News Source: Sify News
| 8 days ago
Israel agreed to a 10-month halt in construction in its West Bank settlements on Wednesday, drawing an immediate rejection from Palestinians because the freeze did not include east Jerusalem. Shortly before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
News Source: Globes Online
| 8 days ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a press conference at 7:30 pm to announce a halt to construction in West Bank settlements for ten months. Ministers are expected to approve the announcement at a cabinet meeting.
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 8 days ago
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to announce a ten-month settlement freeze at a Jerusalem press conference at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday. Netanyahu was attempting to win the approval of the security cabinet to his proposal on Wednesday
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| 8 days ago
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says any freeze that does not include east Jerusalem is unacceptable. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office is refusing to comment on Israeli reports that he will announce the freeze later Wednesday. Earlier
News Source: Palestine Chronicle
| 15 days ago
There is growing frustration, inside and outside the United States, with the otherwise attractive Obama administration primarily because of its failure to bring about any measurable change in U.S. policy especially in the Middle East.
News Source: The New York Times
| 15 days ago
The Israeli security establishment is in a state of alarm over the possible departure of Mr. Abbas, whom it considers a genuine moderate. Some of its top members are urging their government to make far-reaching offers “not just lifting a few
News Source: Arab News
| 15 days ago
Israeli authorities on Wednesday demolished a house belonging to a Palestinian in Arab East Jerusalem saying it was �illegally built.� The demolition, which comes less than 24 hours after Israel announced the construction of 900 new Jewish homes
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 15 days ago
The US is opposed to the Palestinian plan to pursue unilateral statehood at the UN, a State Department official said Monday night. "We support the creation of a Palestinian state," spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters, but "we are convinced that has