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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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

 

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

 

Hillel Frisch, The Times of Israel, September 3, 2020

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

Shalom, salaam and welcome

 

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

Lebanon's Chernobyl moment

 

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

Annexation must wait

 

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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

The new blood libel

 

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

Annexation must wait

 

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

Netanyahu's annexation folly

 

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

The annexation time bomb

 

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

Benny Gantz betrayed no one

 

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

A Letter From Italy's Coronavirus Epicenter: 'Coffins Pile Up in Churches, People in Their 80s Die Alone'

 

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

Opinion : Bibi and Tibi

 

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

The coronavirus coalition

 

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

Israel's Gaza delusion

 

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 

In first, US Jewish umbrella group sends delegation to Saudi Arabia meets with senior pfficials, Sheikh al-Issa

 

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]

 

Al Jazeera, February 11, 2020  ["If the world doesn't want to wake up and consider the virus as public enemy number one..."]

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

 

Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020

Turkey announces it will build 'settlements' in occupied Syria

 

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]

Annual poverty report reveals 841,000 children in Israel live in poverty  [half a million families live in poverty]

 

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