Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he would never accept preconditions from the Palestinians for resuming talks, just a day after appearing to set his own condition that a...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is "doing its best" to block a third Intifada (uprising), said a senior PA and Fatah official on Thursday. Nabil Shaath added that the PA...

Israel's Housing Minister said on Thursday that the idea of the two-state solution has reached a dead-end and the search for an alternative is a "must". Uri Ariel, a...

The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has cut off aid to Palestinian activists in a bid to boost peace efforts being promoted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, a...

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for asking EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton not to issue a statement which is critical of settlements....

A spokesman for Fatah's Central Committee claimed on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is being subjected to "intense pressure" to return to negotiations with Israel. Such pressure is...

Two days ahead of John Kerry's visit to the Middle East in an attempt to jumpstart peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis, a member of Israel's ruling coalition has...

President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to drop his insistence on preconditions for talks with the Israelis even though chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday that the leadership of...

Israel's Prime Minister is ready to compromise and evacuate most settlements in the occupied West Bank for peace, a senior Likud official told Haaretz newspaper on Wednesday. Speaking on...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he will not ratify any agreement with the Palestinians before it has been subject to a public referendum. He announced this...

The latest shuttle diplomacy by US Secretary of State John Kerry has not produced any breakthrough in the push to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, a...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has said that it has "closed the door of peace" with Israel "completely" after the failure of John Kerry's efforts to achieve a breakthrough...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation has denied the existence of a US plan for the revival of the peace process. Secretary of State John Kerry is due back in the...

A former minister in the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has claimed that officials have had "secret talks" with their Israeli counterparts. According to Ashraf Al-Ajrami, the ex-minister of prisoners'...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that we will know whether or not talks with Israel will resume "within days" and any resultant peace terms will be put to...

A leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has demanded an urgent meeting of the Fatah Central Council to hold Mahmoud Abbas and the...

Media reports in Israel claim that the government is going to vote on the Palestine prisoner release plan prior to the first round of talks with the Palestinians expected...

The Palestinian NGO Network has declared that the Ramallah Palestinian Authority's decision to resume negotiations with Israel based on the recommendations of US Secretary of State John Kerry is...

The armed wing of Fatah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, has exhibited its arsenal of guns, rockets and missiles in the Gaza Strip. This, reported Israel's Channel 2, illustrates the extent...

Israel's Deputy Defence Minister has described the proposed release of Palestinian prisoners as a "political and ethical mistake". Likud Party MK Danny Danon added that the move could harm...

A senior official of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has said that the police crackdown would not stop protests against the resumption of talks with...

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that he is "hopeful" that peace talks with the Palestinians will lead to a two-state solution and bring prosperity to the Middle...

Israel expects to retain about 85 per cent of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories at the end of the negotiations, Yedioth Ahronoth said on Thursday. Citing sources in...

The Israeli authorities have begun moves to evacuate about 1,300 Palestinians from eight Palestinians villages in south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on the pretext that 'they...

Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue settlement building in return for support from coalition partners for the prisoner release deal. It...

Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has told Israeli Radio that she prefers a prisoner release deal rather than the possibility of resuming peace talks based on the June 1967...

Deputy Hamas chief Mousa Abu-Marzouk has said that Egypt is not ready to host reconciliation talks; in any case, the decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks...

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has said that he remains optimistic about the second round of peace talks despite the Israeli government's approval of 1,200 new settlement units in the...

An activist for prisoners' issues, Fo'ad Al-Khofosh, has called on the Palestinian Authority to clarify the terms of the prisoner release deal agreed with Israel as part of the...

The number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has increased by 2.12 per cent during the first half of this year the Israel Today newspaper reported. According...

After releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of the agreement to return to negotiations, the Israeli occupation forces have detained 15 others from cities across the West Bank. Palestinian...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday morning Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners as promised, in a 'good gesture' ahead of the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Of...