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News Source: Press TV
| 5 months ago
He made the remarks on Monday in a speech delivered at Al-Quds University in the town of Abu Dis. Fayyad also asked for compromises to be made among all Palestinian factions, stressing the international community's firm support for the Palestinians'...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 5 months ago
China is cautiously optimistic that the Mideast peace talks could be renewed in the near future under a more effective long-term mechanism, the country's special envoy on the Mideast issue Wu Sike said in an interview with Xinhua Monday. "We...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads for his first official trip to Europe on Tuesday, aiming to press Italy and France to harden sanctions against arch-foe Iran over its nuclear drive. The hawkish Netanyahu will meet his Italian...
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News Source: Palestine Chronicle
| 5 months ago
The following is an excerpt from Rashid Khalidi's book, 'The Iron Cage', which discusses the April 2004 letter from US President George Bush to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Though written in 2006, this letter has taken on new...
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News Source: The Daily Star
| 5 months ago
The Obama administration is in danger of stalling the peace process between Israel and Palestine, a leading expert on the Middle East warned on Monday. Speaking at a conference, "Re-activating the Arab-Israeli Peace Process" at Beirut's Carnegie...
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News Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
| 5 months ago
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said a Palestinian state will be established in two years "at most." Speaking Monday at Al-Quds Universtiy in Abu Dis, on the outskirts of eastern Jerusalem, Fayyad's speech was billed as a rebuttal...
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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 5 months ago
Well-run government institutions will make a strong case for ending Israeli occupation, said Fayyad, a respected economist. "It is possible to build the institutions of the state in two years, and this will put before the entire world the political...
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News Source: The Boston Globe
| 5 months ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a speech on June 14, said he was ready to accept the establishment of a Palestinian state, but only if it forgoes many attributes of sovereignty, notably an army, full control of its own borders and air...
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News Source: Time of India
| 5 months ago
Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad on Monday called on Palestinians to target the creation of their own state in two years, without waiting for an end of the Israeli occupation. "I urge the Palestinian people to rally around a programme aimed at...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 5 months ago
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Monday hoped that a Palestinian statehood with East Jerusalem as its capital would be established in two years at most. "I call for unity to establish the statehood in two years at most," Fayyad said...