Middle East

Israel and Britain”s relations will not change once Britain leaves the European Union (EU), British ambassador to Israel David Quarrey said on Friday. Speaking to Channel 2 News after UK residents voted to leave the EU in a referendum and Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation, Quarrey said, “The relationship between Britain and Israel […]

Pope Francis on Friday described the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War as “genocide,” a term that Turkey vehemently opposes. He is on a visit to Armenia and, in the capital of Yerevan, addressed the country’s President Serzh Sargsyan. The word “genocide” was added to his prepared text, according

The day after a tumultuous night, the United Kingdom woke up to a Brexit hangover. Months of fractious, even nasty, campaigning came to an end with a result that surprised even Leave voters themselves. It leaves the country and society divided, and in need of healing the deep rifts opened in the wake of the

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has called on European leaders to condemn Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas” speech to the European Parliament, in which he claimed that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water and that global terrorism will end if the Israel-Palestinian conflict is resolved. “It is unconscionable that a foreign leader proudly

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has a consistent ally in his determination to avoid making peace with the Palestinians. The ally is Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority. Abbas’ antics in Brussels this week offer yet another illustration of the

The Conservative Party in Canada, which heads the opposition, on Wednesday accused the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of abandoning the fundamental principles of Canadian foreign policy. In a statement, the Conservatives said that the government has abandoned Israel in order to renew relations with Iran despite its involvement in international terrorism.