PLO calls for global coalition to confront Israel annexation plans

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 30 January 2019 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images] Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, has called for the formation of an international coalition to confront Israel’s plans to annex large areas of the […]

Settlements and Sovereignty

by Jerold Auerbach As the Trump administration develops its plan, soon to be announced, for the extension of Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in the West Bank, fury in the United States and among left-wing Israelis is reaching fever pitch. A group of Democratic senators has warned that annexation would destroy bipartisan Congressional support for […]

Turkey’s president slams the US, so why does Trump take his calls?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was one of the first to try to exploit the recent protests in the US, echoing comments of Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In recent years, Turkey has accused the US of “training terrorists,” has worked with the anti-American Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, detained a US pastor, bashed US President Donald […]

Stabbing incident at Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 11, 2020 10:02 An unusual violent incident took place at the Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center in Be’er Ya’akov on Wednesday night, during which a man was stabbed multiple times by a visitor. The victim had reportedly admitted himself to the emergency room during the night after being involved in a […]