Why France, some Arabs insist on resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks?
Alwaght- Taking cue from Syria’s Geneva peace negotiations, France unveiled its proposal for a peace deal between the Palestinian Authority and the…
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Palestinian draft sets one year deadline for peace
Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians…
Kerry heads to talks on Palestinian statehood bid
Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry left early Sunday for a series of meetings in Europe seeking to head…
No more talks, time for decisions: Palestinian Authority
The chief Palestinian negotiator has signaled that Palestinian authorities are prepared to end nine months of negotiations with the Israeli regime if…
Kerry urges Abbas to make ‘tough decisions’ on peace
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday “to make the tough decisions that will…
Mideast peace framework on life support as Obama meets Abbas
President Barack Obama will push to keep negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians alive past an end-of-April deadline when he meets today at the White House…
Netanyahu says any peace deal with Palestinians at least a year away
(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu said any peace deal with the Palestinians would take at least another year to negotiate should…
Netanyahu warns on Iran, urges no Palestinian ‘excuses’
(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States and other world powers on Tuesday not to allow Iran to…
“Tough” decisions needed in Mideast peace talks
Israel needs to make some ” tough” decisions in order to move forward on peace talks with the Palestinians, U.S. President Barack…
Obama to Israel — time is running out
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House tomorrow, President Barack Obama will tell him that his country could face…
Obama warns of ‘fallout’ for Israel if peace effort fails
Obama, speaking to Bloomberg View, also made clear that he would press Netanyahu to allow him the time needed to test Iran’s…
Israel PM bullish ahead of White House talks
Washington — Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to resist “pressures” as he arrived in Washington for talks with US President Barack Obama on…
Hamas rejects Abbas ideas on reaching peace treaty
The statements of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on reaching a permanent peace agreement with Israel are his own personal ideas, an Islamic…
Iran: Kerry, Obama rhetoric threatens to derail diplomacy
An Iranian diplomat argues that the repeated threats of war against Iran in the official US vernacular are harmful to delicate, ongoing nuclear…
Netanyahu and Kerry exchange harsh words on peace talks
TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has responded harshly to Secretary of State John Kerry’s urgent call…
Israeli premier rejects Kerry’s boycott warning
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s warning against a growing boycott…
John Kerry threatens Israel with boycotts if talks fail
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday threatened Israel that a failure in the peace talks would lead to global boycotts and…
With Iran, Israel, Kerry is master of the interim deal
For Secretary of State John F. Kerry, diplomacy has centered on what might be called the art of the interim deal. He…
Ya’alon pans Iran deal, peace process ‘fairy tale’
Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday decried the interim deal reached by world powers with Iran in November and rejected the linkage between…
Abbas ready to meet with PM, says INSS
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted Wednesday as saying he is prepared to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at any…
Abbas slams Israel settlement expansions
Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has slammed the Tel Aviv regime for using the Palestinian-Israeli talks as a tool to cover its…
Israeli minister insults Kerry over so-called peace plan
An Israeli minister has insulted the US Secretary of State John Kerry over his plan for the so-called peace process. Based on…
We won’t recognize Israel as Jewish state: Abbas
Acting Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas says he would not recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Abbas made the remarks during…
Kerry in Riyadh pushes PA-Israel talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz over talks…
Israel rejects US proposals on Jordan Valley
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israel rejects any US-proposed security concessions for the Jordan Valley, a cabinet member close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Israel completes 3rd stage of Palestinian prisoners release as Kerry heads back to region
Relatives and Palestinian leaders celebrated early Tuesday after Israel released a third group of prisoners as US Secretary of State John Kerry…
Palestine-Israel talks may be extended: Erekat
Chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat says the so-called peace talks between Palestine and the Israeli regime may need to be extended…
Palestinians against talks with Israel: Poll
A new opinion poll reveals that the majority of Palestinians are against the so-called peace talks with the Israeli regime initiated by…
Kerry says Israeli-Palestinian deal possible by end-April
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said that Israelis and Palestinians remained committed to peace talks and were on…
Abbas rejects West Bank border security plan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected US proposals for Israel to keep troops in a future Palestinian state along its…
Why Israeli-Palestinian talks will fail, again
There is an odd sort of atmosphere today around the soon-to-fail Israel-Palestine talks. A dramatic gesture by the United States, presenting its own…
Palestinians say Kerry appeasing Israel over Iran – at their expense
(Reuters) – A senior Palestinian official said the United States was asking Palestinians to make security concessions in peace talks with Israel in order…
Kerry brings nothing promising to faltering peace talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry concluded his visit to Israel on Friday noon, leaving behind what seems to be unbridgeble gaps…
Israeli leader predicts “cold peace” in Mideast
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that any agreement to emerge from newly restarted talks with the Palestinians…
Kerry voices hope of progress for Iran, Israel after Netanyahu meeting
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 6 (UPI) — No “daylight” is between the United States and Israel when it comes to ensuring Iran doesn’t…
Iran, peace talks on agenda as Kerry visits Israel
The new Iranian nuclear deal and the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace are expected to be on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of…
Kerry to arrive in Israel, discuss negotiations with Palestinians, Iran
JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Israel on Wednesday at a tense time in…
Kerry to return to Mideast over Iran, peace talks
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will return to the Middle East early next month to discuss…