Epstein Secrets

e Web site is in Hebrew). Israel built 2,534 housing units last year in the West Bank. Of these, about a quarter (694) were in two major blocs near Jerusalem, Giv'at Ze'ev and Betar Illit, and 537 were in two other major blocs, Modiin Illit and Ma'ale Adumim, also near Jerusalem. These four, which will r

dom's pivot to the east. Long before the American pivot, Saudi Arabia has reoriented its economic and political priorities to South and East Asia. Salman arrived in Beijing on March 13 for his first visit to China. Last month, the crown prince visited Pakistan, Japan, India and the Maldives. The two

l Ben Solomon and Yaakov Lappin/JNS.org The high-profile U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, which is awaitin= congressional approval, raised alarm in Jerusalem due to the potential=diminishment of Israel's military edge over regional foes. The $110=billion sale is meant to counteract the growing regional a

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cilitation is only as good as the willingness of leaders to actually make decisions when they're put in front of them." Jodi Rudoren reported from Jerusalem, Michael R. Gordon from Brussels, and Mark Landler from Washington. Article 2. Washington Post Offering Jonathan Pollard's release in Mideast p

the king took the unprecedented step of naming Muqrin deputy crown prince. And in a very directly worded pronouncement, the king decreed that when Salman becomes king, Muqrin will immediately become crown prince. That removed some amount of discretion from Salman, which is interesting. There are all

"The roles have been reversed," said Michael Broening, a Hamas expert and director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German-funded think tank in Jerusalem. The split is coming to a head as Hamas holds secretive elections for its Shura Council leadership body and appoints a new Politburo chief. Some E

rophet Muhammad, which many feel the royal family has abandoned. Saudi Islam increasingly is divided within itself, as is the royal family. Prince Salman, the kingdom's defense minister since last November (after nearly half a century as governor of Riyadh), is more energetic and less rigid than the

, 2.36M), said, "We hope that it doesn't continue very long, but we were attacked by Hamas on our National Day, Jerusalem Day, unprovoked attacks on Jerusalem and then thousands of rockets and missiles on our cities. And I think any country has to defend itself. It has a natural right of self-defense. We'

econvene if [Netanyahu] and Defense Minister Benny Gantz decide to move in that direction." Reuters (5/16, al- Mughrabi, Farrell) and the CNN (5/16, Salman, Dahman, Tawfeeq, 89.21M) and CNBC (5/16, Newburger, 7.34M) websites are among the other outlets with updates on the fighting. Netanyahu: "We'll Do