Joint Arab List Chairman Ayman Odeh's surprising announcement that he would be willing to join a Center-Left government, sent shockwaves through the Israeli political system, but he's just falling in line with the new trend.
Nickolay Mladenov tells Security Council that violence is taking place “against the backdrop of the complete political deadlock of the Middle East peace process and the lack of any perspective to revive it.”
Tensions between the Jewish state and the Islamic republic are rising at a particularly fraught time: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to project strength ahead of the Sept. 17 elections, while Iran has taken a series of provocative steps aimed at pressuring European nations to provide relief from crippling US sanctions.
Dr. Ilia Lurie, a researcher with a group dedicated to preserving the legacy of Jews from Galicia and Bukovina, explains that the graves are a "rare find," as most Jewish cemeteries in the region have not survived.
American Jews who are mad at Trump still think that the peace process and the quest for two states are a priority. Israeli voters are no longer listening – and for good reason.
