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The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to provide clear answers to the issues which are disrupting the peace...

Media sources in Israel have revealed that the country's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, intends to send a message to the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, inviting him to resume...

The government of Israel has decided to cut ties with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a week after the council declared its intention to open an investigation into...

Hebrew media sourced have revealed that the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Planning and Building in Jerusalem has approved a scheme for the construction of 1,100 new housing units and...

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, has affirmed that his country stands by the Palestinian people in their pursuit to "regain their legitimate...

The Palestinian Authority has denied reports which claim that Jordan is putting pressure on President Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks with Israel. Five rounds of talks were held last...

The President of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas, has said that he is ready to return to the negotiation table with the Israelis if they recognise a...

Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party, having won more than 46 per cent of the seats in the next parliament, has confirmed that it will lend its full support to...

Fatah's Central Committee member and Commissioner for International Relations, Nabil Sha'ath, yesterday confirmed that the Israelis failed to meet the minimum Palestinian demands in the recent talks held in...

In an interview to be broadcast on Friday evening, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Arabic Sky News that the international community and the brokers of the peace...

The Palestinian Authority has expressed its readiness to deal with any Israeli government which is committed to the legitimate international resolutions related to the Palestinian cause. Hamas and the...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state and proposed 'a form of rule' in parts of the territories occupied...

Tensions in Israel-Jordan relations have reached an all-time high, claims a political analyst in Israeli newspaper Maariv. According to senior security sources in Tel Aviv, it is claimed, King...

A media report in Israel claims that Washington gave six European countries the green light to summon Israeli ambassadors to protest against Tel Aviv's decision to expand settlement construction...

Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced bullishly that a Palestinian state will not exist before the Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish state. In yet another shift of...

Israeli reports quoted the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the decision to give Palestine observer status at the United Nations will not change anything on the...

Egyptian President and head of the 12th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mohammed Morsi, stated that the Palestinian cause is and will remain a cornerstone for achieving...

Ahead of Obama's prospective visit to Israel, on Monday Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, reaffirmed his commitment to the 'two state' solution with the Palestinians and raised further concerns over...

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Islamic Jihad in Palestine today rejected a proposal by Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that he would "accept a future demilitarized Palestinian state."...

Officials in Israel have launched a strong attack against Justice Minister Tzipi Livni for hinting that the government may be willing to give up the demand for Palestinian recognition...

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...

The London based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper on Monday quoted its correspondent in Ramallah, Waleed Awad, as saying, "While US president Barak Obama is attempting to end his second term...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has described the Arab Peace Initiative as "historic". Speaking to Israel's Channel Ten news programme he urged the Knesset not to miss out...

Israel's Civil Administration in the occupied West Bank has approved plans to build a railway line in between Palestinian cities, ignoring popular and official local objections. With 30 stations,...

The head of the deposed Palestinian government, Ismail Haniyeh, asserted on Monday that "there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza and there will be no state without Gaza…that...

Israel's Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett has said that he is against the establishment of a Palestinian state, or even giving the Palestinians any land. During an interview with...

On Friday Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman ruled out that Palestinians and Israelis will reach any peace agreement and said both sides are at a "dead end." Speaking at...

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, has called on the UK to recognise the Palestinian state, raise the level of diplomatic relations between the two countries,...

The US Senate has called on the Obama administration to launch a diplomatic campaign "to convince the world not to recognise a Palestinian state, in case the matter is...

Occupied Jerusalem/Sama Former US president, Jimmy Carter, has said that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has reached a crisis point and that Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not seek...

In an interview with the CBS "60 Minutes" programme, US President Barack Obama has described Israeli pressure over Iran as "noise" that he tries to block out. Nevertheless, Obama...