America is already divided, as is Israel, between those who favor appeasing enemies while reprimanding friends, and those who espouse the opposite view.

We commonly cite the foolishness of doing the same thing and expecting different results. If we apply this adage to “land for peace” proposals regarding Israel and the Palestinians, we will be very wary of any claim that we can expect peace if we would only uproot Jews from their ancient lands.

Court gives Omar Shakir until May 1 to leave country, noting in its ruling that "the appellant continues to call publicly for a boycott of Israel, or parts of it, while at the same time asking [Israel] to open its doors to him."

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, posts the updated map of Israel to his Twitter page. Greenblatt also urges patience before unveiling of Trump administration's peace plan, says: "We kindly suggest a stop to the guessing games."

Newly appointed Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh predicts international community, including U.S. allies in the Arab world, will join Palestinians in rejecting U.S. President Trump's forthcoming peace plan.