The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission in Palestine by folding it into the US Embassy to Israel. For decades, the consulate functioned as […]
The Russian-sponsored Palestinian unity talks in Moscow on February 11 were neither a success nor failure. Uniting Palestinian factions was not the primary objective of the Moscow conference, in the first place. Instead, the nature […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret talks with Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in September, US news website Axios has reported. The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly […]
The United States administration will reportedly unveil its so-called “Deal of the Century” after Israeli legislative elections are held on April 9th, according to Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser and son-in-law of the […]
Years after the two-state paradigm was declared obsolete, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has informed the Security Council that, “The possibility of establishing a viable, contiguous Palestinian state has been […]
The Palestinian foreign minister is asking Arab countries to boycott or downgrade their representation at the upcoming US-sponsored Middle East summit in Poland. Riad Malki said that Arab nations should at a minimum send low-profile […]
The European Union (EU) has affirmed its support for embattled Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, and issued a thinly-veiled rebuke of the Trump administration’s approach to Middle East peace, in a statement delivered on Tuesday in New […]
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has visited Occupied East Jerusalem during a visit to Israel, which prompted PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat to tweet, “Bolton’s support for occupation, apartheid, illegal settlements, annexation of territory occupied […]
On Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) responding to multiple reports of a United States-drafted Peace Plan, said that, “Any peace plan that does not include an independent Palestinian state — with all of East Jerusalem […]
Pope Francis yesterday called for resuming talks between the Israeli occupation state and the Palestinians, hoping that the talks “end up with a deal that guarantees coexistence between two states and achieves the long-awaited peace,” […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that the US will not succeed in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alone. During a press conference with his Palestinian Counterpart Riyadh Al-Maliki, the Russian minister said: “We understand […]
Outgoing United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley commented on Washington’s yet-to-be-announced plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, saying “it is much longer” and takes advantage of new technology. Speaking at a UN Security Council […]
The “deal of the century”, the peace plan being prepared by US President Donald Trump, is a “waste of time”, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said yesterday. Israeli-Palestinian peace plan being prepared by US President Donald […]
Israeli public radio said on Friday that the US administration would reveal the details of its “Deal of the Century” to Israel next week. US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, […]
After the US unilaterally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, withdrew all funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Organisation for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and closed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Mission in Washington, Senior […]
Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser and son-in-law of the United States President Donald Trump, said on Monday that a “reasonable” leadership will be willing to negotiate with Israel based on the Trump administration’s […]
No state established on land seized by force from the people living on that land can claim moral legitimacy and a ‘right’ to exist. A purported ‘right’ to exist is not central to the existence […]
Palestinian officials rejected US President Donald Trump’s comments supporting a two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis, saying American policies were destroying any hope for peace. Trump made the statement during the annual United Nations General […]
During a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York yesterday, American President Donald Trump announced that the “deal of the century” will be presented by the end of the year. News […]
Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday pleaded for funds for the cash-strapped UN agency that provides humanitarian assistance to millions of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. Addressing the UN General Assembly, the Jordanian […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday voiced readiness to resume peace talks with Israel, either behind closed doors or in public. Speaking at a joint press conference in Paris with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Abbas […]
During his recent visit to a Johannesburg synagogue, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa repeated an overused mantra to assuage his Jewish audience about the country’s evenhandedness. Overused and devoid of any substance, Ramaphosa insisted that […]
There is increasing evidence that international overtures, ostensibly to safeguard Palestinian rights, are nothing but pretense. Following Israel’s High Court ruling in favor of the destruction of Khan Al-Ahmar, which will displace the entire community, […]
The United States will not present its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace any time soon and is instead trying to unilaterally change the terms of reference for any future proposal, a senior Palestinian official said […]
Punitive measures taken against the Palestinians by the Trump Administration, including the cutting of UN aid and the closure of the Palestinian consulate in Washington, has not hampered peace efforts, the US president’s senior advisor […]
Palestine seeking the help of South Africa to broker peace in the Middle East when it heads the UN Security Council, Mail & Guardian has reported. According to the media report, South Africa has positioned […]
Yossi Beilin is back. This unrepentant Israeli ‘peacemaker’ is like the mythical phoenix, continually resurrecting from its ashes. In a recent article in Al-Monitor, Beilin wrote in support of the idea of a confederation between Israel and […]
US Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt said that Israel’s security concerns as of “extreme importance” to the US and: “America will not put forth a peace plan that does not meet all of Israel’s security […]
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace team has been holding off the record meetings with American Jewish groups and briefing them on what can be expected of the Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, the Jerusalem Post […]
The Trump administration’s decision to scrap all future aid payments to the main agency helping Palestinian refugees marks a new – and most likely disastrous – chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US State Department […]
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