Category: Peace process

The United Nation’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry has stated on Wednesday that no breakthrough has been made in restarting dialogue between Palestinian representatives and…

Russian President Vladmir Putin visited Israel and the West Bank on Tuesday as part of a whirlwind tour of the Middle East. The administration in Moscow has lost some credibility…

Secretary-General of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, stated that there are certain ideas about arranging a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,…

The Al-Hayat Newspaper in London reported that a senior Egyptian source stated that Cairo is holding talks with Israel in an attempt to ensure the resumption of direct peace talks…

This opinion piece was first published by PNN on 17 May 2012. It raises serious questions about what if any contribution the various mediators have made to the Palestine/Israel ‘peace…

Elections should be held in approximately 6 months to form a new power sharing deal between rivals Fatah and Hamas officials have said.Stalled efforts at reconciliation previously make it unclear…

One month after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter that it was hoped would initiate efforts over frozen peace negotiations, Netanyahu rejected demands to halt Jewish settlement building in…

Palestinian political prisoners illegally held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike and some are near death. The population of strikers includes 200 child prisoners, 27 Palestinian legislative council members,…

Yasser Abed Rabbo, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), announced Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority is considering halting security coordination with Israel in response to…

The KAIROS Canada group said in a statement published on Monday that the Canadian Government can play a positive role in the Middle East by urging Israel to resume peace…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. Middle East Envoy David Hale, on Thursday, that there is no contradiction between internal Palestinian reconciliation and the peace process with Israel.The meeting was…

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, was met on Thursday by a group of protestors as he entered the Gaza Strip.Protestors threw shoes, sticks and stones at the U.N.…

The recent talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have reached a standstill, with the Israeli negotiators refusing to present borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state. With the deadline…

The Palestinian senior negotiator, Dr. Saed Erekat, and the Israeli negotiator, Yitzhak Molcho, will be holding a meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman to discuss the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli…

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, demanded on Sunday the removal of the Israeli occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, considering that the continuing of the Israeli occupation blocks the establishment…

US Department of State spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, said that Palestinian and Israeli negotiators would hold a direct peace talks next Monday in the Jordanian capital of Amman, Al-Jazeera News Channel…

Several Palestinian factions slammed the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank for accepting to attend a meeting with Israeli representatives in Jordan’s capital, Amman, on Tuesday.The Democratic Front for…

In a speech given to the Conference of Reform Jews in the US on Friday, President Barack Obama assured the audience that his administration was doing more than any previous…

On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly passed nine resolutions related to Palestine as part of a set of 24 resolutions and two texts related to human rights and decolonization.The…

Representatives of the Palestinian Authority have announced that they will continue with their attempt to achieve recognition as a state by the United Nations, despite the Security Council’s inability to…

The Israeli Radio reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting in Amman on Wednesday with Israeli opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni.The Radio said that Livni…

The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that the delegates of the International Quartet Committee will be holding separate meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders next Monday, November 14,…

During the Quartet visit to Palestine last week, Israel submitted a proposal to break the current impasse of the peace process by initiating secret direct negotiations with the Palestinians, but…

Media sources reported that King Abdullah of Jordan stated that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is seeking the collapse of the Hashemite Kingdom by transforming it into an alternative country…

The International Quartet for Mideast Peace, made up of representatives from the US, EU, Russia and Great Britain, held separate meetings on Wednesday with Palestinian and Israeli officials in an…

The international Quartet delegates will be traveling to Ramallah and Jerusalem later this week in an attempt to revive the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, the Palestinian News Agency, Maan, reported…

Quartet Committee envoy, Tony Blair, stated Thursday, October 17, that international mediators intend to ask the Palestinian and Israeli delegates to share their perceptions regarding security and border arrangements, under…

Envoys of the Middle East Quartet Committee will be holding separate meetings with Palestinian and Israeli officials in Jerusalem on October 26th, in an attempt to revive direct Palestinian-Israeli peace…

Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), long-time negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that the time and date for a meeting with the Quartet, which recently…

The International Quartet Committee is trying to set up a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, before the end of October, in accordance with…

Members of the Middle East Quartet are set to invite representatives from Palestine and Israel to a round of talks, to begin negotiations afresh after talks stalled once again last…

Envoys of the Middle East Quartet committee will meet in Brussels on Sunday to discuss the possibility of restarting the stalling peace process, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported.The meeting…

Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, stated that the Palestinian leadership will not return to the negotiations table before Israel halts all of…

In response to the speech given by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday at the United Nations, Palestinian Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh (of the Hamas…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addresses United Nations General Assembly after submitting application for recognition as independent Palestinian state to UN Chief Ban Ki-moon.Mr. President of the General Assembly of the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered his historic speech at the United Nations on Friday, officially submitting the Palestinian bid for a Palestinian state with full membership at the United Nations.…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated that the Friday evening speech of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, at the United Nations, “is filled with contradictions, despite its emotional start”. Hamas said that…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas officially submitted his bid for a Palestinian state with full membership at the United Nations to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon on Friday afternoon. Abbas submitted…

Although the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank said it is determined to go ahead with its full UN Membership Bid, it has decided not to push…

US President, Barack Obama, told the UN General Assembly that the Palestinians deserve a state of their own, but added that this state can only be established through direct peace…

According to a report published Wednesday by the New York Times newspaper ahead of Wednesday’s meeting between US President, Barack Obama, and Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Obama administration…

The White House announced that the US President, Barack Obama, would hold a closed-door meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday evening outside the UN General Assembly meetings in…

Large marches are planned by Palestinian groups on Wednesday in all districts of the West Bank to support the Palestinian bid for full membership in the United Nations. One of…

Five members of the European Parliament sent a letter to the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, and the 27 E.U foreign ministers, urging them to vote in favor…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he is ready to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and any other Israeli officials as along as they have something new…

Former head of the Israeli Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security service), Ami Ayalon, called on the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, to vote for the Palestinian State at the United…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, held a meeting with the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, in the US capital of Washington earlier Monday. European Union Officials said that senior diplomats…

US President Barack Obama plans to hold talks with Turkish and Israeli leaders to try to resume peace talks in the Middle East. He says this is an attempt to…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a speech to the nation, Friday evening in which he emphasized that the Palestinian leadership is going to the United Nations Security Council to…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will be delivering a speech to the Palestinian people at which he would announce the final Palestinian-UN bid for statehood amid the growing tension regarding the…

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stated Thursday that Palestinians should void their bid for statehood at the United Nations, claiming that “The two-state solution route is through Jerusalem and…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, reaffirmed on Friday that the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations next week does not conflict with the peace process in the Middle East.…

Egyptian Prime Minister, Issam Sharaf, stated that the Camp David peace accord between Cairo and Tel Aviv is not a sacred deal. Speaking to the Egyptian TV on Thursday at…

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, called on the Palestinian leadership to return to negotiations with Israel, adding that the impasse of talks is negatively affecting all countries in the Middle…

It is not strange to hear the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton saying that the “two-state solution should go through Jerusalem and Ramallah, and not New York,” meaning that…

The Ma’an News Agency are reporting that hundreds of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus held a rally, Monday night, leading to the closure of a West…

European Union Foreign Policy chief, Catherine Ashton, held a meeting on Tuesday in Cairo with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and called for the resumption of peace talks between Israel and…

Noam Shalit, father of the captured Israeli soldier, Gillad Shalit, is holding meetings with ambassadors of some U.N. member states in the U.S. city of New York, prior to the…

So, we are heading to United Nations to seek recognition of Palestinian statehood, keeping our fingers crossed that the United States will do what became a habit every time the…

The Arab League called on Wednesday for instating a comprehensive and serious popular and official boycott of Israel due to its ongoing violations, and stances that obstruct peace talks.Mohammed Sbeih,…

Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdgan, declared Ankara is freezing all trade and military ties with Israel, as well as stepping up Turkish naval patrols in the Mediterranean. Erdogan added…

A group of 20 Israeli intellectuals, including artists and writers, held a meeting with Abbas at his headquarters in Ramallah, and discussed the Palestinian move for full membership at the…

A republican congresswoman introduced a bill, along with 57 co-sponsors, asking Congress to block U.S. funds for any United Nations entity that supports giving Palestine an elevated status at the…

Israeli President Shimon Peres has been holding secret talks with the top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Ramallah. The talks are an attempt to restart peace talks and stop a…

According to Israeli sources, some high-level officials in the Israeli cabinet have suggested that Israel should call off the 1993 Oslo Agreement with the Palestinians, if the Palestinian Authority moves…

Palestine’s chief negotiator Saeb Ereikat said that a recently-released YouTube video by Israel’s Foreign Ministry shows that Israel is not interested in the peace process.The video ‘distorts international law regarding…

In an address to the Dutch Parliament, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority has repeatedly recognized Israel’s right to exist, and now it is necessary for Israel…

On Wednesday, Maan News reported that Fatah and Hamas have agreed to post-pone reconciliation efforts until after the UN bid for Palestinian statehood.Hamas’ Prime Minister Haniyeh said the two parties…

Israel reported a record $7.2 billion weapons exports solidifying its position in the top four countries profiting from war and destruction. The other two main official sources of income for…

Jordan’s King Abdullah has stated in an interview with the Washington Post that he is pessimistic that there will be progress on Israeli Palestinian peace talks in 2011. Speaking to…

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli Army radio on Tuesday that focusing the international Mid-East policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was, ‘naive.’Lieberman pointed to events in other countries including…

The US has signalled that it intends to maintain its leading position in facilitating Middle East peace talks with its announcement of discussions aimed at renewing the peace process. US…

Visiting Italy Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting, on Thursday, with Israeli President, Shimon Peres, and the two held talks on the efforts to resume the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace…

French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, has proposed a Middle East peace conference in Paris before the end of July in an attempt to restart the stalled Middle East peace process,…

At the end of its Saturday meeting in Doha – Qatar, the Arab Follow-up Committee, decided on Saturday to head to the United Nations to ask for recognizing a Palestinian…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on Thursday evening for an urgent meeting between Palestinian political leaders, and for consultations with Arab leaders, to discuss the speech of U.S. President, Barack…

Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, media spokesperson of the Hamas movement, stated that the speech of U.S. President Barack Obama, only shows failed U.S. policies that indicate political failure, and added…

During his long-anticipated speech to the State Department on Thursday, US President Barack Obama repeated a statement made by his predecessor, George W. Bush, that the Palestinian people have the…

White house officials have denied reports circulated by the Israeli media that Obama will call on Israel to recognise a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders in his policy speech…

Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashal, urged the United States and the European Union to support the Palestinian Unity Agreement, and added that a Palestinian…

Israeli paper, Maariv, reported that French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, presented during his last week meeting with Israeli prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a proposal for a peace conference in France aiming…

The US, Italy, Britain and France have refused to rule out negotiations with the unity Hamas-Fatah government despite intensive lobbying by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Representatives of the respective governments…

The French and British Prime Ministers both gave interviews Thursday morning that indicated their willingness to recognize a Palestinian state if peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians result in…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says U.S. President Barak Obama gave us hope then abandoned us midway. Abbas’ comments were published in an interview with the American “Newsweek” magazine. Abbas said…

Despite ongoing diplomatic talks and efforts carried out by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his teams, Germany announced it will not be supporting the Palestinian intentions to declare statehood this…

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Friday that Israel needs to present its own initiative for peace in the region in order to avoid being obliged to accept a deal presented…

Over the last four months, the U.S Administration, headed by President Barack Obama, has been preparing a new peace plan that consists of four main principles meant to “restart the…

As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the state of Palestine in September, Israeli sources report that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may…

Palestinian Prime Minister of the care-taker government said Monday that Palestinians are now ready for statehood in September 2011.’I believe that our governing institutions have now reached a high state…

A Palestinian state alongside Israel has never been further from reality than it is today. Negotiations for a two-state solution have again capsized despite the Palestinian coup regime’s pronounced wish…

An advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters Monday that the Palestinian Authority would be willing to give up US aid money rather than submit to US demands that…

The peace process is at a dead-end. Israel will never end its Occupation voluntarily and the best it may agree to is apartheid, but the permanent warehousing of the Palestinians…

And here we go… again, another initiative, another diplomatic move and another act that distances us further away from any real solution to the real issue at hand, Peace that…

Salam Fayyad, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority led by the Fateh party, met on Friday with Robert Gates, the US Secretary of State, who was visiting Ramallah after…

Denmark will upgrade the status of Palestinian delegation to the level of a mission, news agencies informed on Thursday. Danish Prime Minister, Lars Lakke Rasmussen, announced on Wednesday that the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a press conference this weekend that it is time for Palestine to become a permanent member of the United Nations. At a news conference…

Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is weighing a plan that would lead to the establishment of a “Palestinian state with provisional borders”, and that this…

A new international donors’ conference to a Palestinian State will take place in Paris in June, according to the Quartet on the Middle East.After talks between the Quartet, donors and…

In the latest revelation to come out of the 1,600 Palestine-Israel peace process documents leaked this week by news outlets al-Jazeera and The Guardian, a transcript from 2009 shows that…