Israel's History and People

Screen cap of U.S. President Donald J. Trump's tweet from March 21, 2019. On March 22th, 2019  Haarretz.com published “ Trump's Golan Recognition Will Cause Bloodshed, Top Palestinian Negotiator Warns .” This article written by Jack Khoury , discussed U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement publicly announcing and recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. The Palestinian Liberation Organization, Druze leaders in the Golan, The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, the Islamic Jihad, Fatah leaders, United Arab List-Balad, chairman of the Hadash-Ta’al party, MK Ayman Odeh, Al-Marsad from the Arab Center for Human Rights, the GCC secretary general, Abdul Latif Al Zayani all denounced, disapproved, or disagreed with Trump’s recognition. Specifically, the article highlighted, Druze leaders who firmly believe that Trumps statement is simply an attempt at serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu political party and popularity but will essentially be ineffective in altering any ...

On March 5th, The Times of Israel published the article “ Blue and White Platform includes backing for Western Wall pluralisticplaza ,” written by Raoul Wootliff . Wootliff is a political correspondent who focuses on political and social news about Israel. This article discusses the new political party, Blue and White which supports the proposal to establish changes in the management of Western Wall in Jerusalem (non-Orthodox Jews, likely representatives from liberal Jews and government representatives), ensures the equal division of men and women in the plaza, and construct a third plaza for the diverse Jewish and Israeli public in Jerusalem, the pluralistic plaza. Currently, the Western Wall and surrounding area is managed by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, that implements Orthodox practices like the separation of men and women during prayer. The current association is approved and supported by current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Similarly, most of his supporters are ult...

Hello This is my first post for Spring 2019. I am excited to continue working on this blog discussing modern history for Israel and its people. Read more about some current Israeli news from the Jerusalem Post.  Here is modern Israel