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In what has been described as "the first meeting of its kind", senior US officials have met with Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo. Dr. Mohamed Saad Katatni, the Secretary...

Israel's Deputy Prime Minister has claimed that Western states have "failed" to assist leaders and regimes allied with them in the Middle East. Silvan Shalom's statement was made in...

An Israeli official has claimed that the US administration will exert all necessary efforts to suppress any Palestinian attempt to have a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement activities in...

Reliable Palestinian sources have revealed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to drop the Oslo Accord, the Paris Protocol and security coordination with Israel. He made this...

Media sources in Israel have revealed that the government in Tel Aviv is opposed to any cut in aid from the US to Jordan, fearing that it could lead...

The Palestinian Authority's Chief Negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has said that the US Administration has threatened to cut off aid to the PA if the Authority seeks UN recognition as...

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...

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has denied a report in Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth which claimed that the party is holding talks with the US Administration about...

Officials from Israel's Likud party on Tuesday accused US president, Barack Obama, of interfering in internal Israeli affairs after he sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli media...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has said that the visit of the US President is not going to make any "breakthrough" regarding political change on the ground. Ismail...

The Council of Rabbis in Israel has written to US President Barak Obama calling on him to "terminate" the Palestinian state, just as America "terminated" Osama bin Laden. Reports...

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth claims that the US has sent a secret message to Iran stating that America will not support Israel in a military strike against Iranian targets...

A British diplomat has suggested that EU countries should reconsider the aid they give to the Palestinian Authority in order to put extra pressure on Israel. Tom Phillips says that...

By Dr Ahmed Yusuf Ahmed The US administration has decided to commence direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians on 2nd September. The Palestinian Authority accepted the invitation...

By Hani al-Masri We are witnessing numerous attempts to pressurise the Palestinians to move straight to direct negotiations with Israel, despite the absence of any significant progress due to...