Dec 10 2014 - 11:13am PA official dies after being assaulted by Israeli soldier
December 10, 2014

The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died Wednesday after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a village near Ramallah, committee sources said.

Dec 8 2014 - 11:07am Do Americans Care About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
December 8, 2014

American attitudes toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are often measured in relation to how much people care about one party or the other in the conflict, or about U.S. strategic interests.

Dec 8 2014 - 11:05am Israel opens eight investigations into Gaza deaths
December 8, 2014

Israel’s military said it had opened eight new criminal investigations into its Gaza war operations, including cases involving the deaths of 30 Palestinians.

Dec 8 2014 - 11:01am Abbas: Palestinians will go to UN before Israel's elections
December 8, 2014

The Palestinians will not wait for the upcoming Israeli elections to take their case to the United Nations Security Council, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday.

Dec 4 2014 - 10:33am A Country That Never Wanted Me
December 4, 2014

Israel's new nationality law only confirms what Arabs already knew: We aren't welcome.

Dec 4 2014 - 10:30am US mulls harsher action against settlement construction
December 4, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration is examining taking action against the construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, rather than making do with issuing denunciatory statements.​

Dec 4 2014 - 10:28am Three EU powers draft Security Council resolution on Israeli-Palestinian deal
December 4, 2014

The three leading European Union countries, France, Germany and Britain, are drafting a UN Security Council resolution outlining the principles of an Israeli-Palestinian final-status deal and setting a two-year timetable for completing negotiations on such an agreement.

Dec 3 2014 - 11:10am Jordan in push at the UN for Palestine resolution
December 3, 2014

Jordan on Tuesday launched a bid to win backing for a UN resolution on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement that could be presented to the Security Council in the coming weeks.

Dec 3 2014 - 11:09am French lawmakers call on government to recognize Palestinian state
December 3, 2014

French lawmakers voted in favour of recognizing Palestine as a state on Tuesday, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France's diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process.

Dec 3 2014 - 11:07am Belgian government parties reportedly agree to recognize Palestine
December 3, 2014

If Belgium adopts the motion and recognizes a Palestinian state, it will become Europe’s second country to do so, after Sweden’s recognition of a Palestinian state in October.


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