Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom hinted Monday that political considerations may have been behind Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s decision to slam the IDF in a television documentary excerpted ...

Ban also asked the vice premier to ease closure. “We don’t have any fight with the Palestinians themselves, but of course, with Hamas it’s different,” Shalom said.

Israeli Vice-Premier Silvan Shalom has spoken out against the easing of the blockade on Gaza through relaxed restrictions at the Egypt-Gaza crossing at Rafah, according to the Jerusalem Post. Shalom ...