Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will not make a hasty decision to pull out of renewed peace talks in response to new construction in West Bank settlements.
A letter is circulating among U.S. senators urging President Obama to keep the Israelis and Palestinians at the negotiating table.
When the fat lady sings on Sept. 26, it may only be an intermission.
The State of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are fast approaching a fork in the road.
The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked his regime\’s annual anti-Israel rallies by saying that the only path for the Palestinians is resistance, not peace talks.
The Palestinians will withdraw from peace talks with Israel if construction in the settlements resumes, Mahmoud Abbas told the Mideast Quartet.
Israel said it will reject any preconditions set forth by the Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators on resuming direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Let us be frank: The current stalemate is ideological, not physical, and it hangs on two major contentions: \”historical right\” and \”justice,\” which must be wrestled with in words before we can expect any substantive movement on the ground.
Israel will continue participating in the peace process as long as its political and security interests are met, Tzipi Livni said this week.
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