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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool

Netanyahu’s Government Revives Bill on ‘Jewish State’ Status

by Nazir Majli | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revived on Sunday hopes on declaring Israel a Jewish State after a ministerial committee approved the revised version of a bill pushed by right-wingers. The draft law still has to be presented to the...

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem November 9, 2014. REUTERS

Palestinian Rage over Netanyahu’s Autonomy Remarks

by Kifah Ziboun | Feb 24, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah, Tel Aviv- The Palestinian authority rejected statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Australia on Thursday on granting autonomy to the Palestinians. “Neither autonomy nor canton. Those two options are a bygone—without a Palestinian...

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Palestinian protesters waving national and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine flags chant slogans during a demonstration against U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Opinion: Why Palestinians don’t recognize Israel as a Jewish state

by Bakir Oweida | Jan 25, 2014 | Opinion

What would happen if Palestine officially recognized Israel as a Jewish state? Would it turn the Arab and Islamic worlds upside down? Or would the mother of all wars erupt, scorching the planet with nuclear weapons? Only God knows the answer to the second question....