It nearly made one feel sorry for Benjamin Netanyahu, watching him progress through his speech, through an ocean of right-wing rhetoric full of national symbols, until he uttered two words: "Palestinian state" (which were followed by a third: "demilitarized"). These ...Read More
Robert Pattinson is one busy guy. Between shooting and promoting the "Twilight Saga" films, he rarely gets to see his loved ones. So when he stopped by Ellen DeGeneres' talk show Friday (November 20), he brought his whole family with ...Read More
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday said an Israeli decision to build hundreds of homes in East Jerusalem was not an obstacle to peace talks, despite international condemnation of the plan. Kouchner's remarks came after Obama said the plan to ...Read More
The Obama administration's rebuke of new Jewish settlements betrays growing frustration over the Arab-Israeli stalemate as the White House gropes for a way to revive peace negotiations, analysts said Wednesday. President Barack Obama's administration appears to have hit a brick wall ...Read More
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned Israel Wednesday its approval of new construction in a Jewish settlement could prove "very dangerous" by fuelling Palestinian anger and harming prospects for peace.
Obama's outspoken criticism of a plan to build 900 ...Read More
If there is anything that irks the White House more than news from the American consulate in Jerusalem about new West Bank settlements, it is a newspaper report on a new neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Thus when U.S. Middle East envoy ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. sharply criticized Israel's decision to move forward with a building expansion in East Jerusalem, underscoring the rift between the Obama administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over how to push forward the stalled Middle East ...Read More
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality.
The ...Read More
* Press report says US asked Israel not to build in Gilo * OK for new homes to strengthen Palestinian refusal to talk * Palestinian FM sees decision as push to deny them a state (Adds Palestinian, Jerusalem mayor comments) JERUSALEM, Nov 17 (Reuters) ...Read More
Four Israeli soldiers have been disciplined for protesting against the evacuation of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The men received sentences ranging from three weeks in jail to confinement to their base for hanging an anti-eviction banner at their ...Read More
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced concern on Tuesday over a mutiny by pro-settler soldiers that raised fears of more rebellion in the ranks in any future land-for-peace moves with the Palestinians. "Our security and existence depend on ...Read More
Palestinian leaders say they are pushing efforts to have the U.N. Security Council endorse the creation of a Palestinian state out of frustration over the stalled peace process. Israel has threatened to take its own unilateral steps if the Palestinians ...Read More
Erekat said years of failed negotiations lead to the move
Arab and Israeli press commentators are divided over a possible move by Palestinian leaders to ask the UN to recognise an independent Palestinian state. They have also been considering the ...Read More
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday Israel could annex more of the West Bank if Palestinians declared statehood without concluding a peace agreement. "If the Palestinians take such a unilateral line, Israel should also consider ... passing ...Read More
Unilateral Palestinian steps will bring a one-sided Israeli response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, as Palestinians tried to garner international support for the declaration of a state. "Any unilateral path will only unravel the framework of agreements between us and ...Read More
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to retaliate if Palestinians declare a unilateral state, saying such a move would unravel existing agreements with the Israelis. Netanyahu's stern comments come the same day that a senior Palestinian official told Fox ...Read More
JERUSALEM – A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appeared more an expression of frustration with U.S. and Israeli policies and stalled peace talks than a ...Read More
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would respond to any unilateral Palestinian steps - particularly declarations of statehood - with one-sided steps of its own. This was the prime minister's first response to a Palestinian initiative to ask ...Read More
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinians plan to go to the U.N. Security Council in an effort to secure international support for an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, officials said on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...Read More
Yossi Sarid, a longtime leader in Israeli politics and an aide to several prime ministers, says it's time for Palestinians to realize that negotiations with Israel will get them nowhere. They should simply unilaterally declare a state in the West Bank, ...Read More
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinians plan to take their quest for independence to the U.N. Security Council, aiming to secure international support for a state, Palestinian officials said Sunday. Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator, said there was no time ...Read More
