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Interior Minister Yishai: Israel’s relationship with U.S. is above all else

“Our relationship with the Americans is above all else. It is an alliance that has survived complicated periods, and I had no intention of harming those ties, or to challenge the American administration, or to present obstacles to this important visit by the vice president,” Shas chairman and Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Thursday in an interview with Haaretz on the crisis with Washington over the decision to authorize 1,600 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. [...]

Interior Min. Yishai: Israel’s relationship with U.S. is above all else

“Our relationship with the Americans is above all else. It is an alliance that has survived complicated periods, and I had no intention of harming those ties, or to challenge the American administration, or to present obstacles to this important visit by the vice president,” Shas chairman and Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Thursday in an interview with Haaretz on the crisis with Washington over the decision to authorize 1,600 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. [...]

Interior Minister Yishai: Israel’s relations with U.S. is above all else

“Our relationship with the Americans is above all else. It is an alliance that has survived complicated periods, and I had no intention of harming those ties, or to challenge the American administration, or to present obstacles to this important visit by the vice president,” Shas chairman and Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Thursday in an interview with Haaretz on the crisis with Washington over the decision to authorize 1,600 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. [...]

Banks urge Americans to close Israeli accounts – Haaretz

Tags: Haaretz, banks, Koenig’s International News

Israel-PA peace talks could begin Sunday

Indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority may begin as early as Sunday, Haaretz had learned. U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will land in Israel on Saturday night, and the American administration is hoping the sides will declare the beginning of indirect talks the following morning, ahead of the arrival of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday. [...]

Report: Syria willing to consider phased Golan pullout

Syria is willing to consider peace and gradual normalization with Israel, according to Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group, who met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in December. Speaking with Haaretz over e-mail, the conflict resolution specialist said that following an Israeli withdrawal from half the territory it holds on the Golan Heights, the two states would declare an end to the state of enmity between them as a first step. [...]

Report: Syria willing to consider gradual approach to peace

Syria is willing to consider peace and gradual normalization with Israel, according to Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group, who met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in December. Speaking with Haaretz over e-mail, the conflict resolution specialist said that following an Israeli withdrawal from half the territory it holds on the Golan Heights, the two states would declare an end to the state of enmity between them as a first step. [...]

Report: Syria willing to consider gradual approach to peace

Syria is willing to consider peace and gradual normalization with Israel, according to Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group, who met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in December. Speaking with Haaretz over e-mail, the conflict resolution specialist said that following an Israeli withdrawal from half the territory it holds on the Golan Heights, the two states would declare an end to the state of enmity between them as a first step. [...]

Report: Syria may consider gradual approach to peace

Syria is willing to consider peace and gradual normalization with Israel, according to Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group, who met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in December. Speaking with Haaretz over e-mail, the conflict resolution specialist said that following an Israeli withdrawal from half the territory it holds on the Golan Heights, the two states would declare an end to the state of enmity between them as a first step. [...]