Yachimovich prods PM to endorse Arab peace plan
Israelis and Palestinians appear poised to resume long-dormant talks as the Arab League resuscitates its initiative
View ArticleNetanyahu affirms support for referendum on peace
PM tells visiting Swiss foreign minister he’s inspired by Bern’s tradition of letting the populace decide on policy issues
View ArticleDefense minister okays 296 homes in West Bank settlement
Palestinians say move proves Israel doesn’t want peace; US says settlement construction counteractive to peace efforts
View ArticleLikud MK: Israeli decision on striking Iran by early 2014
Hanegbi: Israel should not seek, much less rely on, a presidential commitment to hit Tehran; PM in China warns nuclear Iran would ‘blackmail’ the world
View ArticleRevealed: Netanyahu’s secret talks with the Palestinians
More than two years ago, the Times of Israel reports here for the first time, top PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo held a series of meetings with the PM’s peace envoy, Yitzhak Molcho, and ultimately met...
View ArticlePalestinians hold off on UN agency membership
PA poised to join 63 forums, says top negotiator Erekat, but waiting to give chance to US peace initiative
View ArticleIsrael’s UN envoy: Palestinian ‘hatred’ threatens talks
Ron Prosor slams PA negotiator Erekat for saying situation in the West Bank worse than South African apartheid
View ArticleJordan: Extremism has ‘grown fat’ on Mideast conflict
At World Economic Forum opening, King Abdullah says ‘good faith talks’ must start, while Abbas calls on Israel to make ‘peace a reality on the ground’
View ArticlePalestinian negotiator: No talks unless Israel accepts ’67 lines, freezes...
Sounding skeptical about resumption of negotiations, Saeb Erekat says Israeli policy leads to ‘worse apartheid’ than South Africa
View ArticlePA negotiator: Netanyahu the ‘one person’ hindering peace
Saeb Erekat says that most Israelis want an agreement based on the 1967 lines, but their government lacks a clear policy
View ArticlePA condemns East Jerusalem construction tenders
Some 1,100 units to be built in Ramot and Gilo; chief Palestinian negotiator says new building ‘destroying’ US-led peace efforts
View ArticleKerry urges Abbas to renew peace talks
Palestinian president tells US secretary of state that negotiations hinge on an Israeli settlement freeze and prisoner release
View ArticleAbbas says peace ball is in Israel’s court
PA president insists Palestinians are ready to come to table, as soon as Jerusalem makes concessions; top negotiator threatens to go to international courts
View ArticleSettlement housing starts nearly triple in 2013
Rise in building criticized by Palestinians, who insist peace talks will not resume unless construction in West Bank is halted
View ArticleAbbas rejected Netanyahu offer to free 50 pre-Oslo prisoners for new talks
PM made the proposal a year ago, but Abbas insisted all the ‘veterans’ go free — in return for a single meet with the PM, at which he’d set out his terms for negotiations
View ArticleErekat: Bennett not alone in dismissing two-state plan
Chief Palestinian negotiator says Israeli government has pronounced the death of the two-state solution with its radical views
View ArticleWith clock ticking, Palestinian leader faces stark choices
Mahmoud Abbas seems stuck between his public urging him not to capitulate on core principles, and international pressure to drop them in favor of meaningful talks
View ArticlePA denies report Abbas ready to restart peace talks
Channel 2 had claimed the Palestinian Authority leader was interested in returning to negotiation table
View ArticleAmid rumors of renewed talks, PM says contacts must be meaningful
Netanyahu says he won’t meet with Palestinians just to go through the motions, wants to ‘persist in the negotiations… consistently over a serious period of time’
View ArticleAbbas: We will only negotiate based on 1967 lines
Ahead of Kerry trip, PA president says he is seeking clarifications, not setting preconditions
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