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Paris has proposed installing an international peace-keeping force in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli Jerusalem Post newspaper reported Sunday. Ac cording to the JP, Israeli Prime Minister, Fransou’ Filoun,…
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B'Tselem, has issued a report finding that the Israeli government has continued to maintain severe and comprehensive restrictions on…
Members of the Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East called on Israel to freeze all of its settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon…
Israeli media sources reported on Thursday that the Egyptian Intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, is expected to visit Israeli in the coming few days to receive Israel's response on the truce…
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, reiterated yesterday that Washington would keep up sidelining the Islamist Hamas party in Gaza, wondering of what she considered ‘negotiating with a group that…
Head of the Palestinian Negotiations Team, Ahmad Qorea’ (Abu Ala’), stated on Tuesday that peace talks with Israel will set facts on the ground, and added that the ongoing Israeli…
Israeli officials stated on Monday Turkish mediation to push peace talks between Israel and Syria is unlikely to achieve any progress as the gap between the Syrian and Israeli positions…
Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, called on the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to officially declare the failure of peace talks with Israel and the United…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that his talks with the US President, George Bush, and US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, have failed in achieving any positive results.Abbas stated that…
Israel officially rejected on Friday an offer made by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for a six month truce in the Gaza Strip. Israeli leaders said that the call is…
Leaders of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights stated on Thursday that settlement construction and expansion in the occupied Syrian area will continue and will advance.The leaders said that “any…
Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated on Thursday that the movement accepts a truce in Gaza under a national agreement, and added that this truce should be extended later on…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Wednesday with King Abdulla II of Jordan in Washington and discussed with him the outcome of his meeting with the US President George W.…
The Sham Press Syrian News Agency reported on Thursday that the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, informed Damascus that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, agreed to withdraw from…
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, said that Hamas should prove its willingness towards peace by taking some necessary steps. Rice told reporters in the Bahrini capital of Manama, following…
On Monday, former US President Jimmy Carter addressed the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, and then held a press conference at the King David Hotel in West Jerusalem The main…
Mahmoud Zahhar, one of Hamas political leaders, stated on Sunday that the movement presented its response to 15 questions presented by the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Omar Suleiman, regarding a truce…
In a televised speech on Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, stated that there can be no peace with Israel if the release of all political detainees was not part of…
The Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, on Sunday challenged talks that are currently underway between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. In a statement…
A meeting will be held Sunday evening between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev.Regev confirmed in a phone interview with…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, set forth a number of conditions before any truce with the Islamist Hamas goes into effect, the Saudi-based aL-Wattan newspaper quoted Palestinian sources as saying.…
A local Israeli newspaper calling itself "Kol Hazman" reported on Friday that Israel will hand over the Palestinian airport of Qalandia, located in the north of East Jerusalem, to the…
Israeli media sources reported that the Israeli government approved the deployment of Palestinian Authority security forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday. Online Haaretz said that…
Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, stated that there are 'red lines' she will refuseto cross during Palestinian- Israeli talks. Livni told Israeli radio that the 'red lines' are a generalised…
Yasser Abed Rabu, the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization – PLO – and a member of the negotiations teem with Israel, demanded on Thursday a…
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, has informed the Palestinian side that Israel approved the construction of a Palestinian residential city, media sources reported. The planned residential buildings will be erected…
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, said Sunday that the U.S would observe implementation on the ground of Israel’s pledge to ease restrictions on Palestinian movement across the West Bank.…
Senior Egyptian sources reported on Thursday that Egypt conducted talks with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in an attempt to achieve a truce agreement with Israel.Speaking on condition of anonymity,…
The head of the Negotiations Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, asked the EU, USA, UN, and Russia to but more pressure on Israel to commit…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, met on Wednesday with the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and discussed with him the efforts to implement the commitments to the Road Map…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Wednesday that peace talks held between chief Palestinian negotiator, Ahmad Qorea’, and the Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, are tackling all important issues, including…
Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz, reported on Tuesday that senior Israeli military officials believe that Hamas movement is currently interested in maintaining the truce along the borders between the Gaza Strip…
U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, will arrive in the region by the end of this week, as part of U.S. efforts to fill in the gap between Palestinian and…
The Palestinian Prime Minster of the caretaker government, Dr. Salam Fayyad, stated on Sunday that Israel should stop its settlement activity in the West Bank including Jerusalem because the situation…
US Vice-President Dick Cheney expressed the hope that a "viable, democratic and peaceful Palestinian state be born soon" and criticized Palestinian homemade shell fire in to Israeli areas. Cheney was…
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Sa'eb Erekat, stated on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority is on the verge of collapse as the government in Ramallah and its negotiations team are consumed…
The Israeli Foreign Minister and head of the Israeli negotiation team, Tzipi Livni, states that all final statute issues will be discussed during current negotiations with Palestinians.Livni made her statement…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Friday that a peace conference should be held as soon as possible in Russia and added that peace requires a comprehensive truce and a…
Head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s political-security bureau, Amos Gilad, stated on Wednesday that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an attempt to achieve a long-term truce deal…
U.S assistant Secretary of State, David Walsh has recently told his Israeli counterparts that Cairo is much more interested in a long-term ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, urging them…
Head of the Palestinian negotiations teams, Ahmad Qorea’, stated on Monday at night that an unofficial meeting took place during evening hours between Palestinian negotiators and the Israeli Foreign Minister,…
Head of the Egyptian intelligence service, Omar Suleiman has postponed his visit scheduled this week because Israel is not living up to commitment it has made to Egypt last week,…
Ahead of resumed Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, senior Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat, called yesterday on the European Union to pressurize the Israeli government to halt the military escalation and expansion of settlements.…
President Abbas has been reportedly concerned over of the Annapolis peace summit, hosted by Washington last November, the Jerusalem-based aL-Manar Arabic online publication reported. According to the aL-Manar, a senior…
Chief Palestinian negotiator , Ahmad Qurai and his Israeli counterpart, foreign minister, Tsibi Livni, are scheduled to meet this week over peace talks, following suspension by Palestinians of negotiations in…
The Media department at the US Consulate General in Jerusalem issued a press release on Friday stating that a trilateral meeting which brought together American, Israeli and Palestinian representative was…
Palestinian Prime Minister of the disposed government in Gaza, Ismael Haniyeh, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has failed, and that the Hamas movement, the…
The head of the Palestinian negotiation team Ahmad Qurai sent a letter of dissatisfaction, Wednesday to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni regarding Israels recent decision to approve settlement expansion near…
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs debated how to deal with the Hamas movement with regard to the peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Hamas has been accused of…
Nemer Hammad, political advisor to president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday rejected claims that any meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would be held soon.He…
Fawzi Barhum, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, on Monday described President Abbas’ declaration over the suspension of the peace negotiations with Israel as a ‘play’. He added that ‘the approval…
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Abu Al Gheit, met on Thursday with the U.S Assistant secretary of State for Near East Affairs, David Welch, and discussed with him the efforts carried…
U.S secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, stated on Wednesday in Jerusalem that Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are likely to meet on Thursday after they were halted when Israeli initiated its…
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that he would continue peace talks with Israel if the latter agreed to halt attacks on the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, President…
US president, George Bush, stated on Tuesday that he is still “optimistic that Israel and the Palestinians will achieve a peace deal” before he leaves office in ten months, despite…
Condoleezza Rice, the U.S Secretary of State, met the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. After a one hour meeting Abbas…
Condoleezza Rice, the U.S Secretary of State, arrived at Egypt’s capital Cairo, on first stop during her visit to Middle East.Rice is expected to arrive in Israeli on Tuesday afternoon.…
The White house announced on Friday that that U.S President Bush has completed preparations to send 150 Million USD in aid, as a matter of urgency to Palestinian President Mahmoud…
The U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stated that she ‘had concerns’ over the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, due to the recurring deaths of Palestinian civilians…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister Ehod Olmert were pessimistic about achieving a peace deal by the end of 2008, Palestinian and Israeli sources reported on Tuesday.…
Head of the Negotiations Support Unit at the Palestine Liberation Organization Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, denied on Monday any meeting between Palestinian and Israeli experts regarding the issue of water and…
Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, stated yesterday that the aim of the Israeli state is guaranteeing a safe, democratic national homeland for every single.’We might be obliged to cede a…
Following the Abbas-Olmert Tuesday meeting in Jerusalem, Israeli Foreign Minister, head of the Israeli Negotiations Team, Tzipi Livni, stated that Israel should not play any role in resolving the issue…
The Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine opposed Tuesday’s meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The movement said that only Israel will benefit from the…
Palestinian senior negotiator, Dr. Sa’eb Erekat, stated on Monday that there is no agreement with the Israeli side to delay talks or exclude the issue of Jerusalem from peace talks…
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, are scheduled to meet next Tuesday in the Jerusalem's residence of Olmert, within efforts to boost up an already stalled…
Spokespman of the U.S State Department, Jhom Mackromk, stated on Wednesday that the American administration will ask for clarifications from Israel with respect to a new settlement project on the…
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad accused Israeli of not fulfilling its obligations regarding the freezing of all settlement activity in the West Bank and not removing the…
Israeli foreign minister, Tzibi Livni, hinted Sunday at the possibility of no state for the Palestinian people until the homemade shells fire fm the Hamas-ruled Gaza comes to a halt.…
Top Palestinian negotiator, Ahmad Qurai, said that underway negotiations with Israel are focused on most complicated issues and need much more exerted efforts by Palestinians. ‘ negotiations are still preliminary…
The Al Quds Palestinian Newspaper stated on Saturday that the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks reached a dead-end as Israel continues to reject talks regarding settlements, Jerusalem, refugees and borders. A prominent…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, are scheduled to meet on Sunday in Jerusalem in order to discuss the conditions in the Gaza Strip.Well informed…
Yasser Abed Rabo, the secretary general of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as well as a member of the Palestinian negotiation team with Israelis, stated on Monday…
Israeli and Palestinian sources reported that a new round of talks will take place in Jerusalem today between the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams; according to Israeli sources, core issues…
Palestinian-Israeli final status talks will be kicked off today in west Jerusalem, by Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni and chief Palestinian negotiator, Ahmad Qurai, said Israeli officials. The officials added…
Chief of the Arab States league, Amr Mousa, asserted on Sunday that the Palestinian people’s ‘legitimate rights’ can not be divided or abolished, either by ignorance or compensation. In a…
During his one day visit to the Palestinian areas the President of the United States of America George Bush arrived on Thursday midday to the Nativity Church located in the…
Dozens of Palestinians were wounded and at least ten arrested in Ramallah when Palestinian police attempted to disperse a demonstration opposing the visit of the US President George Bush on…
The U.S. President’s visit to the Middle East this week will show once and for all that status quo lives on under the attempt to validate the old saying that…
The Hamas movement which controls the Gaza Strip organized a protest on Wednesday afternoon against Bush’s visit to Israel and Palestine that started today. According to Hamas sources, thousands have…
The President of the United States of America, George Bush, arrived in Israel on Wednesday. His visit to Israel is the first since he took office seven years ago. Bush…
Anyone staying long enough in the West Bank comes to realise that the apparatus of the Occupation (prevention of free movement, house demolitions, indefinite administrative detention – just to mention…
Islamic Jihad senior leader in Gaza, Nafed Azzam, asserted yesterday that his group is utterly rejecting George W. Bush’s visit to the occupied West Bank, saying that the Islamic Jihad…
In an interview with the BBC World Service, US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, lowered expectations in terms of likely outcomes of President George W. Bush’s visit to the region…
One the eve of the visit by President Gorge W. Bush to the occupied West Bank and Israel on Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, agreed today…
Haaretz.com reported on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is set to deliver his official response to the American benchmark plan. It is expected that Olmert will ask the…
The Hamas delegation to Egypt has reportedly rejected any ceasefire with Israel which does not apply to both the West Bank and Gaza Strip.In negotiations currently being held in Egypt,…
US Senator and potential Democratic presidential nomination Barack Obama has outlined his vision for the Middle East, arguing that peace in the region will only be secured through “a clear…
The Israeli minister for pensioner affairs Rafi Eitan signaled on Monday that the deployment of an international peacekeeping mission in the Gaza Strip and at a later stage in the…
Jordanian King, Abdullah II, postponed Sunday a due vivit to Ramallah, where he was supposed to discuss peace efforts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a presidency spokesperson stated.“ King Abdullah’s…
Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livin, signaled Saturday possibility of Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank for creation of a Palestinian state within a peace deal. Livni’s remarks came in an…
Brussels – EU Foreign Policy Chief, Javier Solana, stated on Tuesday that the world must seize the current opportunity to push forwards the peace process between the Palestinian and Israel.During…
Officials of the Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East are set to meet on Friday with several officials of four Arab countries in Egypt in order to discuss…
Dr. Sa’eb Erekat, head of the Negotiation Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization, stated on Thursday that the Palestinian leadership values the Egyptian efforts to enforce the truce, and called…
League of the Arab states warned Monday of the continued Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people, voicing concern over chances of peace in the region. Hesham Yousef, spokesperson of…
The Arab states league decided Wednesday to promote its peace initiative, first launched in 2002 and revived on March . In a ministerial meeting of the Arab Quartet (Saudi Arabia,…
King Abdullah II of Jordan emphasized Tuesday the need to advance Middle East peace, saying that resolving the question of Palestine is the key to regional stability. During his talks…
The National Security Advisor of Russia, Igor Ivanov, stressed yesterday the need to invest in the latest positive developments in the Middle East peace process. Speaking in the Russian capital…
Palestinian commissioner at the Arab League, Mohammad Sbeih, stated on Tuesday that the League transferred $52 million to the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and will continue to transfer aid to…
The article takes a critical look at the Arab peace initiative and explains why, when broken down, will lead to nothing more than an old, albeit neatly packaged, version of…