two-state solution

A survey conducted by Israeli newspaper Haaretz has shown that more than 80 per cent of Israelis do not believe in the possibility of reaching a peace agreement with...

John Gatt-Rutter, the European Union Representative in Jerusalem, has expressed his belief that it is impossible to establish a viable Palestinian state without area 'C'. Speaking during a discussion...

A senior member of the executive committee of the PLO has called a statement made by Israel's first Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz an "unfounded red herring". Saeb Erekat...

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...

UN Middle East Peace Envoy, Robert Serry, last week told Israeli newspaper Haartetz that the peace process in the region is in an "extremely grave condition" noting that talks...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, it is claimed, rejected a request from Mahmoud Abbas to provide a map of the proposed border between Israel and a future State of...

Just days after leaving office, the former Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barack, has suggested the two-state solution and a Regional Security Framework to deal with the unexpected instability resulting...

The Israeli president, Shimon Peres, asked the EU on Wednesday to act against Hamas and not to consider settlements in the occupied West Bank an obstacle to peace with...

One hundred Palestinian non-governmental organizations have considered U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the Palestinian territories scheduled in a week "meaningless as long as the U.S. administration does not...

Israeli Economics and Trade Minister, Naftali Bennett, supported by Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has suggested a draft law that obliges the government to put any political agreements with the...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accused the current incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu of exaggerating the Iranian nuclear threat, called for a two-state solution with the Palestinians and predicted...

EU officials in occupied East Jerusalem recommended that the 27 EU member states impose sanctions on trade with Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories and halt financial aid...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has expressed his belief that the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories "cannot continue" from both a political and economic perspective. In...

The Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, Riyad Al-Maliki, has said that the leadership has promised Washington to halt its efforts to join United Nations agencies. Al-Maliki...

"Do we want to live in a permanent Intifada?" asked US Secretary of State John Kerry during the World Economic Forum in Jordan. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and...

Israeli officials are making Israeli security an excuse not to reopen peace negotiations with the Palestinians, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni claimed on Monday. Livni, who is in charge...

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...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas nominated on Sunday the head of Al-Najah National University, Rami al-Hamadallah, as the new Palestinian prime minister with veteran politician, Ziad abu-Amre, and prominent economist,...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas a year ago rejected a suggestion by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release 50 pre-Oslo Palestinian prisoners as a good-will gesture to restart...

Contradicting statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials, Deputy Defence Minister Danny Danon has repeated his claim that Israel's ruling party and the governing coalition are strongly...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is "doing its best" to block a third Intifada (uprising), said a senior PA and Fatah official on Thursday. Nabil Shaath added that the PA...

Israel's Housing Minister said on Thursday that the idea of the two-state solution has reached a dead-end and the search for an alternative is a "must". Uri Ariel, a...

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...