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Israeli media reported that Palestine’s proposal for secret talks to be held were rejected by Tel Aviv but Secretary General Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) denied such claims while admitting to meeting with the then-Israeli Vice PM Read more
US Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretary Hillary Clinton over the weekend panned Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for his violence-productive policies including expansion and his refusal to condone two-state solution requested by the international community to end five Read more
The Israeli government decided to suspend contacts with the European Union and its agencies on anything related to the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in a retaliatory move to the EU’s decision concerning the labeling of products made in the occupied territories. Read more
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was in Jerusalem on Tuesday in an unannounced visit and met with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as tensions continue in the West Bank and Jerusalem. He said his visit “reflects the Read more
Foreign Ministers of Arab League member countries, supported by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Wednesday in Cairo to draft a UN resolution calling the UN Security Council to protect Palestinians against Israeli settlers and terrorism. The Foreign Ministers Read more
Hamas deputies in Gaza protested Wednesday against the Palestinian Authority over the arrest of Hamas members in the West Bank. Gaza ruling political and Islamist movement Hamas convened its lawmakers in an act of defiance to bash the internationally recognized Read more
The Unity government in Palestine could be reshuffled this Thursday after Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah stated that the change will be announced “soon” probably before the Eid holiday begins on Friday although sources stated earlier this week that President Abbas and Hamdallah Read more
Reports claiming that Prime Minster Netanyahu will be visiting the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron were strongly condemned by Hamas and Fatah with warnings that it could lead to “severe escalation.” Revered by both Muslims Read more
The death of Palestinian Minister, Ziad Abu Ein, at a protest march has generated international outrage. Around 300 Palestinians were trying to plant olive trees in the village of Turmusayyain, in the West Bank; an area Israel also intends to Read more
France, Germany and Britain are drafting a UN Security Council resolution that seems to be softer than the one being drafted by the Palestinians and backed by the Arab League. The two resolutions differ on certain aspects. The Palestinian resolution Read more