Netanyahu defies Biden over Palestinian state

BBC, January 22, 2024 Event Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected the idea of creating a Palestinian state. His comments came hours after a phone call with US President Joe Biden after which the US leader indicated Mr Netanyahu may still accept the idea. Mr Netanyahu's remarks appeared to deepen a public divide [...]

Netanyahu rejects US calls to scale back Gaza offensive

The Times, January 19, 2024 Event Tensions between Israel and the US burst into the open yesterday when Binyamin Netanyahu angrily rejected American calls to scale back its offensive in Gaza and plan for a postwar Palestinian state. The Israeli prime minister used a TV news conference to accuse the US of trying to “coerce” [...]

US-Israel relations the coolest for decades

The Conversation, August 11, 2023 Event For most of Israel’s 75-year history, its closest ally has been the United States, prepared to use its UN security council veto and invariably willing to encourage military collaboration as well as providing plenty of direct aid. But that relationship is highly stressed at present, mainly down to the Netanyahu government’s [...]

More than seven anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S.A. per day

The Anti-Semitism Worldwide Report 2021 and the Anti-Defamation League report about anti-Semitism show the rise of hate against Jews.

Miscalculation as high as it was in August 1914 No one outside of Serbia expected war

On the domestic political side, neither the United States nor Russia are as stable or predictable as they were in the Cold War and Putin, in all his cocksureness, pushed his country into a conflict none foresaw.