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Egypt's Foreign Minister has confirmed that his country supports the Palestinian Authority's conditions for the resumption of negotiations with the Israeli government based on "clear parameters and an end...

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has demanded that his government cuts off links with the Palestinian Authority. His call is a response to the PA's intention to ask for...

The New US ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, has downplayed the significance of the Palestinian plan to approach the UN in September to gain recognition of an independent Palestinian...

Saeb Erekat, former Palestinian chief negotiator and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Committee, has said that in seeking UN recognition of an independent Palestinian state along the...

Fatah has accused Israel of trying to capitalise on the killing of Osama Bin Laden by suggesting that the Palestinian struggle against the occupation is linked to al-Qaeda. The...

An official Israeli political source has criticized Britain's decision to upgrade the status of Palestinian diplomatic representatives in the Palestinian mission in London, claiming that such a step "affects...

A senior member of the PLO's Executive Committee has stressed that the organisation will not return to the negotiating table without a complete halt to Israeli settlement activity and...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas, represented by its political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal, and the Fatah Movement, represented by its head and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas,...

The Gulf Cooperation Council has stressed that it remains committed to Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories it has occupied since 1967. Without this, says the GCC, a comprehensive,...

A number of Republican members of the US Congress have submitted a bill saying that Israel should annex the occupied West Bank if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas carries...

Dennis Ross has finally left the building. Since the Carter administration, Ross has played a crucial role in crafting Middle East policies that have prolonged and exacerbated the more...