US ‘Will Force’ Israel-PA Deal

He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. (Daniel 9:27)

US ‘Will Force’ Israel-PA Deal
The United States intends to try and force a peace agreement on Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), IDF Radio reported Monday. The radio station says the US has informed Israel and the Palestinian Authority that if negotiations between them do not advance, Washington will propose its own solution, that will include a US position on every point that is in contention. In effect, according to the report, this will be an attempt to force the sides to agree on a solution formulated by the US.

Insults, Threats as Arab MKs Disrupt Temple Mount Session
A Knesset debate on the implementation of equal Jewish prayer rights at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount degenerated into a shouting march Monday, as Arab Knesset Members used threatening words and aggressive body language to disrupt the meeting. 

Regev: Sovereignty on Temple Mount Trampled-On Recently
Chairwoman Miri Regev of the Knesset Interior and Environmental Protection Committee said, Monday, that Jews must go up to pray on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City according to the custom of the place and “certainly according to the law of the state of Israel, which allows freedom of religion.”

Israel “to build security barrier between West Bank and Jordan”
Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to build a security barrier between the West Bank and Jordan in a move aimed at asserting Israel’s control over the borders of a future Palestinian state. The fence would extend from the Dead Sea to near the southern Israeli city of Eilat and would reinforce Israel’s determination to maintain a presence in the strategic Jordan Valley, despite fierce Palestinian opposition. 

Analysis: US-Iran nuclear deal unlikely to meet Israel’s minimum demands
As is usual for Iranian diplomacy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came out with contradictory remarks on Sunday. He called Israel “an illegitimate and bastard regime” and the US “an enemy who smiles,” yet he defended President Hassan Rouhani’s negotiations with the West from regime hard-liners opposing the talks, stating, “No one must weaken an official who is busy with work.” 

Meretz chief: Obama wants major Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough in 2014
Says US eyeing final status agreement, will lean heavily on both sides to reach it; agreement to be based on Clinton parameters, 67 lines and land swaps. …Zahava Gal-On, said Monday that the Obama administration is determined to achieve a major diplomatic breakthrough next year in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, including arranagements for a final status agreement. 

Bolton: Israel must make ‘fateful decision’ on Iran strike
Israel does not have much time to make a “fateful decision” about whether to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said Sunday in a radio interview. “Israel, I think, now faces the fateful decision whether it will allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, thus constituting a true existential threat to Israel,” he said.

Khamenei: Israel is ‘illegitimate, bastard’ regime
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday Israel is ‘illegitimate, bastard’ regime. He further expressed pessimism about talks with world powers over its disputed nuclear program but backed them. “No one should see our negotiating team as compromisers,” Khamenei, Iran’s top decision-maker on its nuclear drive, was quoted as saying on his official website.  

Turkish FM: We would never cooperate with Israel against a Muslim country
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu categorically denied claims that his country cooperated with Israel in Thursday’s attack on a Syrian missile base… “We have issues with Syria, an issue based on a principle. But let me say it clearly: The Turkish government has never cooperated with Israel against any Muslim country, and it never will,” he said.

Israel Is Furious At Obama For The ‘Scandalous’ Leak That It Bombed Syria This Week
Israel is incensed that the Obama administration confirmed a recent Israeli airstrike on Syria’s coast, The Times of Israel reports. Late Wednesday night a Syrian base in the coastal area of Latakia — which held Russian-made surface-to-air missile systems — was destroyed. The immediate speculation was that Israel was involved, but that wasn’t certain until an unnamed White House official confirmed it to CNN.

Israel vows to deny Hezbollah weapons as details of Syria raid emerge
Israel said it would not allow advanced weapons to fall into the hands of Hezbollah, after a raid on Syria that opposition sources said had hit an air force garrison believed to be holding Russian-made missiles destined for the militant group.

Elkin briefs Israeli ambassadors in countries near Iran
Deputy Foreign Ministry Ze’ev Elkin held a classified briefing Thursday with Israeli ambassadors in countries bordering Iran and the surrounding region.

Israel destroyed Hezbollah-bound missile shipment in Syria
The Israel Air Force was responsible for Wednesday’s attack on a military base in the Syrian city of Latakia, according to reports emanating from the United States. Reuters quoted a Syrian opposition source as saying that the Israeli planes had struck a strategic missile battery near a village called Ain Shikak where President Bashar al-Assad’s forces kept long-range Russian missiles that are among their most powerful weapons. 

U.S. feels pressure to show progress in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians
Six months before an unofficial deadline for a final peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, the Obama administration is feeling pressure to show progress in U.S.-sponsored peace talks that both sides say have not made much headway. 

Israeli airstrikes target Syria military bases
Israeli warplanes conducted two strikes on military bases in Syria, U.S. officials tell CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. The airstrikes were conducted near Damascus and the coastal city of Latakia and the presumed target is missiles believed to be headed to Hezbollah militants. According to CBS News’ Khaled Wassef, a Syrian air defense base near Latakia was reportedly destroyed Wednesday night, with multiple Syrian and Lebanese sources speculating that an Israeli strike from the Mediterranean was to blame.