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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 Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine – Hamas – denounced on Sunday the American call on Turkish Prime Minister Recpep Tayyip Erdogan to postpone his visit to the Gaza...

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 resignation of the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, has attracted much attention within the Israeli media. On the whole, the various media outlets have given...

Despite US and European pressure, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The president has asked Fayyad to continue in the...

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...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Four thousand five hundred Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel have gone on a 3-day hunger strike as demonstrators take to the streets in protest at 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...

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...

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...

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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that negotiations with the Palestinians have reached a deadlock and are not progressing. Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported in its Friday issue that...

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...

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...

After it was rejected by Saudi Arabia, Jordan is expected to accept the Arab seat in the UNSC, Western diplomats said on Friday. Saudi rejected the seat in protest...

As a newly recognised non-member state, Palestine has cast a vote in the UN General Assembly for the first time since it was included in the international body last...

US and Libyan sources have confirmed that the head of the Palestinian Authority intelligence services has been honoured in Washington for supplying information to the CIA. Brigadier Majed Faraj...

The president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, expressed his reservations to Barack Obama about the peace plan prepared by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Haaretz reported...

Israel's Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, said on Sunday that the government in Tel Aviv rejects the "concessions" proposed by the United States with respect to...

Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghouthi has criticised the US-proposed framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, which more or less adopts the Israeli position on security, borders, Jerusalem and the...

Former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan has called on the Palestinian people to reject the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations led by US Secretary of State John Kerry, saying that any potential deal...

Several Arab leaders and heads of local authorities in Palestine have expressed their resentment and anger at the idea of swapping the area known as "The Triangle" and Wadi...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES December's 'Day of Rage' against the Prawer Plan saw protests held by Palestinian activists across historic Palestine. From the Naqab to Gaza and from Haifa to Ramallah,...

The Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, has called for US Secretary of State John Kerry to either place pressure on Israel or finally announce that the...

A Western diplomatic source claims that US Secretary of State John Kerry has identified the economy, security and political situation as the three main routes to a resumption of...

The United States has announced a donation of $123 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The UN agency said on Tuesday that...

On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced the appointment of twice US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk as the "US Special Envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations". The...

The United States announced yesterday that it will be providing $148 million in aid to support the Palestinian Authority's budget, which is experiencing a fiscal deficit worth $3.1 billion...