International

Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations take place under the radar (JNS.org) Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations were held secretly on Tuesday in Jerusalem, AFP reported, citing Palestinian sources. Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s special envoy, Yitzhak Molcho, reportedly met twice—first for two hours and later for one hour—with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and […]

Egypt’s Catholic leader says country in a ‘war against terrorism’ (JNS.org) The ongoing turmoil in Egypt “is not a political struggle, but a war against terrorism,” the head of the Catholic Church in Egypt, Bishop Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Patriarch of Alexandria, said in a recent statement. “With pain, but also with hope, the Catholic Church

Israel dismisses accusations that it was behind Beirut bombing (JNS.org) Current and former Israeli officials dismissed Lebanese accusations that the Jewish state was behind Thursday’s car bomb in a Hezbollah-controlled area in southern Beirut that killed 22 people. Lebanese President Michael Suleiman said the Beirut bombing“bore the fingerprints of terrorism and Israel, intended to undermine

  Cantor: Peace requires Palestinian ‘cultural mind-shift’ (JNS.org) U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), the House Majority Leader, said while leading a trip of 28 congressmen to Israel that he doesn’t envision progress in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict until there is a Palestinian “cultural mind-shift.” “Until that point comes, I don’t think that there will be much

John Kerry, ‘capitalizing’ on Netanyahu ‘anxiety,’ warns Israel may face increased isolation (JNS.org) Secretary of State John Kerry, “capitalizing” on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “anxiety” about Israel facing increased isolation, recently warned Netanyahu that the Jewish state might soon face an international delegitimization campaign “on steroids,” columnist Jeffrey Goldberg reported for Bloomberg View. “There