Blue and White champions Israeli sovereignty over Jordan Valley - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Akiva Eldar

Akiva Eldar

Aug 7, 2019

The head of Blue and White party, Benny Gantz, delivers a speech following the announcement of exit polls in Israel's parliamentary election at his party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 10, 2019. — REUTERS/Corinna Kern

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Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as leaders gathered to deliver a joint statement on Middle East Peace talks in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2HTER

Israel's new eastern front

Akiva Eldar

A signpost is seen in Giv'at HaMatos, a neighbourhood on the southern fringes of Jerusalem's city limits where according to anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now, Israel decided to move forward on a settler housing project slated for construction since 2012, October 2, 2014. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday in Washington. Netanyahu's visit was clouded by word of Israel's approval of the planned construction of more than 2,600 settler homes in mostly Arab Eas

The facts about buying land in Jerusalem's latest settlement

Akiva Eldar

Will Israel annex the Jordan Valley?

Akiva Eldar

MK Gabi Ashkenazi of Blue and White party at an election campaign event ahead of the coming Israeli elections, in Kfar Saba on Feb 12, 2020. (Photo by Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel’s new foreign minister endorses Trump’s plan, mindful on annexation

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs