EU won’t punish Israel for settlement expansion plan, says Britain’s foreign...
Netanyahu’s spokesman: Jerusalem hasn’t decided whether to move forward with construction in E1, despite the preliminary planning and zoning authorization; Cairo summons ambassador
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Palestinian movement had canceled rally after Hamas rejected all proposed sites
View ArticleFIFA asks Israel to restore VIP status of Palestinian soccer chief
Jibril Rajoub’s privileges rescinded last month due to ‘incitement to violence’ against Israel
View ArticleAmid anniversary celebrations, Fatah torn between diplomacy and armed struggle
Abbas attempts to sell West Bank on ‘political struggle’ but Fatah’s Armed Movements vow to remove the Zionist entity
View ArticleExpected election results spread despair among Palestinians
Though Abbas has not publicly intervene ahead of Tuesday’s vote, he has told centrist Israeli MKs that time is running out on a two-state solution
View ArticlePalestinians predict isolation for Israel after right-wing election win
Fatah official demands international pressure on next Netanyahu government, Hamas anticipates Israeli political problems
View ArticleSenior PA official: Only Americans can bring peace
Jibril Rajoub says Israelis ‘deserve to live in peace and security,’ rejects settlement blocs, calls Lapid a ‘decent person’
View ArticleFatah mourns death of Venezuela’s Chavez
Maan News: ‘Palestine says goodbye to a loyal friend who passionately defended our right to freedom and self-determination,’ says Nabil Shaath
View ArticleAs world mourns Chavez, Israel silent in hope of mending fences
Ties with Venezuela were excellent before Chavez came to power; Iran declares national day of mourning; Palestinians bid goodbye to ‘friend who passionately defended our right to freedom’
View ArticlePalestinians unenthusiastic about Obama visit
In the West Bank, Arab residents don’t trust the US president to put pressure on Israel
View ArticlePLO slams Canada over FM’s East Jerusalem meeting
John Baird plays down controversy, says where he has coffee with someone is ‘irrelevant’ to Mideast peace and does not signal a foreign policy shift
View ArticleUS, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
We want talks ‘above all,’ says PM; Palestinians pessimistic; Kerry in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday
View ArticleSenior PA official: Netanyahu is not an extremist
Nabil Shaath tells Israeli media that Jerusalem must free prisoners, freeze settlements before talks resume
View ArticleFatah toughens line on Israel talks
Party wants President Mahmoud Abbas to keep demand that Israel stop West Bank construction as precondition for negotiations
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 minister equates negotiations to medieval pact made to be broken
Mahmoud Habbash, in sermon attended by Abbas, echoes notorious comments made by Arafat in 1994
View ArticlePalestinians urge EU to stick with settlement boycott
PLO official confirms Kerry has been pressuring Europe to rescind its directive, says ‘US should stop being Israel’s lobbyist’
View ArticleSenior Palestinian official says peace talks stuck
Nabil Shaath: PA scaled back campaign for international recognition of statehood so as not to stymie future prisoner releases
View ArticlePalestinian official says peace talks already failed
Fatah bigwig says if it weren’t for Palestinian prisoners to be released from Israeli jails, PA would have ended negotiations already
View ArticlePalestinian official says Kerry bowed to Israel’s agenda
Nabil Shaath claims US secretary of state insisting on terms that no Palestinian leader would ever accept
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