John Kerry

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...

Hamas has put the blame for the rise in Israel's arrest of activists across the occupied West Bank on the visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry last...

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'...

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...

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, said on Tuesday that the Kingdom considers Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah's interference in the conflict in Syria to be dangerous, adding...

Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth has reported that the Palestinian Authority has put conditions for the resumption of talks, including the building of an airport near Ramallah and exploration rights for...

A senior Hamas official has blamed Fatah for the delay in national reconciliation. Mousa Abu Marzouk linked the lack of progress to US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts...

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...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for the West to adopt a new "Marshall Plan" for the Egyptian economy in order for the coup to succeed. He is...

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 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has demanded hidden facts relating to the resumption of bilateral negotiations be revealed this evening to the Palestinian public. They...

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...

MEMO EXCLUSIVE The United Arab Emirates has sent Foreign Minister Abdullah Ben Zayed to the US to seek an urgent meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry because the...

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,...

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...

A member of Fatah's Central Committee has again suggested that the movement needs to create the post of vice-president to protect the Palestinian national interest. Major-General Tawfiq Al-Tirawi said...

Secretary of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Abed Rabbo said that the chances of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations succeeding are "non-existent". He warned that if the negotiations continue as...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that both the Palestinian and Israeli sides have agreed to accelerate the pace of current peace negotiations and to extend the...

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...

The head of Israel's team of negotiators in the talks with the Palestinian Authority has claimed that the discussions address "all of the important issues". Justice Minister Tzipi Livni...

US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Qatar has agreed to erase $150 million from the Palestinian Authority's debt following talks with his Qatari counterpart Khalid Al-Attiyah in...

Several members of the US Congress sent a message to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to publicly address the human rights violations in Egypt, AP reported on...

On the eve of his meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged more settlement in the occupied Palestinian...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has said that Saudi Arabia and Israel share a position on Iran but cooperation between the two countries is difficult due to the continued Palestine-Israel...

The issue of Iran's nuclear programme could be settled if Tehran called a halt to uranium enrichment. This claim was made by Israel's Minister of Intelligence and International Affairs...

Israel announced on Thursday that it intends to construct more illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in an apparent attempt to appease Israeli extremists who...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has apparently told John Kerry that his negotiators cannot carry on talking to the Israelis as long as settlement construction and expansion continues. Abbas told...

The two leaders of Palestine's negotiating team, Dr Saeb Erekat and Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, have submitted their resignations to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to Ma'an news agency....