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A Palestinian senior official close to the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said that Abbas and members of the Palestinian leadership are disappointed with the futility of US secretary...

Israeli radio said on Wednesday that Israel has reached an agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to cancel draft resolutions against it planned to be discussed in...

The London-based Al Hayah newspaper reported from Jerusalem on April 22 that during his first statement upon arrival in Israel, US Defence Minister, Chuck Hagel, announced that his country's...

A senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has voiced expectations that the Boston Marathon attacks will strengthen American support for Israel, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Monday....

Maariv newspaper reported on its website that it has obtained an unusual letter written to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the...

The US Ambassador to Israel has claimed that Secretary of State John Kerry has met Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas three times but has failed to make any significant...

The US Secretary of State was not entirely successful in his contacts with the Palestinian and the Israeli leaderships regarding the resumption of the peace process, Israel's Maariv newspaper...

The chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has revealed that the Palestinian Authority has rejected a US suggestion to amend the terms of the Arab peace initiative. Dr Erekat did...

The new Israeli government has stipulated impossible pre-conditions to the resumption of the stalled Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, the Israeli daily newspaper Maariv said on Tuesday. According to Maariv, the Israeli...

Israel's Economy and Commerce Minister has told the Canadian Foreign Minister that a future state of Palestine will not be based on the borders of 1967. Right-wing politician Naftali...

Israel Today newspaper has prepared a special report on the Arab armies in the Middle East; its title is telling; "Long Arm in the Region" is a reference to...

As Israeli justice minister, Tzipi Livni, met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Wednesday, the Israel Civil Administration approved a plan to build 296 housing...

An Israeli official has claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not freeze West Bank settlements in order to facilitate the resumption of peace talks and negotiations with the...

Palestinian researchers have concluded that US policy in the Middle East has faded in importance under Barack Obama due to the "heavy and unbearable" burden he inherited from his...

An Israeli TV station has said that the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank makes a two-state solution unrealistic and almost impossible to achieve. Israel's Channel...

A leading international think-tank claims that Israel possesses 80 nuclear warheads. According to the Stockholm International Peace research Institute (SIPRI), 50 of the warheads are for medium-range ballistic missiles...

A senior member of the Fatah Central Committee said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority leadership will not give more time for the US Secretary of State's efforts to...

Central EU states are planning to support Palestinian efforts against Israel in The Hague should the latter thwarted US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to revive the peace...

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 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...

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...

Prominent Hamas leader, Mahmoud al-Zahar, has said that his movement strongly opposes the Palestinian Authority's return to negotiations, describing the move as "absurd." In a press conference in Gaza,...

A recent Israeli study accused the deposed Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi, of planning to annul the Camp David peace Accords signed in 1978 between Egypt and Israel. The study...

Israeli radio has reported Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Committee on Foreign and Security in the Israeli Knesset, saying that Israel "may have no choice" but to get involved...

The Israeli government has lodged a complaint with the US in protest at what it described it as a "series of leaks made by senior Palestinian Authority officials revealing...

According to a senior Palestinian source, Israel has offered to establish a Palestinian state with provisional borders on 60 per cent of the West Bank, while the Israeli settlements...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has insisted that Israel is ready to deal with repercussions resulting from any US-led strike against Syria. The minister added that if the US...

The American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which publishes information about countries which possess unconventional weapons, claims that Israel is one of nine nuclear states in the world. The latest...

In light of the latest developments in the region, Palestinian Islamic movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad have announced that they are forming a joint body to cooperate on political,...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the United Nations charter and a crime against humanity. Rouhani called on...

Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Saturday that he will devote his efforts to persuade Western countries and the world not to fall into the "smiles and sweet-talking...

The United States continued to broadcast reassuring messages to Israel yesterday saying that dialogue with Iran will not be at the expense of Israel's interests or security. US Vice...