Palestine

Charitiy axes actress over Gaza criticism

A Jewish star of stage and screen is stunned that a Jewish charity has cancelled her appearance because she is appearing in a play critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Abbas plans new Palestinian cabinet

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will swear in a new government, without the rival Hamas movement, in the next 48 hours.

Israel’s BAD FAITH NEGOTIATING POSITION

PARIS — Israel has always believed in “creating facts on the ground,” whose existence may later come as a unpleasant surprise to others. Iran now seems to have learned from this Israeli precedent, to Israel’s disadvantage.