Israel

Netanyahu to Abbas: Let’s talk now

Benjamin Netanyahu called on Mahmoud Abbas to launch talks immediately in New York and said he was ready to “move ahead” with U.S.-backed parameters.

In U.N. speeches, Abbas, Netanyahu trade charges of ‘ethnic cleansing’

Mahmoud Abbas outlined a vision for an independent Palestine that hewed to the two-state formula but also revived rhetoric that hearkened back to an era of Palestinian belligerence.

In Ramallah, West Bank Palestinians divided between celebratory and cynical

Palestinians interviewed by JTA on the day the Palestinian leader formally submitted a statehood bid to the United Nations are under no illusion that the move will lead to immediate statehood, but there is a sense in the West Bank that eventual statehood is inevitable.

Abbas asks for statehood

Palestinian shot dead in clash

Opponents slam Durban III at rallies, counter-conference

U.S. calls Ahmadinejad anti-Semitic, walks out of U.N. address

Iran, Lebanon, others bash Israel at Durban III

Aliyah up 19 percent for Jewish year 5771

U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem warns travelers of violence

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