Palestinian shot dead in clash
A Palestinian man was shot dead in a clash with soldiers and settlers.
A Palestinian man was shot dead in a clash with soldiers and settlers.
In the lead-up to the Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations later this week, we can expect nation after nation to vilify the Jewish state and to walk out when Prime Minister Netanyahu takes the microphone.
After two days of deliberation, the jury in the “Irvine 11” case returned a verdict. An Orange County jury on Friday found 10 Muslim students guilty of two misdemeanors, conspiring to and then disrupting a speech given on Feb. 8, 2010 by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine.
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.
Israelis reacted coolly on Friday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas\’s quest for statehood recognition, and some said his impassioned speech at the United Nations had only succeeded in harming the chances of peace.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinians of wanting statehood without peace.