JERUSALEM — A prominent Jewish-American commentator who has been critical of Israel's policies says that he was detained by Israeli airport authorities and interrogated about his political views before he was allowed to enter the country. The questioning of Peter Beinart was the latest in a string of incidents in...
Senate OK's $38 Billion For Israel Defense
Israel would receive a $38 billion aid package providing munitions and other defense-related assistance under a bill approved this week by the U.S. Senate. The 10-year package, the largest of its kind ever, was negotiated in the final days of the Obama administration. The bill was approved in the Senate by...
Palestinian Teen Icon Says She Has a 'Political Future'
NABI SALEH, West Bank — Teenage Palestinian protester Ahed Tamimi has vowed to keep demonstrating against the Israeli occupation and says she expects to have a "political future," without elaborating. Tamimi spoke to The Associated Press on Monday after serving an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers in an...
Erdogan, Netanyahu Hurl Insults Over Israel's Nation-State Law
ISTANBUL — Turkey's president has slammed Israel for a controversial law passed last week in parliament defining Israel as a nation-state of the Jewish people. Addressing lawmakers in Ankara Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel "the world's most Zionist, fascist, racist state." He said "the soul of Hitler has...
Israel Places New Limitations on Cargo Crossing Into Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israel placed new restrictions on its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to continued Hamas hostilities, even after it agreed to a cease-fire ending 24 hours of intense fighting. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel will cease transferring gas and fuel through the...
What's Powering Trump's Desire To Befriend Russia?
Many people have speculated about why President Donald Trump appears eager to develop a close relationship with Vladimir Putin's Russia. Adam Entous, a Washington, D.C. based reporter for The New Yorker, has done deep reporting that provides new fodder for why Trump is attempting to reverse decades of U.S. foreign policy...
Why Can't Israelis & Palestinians End Bloodshed? Retired FBI Agent Explains.
In the second part of our GV Wire series, retired FBI agent and Middle East legal attaché Tom Knowles analyzes the conflicts that fuel the continuing bloodshed between Israel and Hamas, which governs Gaza independently of the Palestinian Authority. At the time of this interview, the move of the U.S. Embassy...
Israeli PM's Wife Charged With Fraud Over Lavish Meals
JERUSALEM — The wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged Thursday with misusing some $100,000 in public funds to order lavish meals from celebrity chefs, dealing an embarrassing blow to the country's first family and drawing fresh attention to a series of separate corruption investigations plaguing the prime minister....
US Exits UN Human Rights Council. Haley Cites 'Bias Against Israel'
WASHINGTON — The United States announced Tuesday it was leaving the United Nations' Human Rights Council, with Ambassador Nikki Haley calling it "an organization that is not worthy of its name." It was the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution. Haley, Trump's envoy to the U.N.,...
Water Diplomacy? Israel Offers Water Tech to Iranian People.
Benjamin Netanyahu wants the Iranian people to know that he supports them. Not the Iranian government, of course. In an English-language video posted earlier this week, the Israeli Prime Minister offered Iranians his country’s water technology. Think of his offer as a first step in water diplomacy. The two-minute video...