasefire line. Israeli troops then returned fire against the Syrian aggressors. Continue reading
In 2000, a French TV station aired a news report that claimed Israeli forces had shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy as his father tried to shield him. Continue reading
According to a Sunday Times report, Syria is preparing a massive missile attack on Tel Aviv should Israel make another strike against the Assad government’s attempts to transport weapons to Hezbollah. Continue reading
