Nov 24 2014 - 11:48am Israel’s bid to ‘Arafat-ise’ Mahmoud Abbas will fail
November 24, 2014

The dynamics between Israelis and Palestinians – each side hopelessly set in its ways and bereft of new ideas – increasingly seem like a tiresome rerun of an old horror flick. It’s not just the war in Gaza that feels like Groundhog Day. The script in East Jerusalem also seems uncannily familiar.​

Nov 24 2014 - 11:46am FM: UN resolution on Israel occupation postponed
November 24, 2014

The PLO has postponed submitting a draft resolution to the UN Security Council demanding an end to Israel's occupation, having already passed several target dates for the procedure over the past two months.

Nov 21 2014 - 11:29am Sissi: I’ve urged Netanyahu to resume peace talks
November 21, 2014

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Thursday he had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in phone conversations to restart the peace process with the Palestinians.

Nov 21 2014 - 11:25am Dozens injured in West Bank clashes
November 21, 2014

Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, witnesses said.

Nov 21 2014 - 11:22am JTA profiles ATFP’s “downsizing” and reorganization
November 21, 2014

The American Task Force on Palestine, a group known for working together with Jewish groups, is downsizing because of the faltering peace process.

Nov 20 2014 - 11:59am Israel to cooperate with U.N. Gaza war inquiry
November 20, 2014

Israel said on Thursday it would cooperate with a United Nations investigation into Israeli attacks on U.N. facilities during last summer's Gaza war and the use of U.N. sites by Palestinian militants to store weapons.

Nov 20 2014 - 11:55am Fear of deadly ‘religious war’ between Jews and Muslims raised after synagogue attack?
November 20, 2014

sraelis and Palestinians expressed fear Wednesday that their decades-old conflict was moving beyond the traditional nationalist struggle between two peoples fighting for their homelands and spiraling into a raw and far-reaching religious confrontation between Jews and Muslims.

Nov 20 2014 - 11:51am A Moderate Palestinian Group Struggles As Hope For A Two-State Solution Wanes
November 20, 2014

ATFP, he said, “is perhaps the only real organization on this side of the aisle that is totally committed to a two-state solution, and there is a certain symbolism involved in its lack of ability to raise funds to exist.”

Nov 19 2014 - 11:52am Israel vows harsh response to synagogue attack
November 19, 2014

Israel vowed harsh retaliation Tuesday for a Palestinian attack that killed five people and left blood-smeared prayer books and shawls on the floor of a synagogue in Jerusalem — an assault that sharply escalated already-high tensions after weeks of religious violence.

Nov 19 2014 - 11:50am Israeli forces destroy home of East Jerusalem car attack suspect?
November 19, 2014

Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished the family home of the suspect in a Jerusalem car-ramming attack last month, witnesses said.


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