Settlement activity led peace talks to impasse: Palestinians
US-sponsored peace talks with Israel have reached an impasse because of Jewish settlement activity, a Palestinian spokesman said Thursday, as plans for over 2,000 West Bank units were moved forward....
View ArticleFolau, Beale dominate in Waratahs win over Rebels
Israel Folau scored a try double and Kurtley Beale ran the show as the New South Wales Waratahs claimed a 32-8 bonus-point Super 15 win over the Melbourne Rebels on Friday. Wallaby fullback Folau has...
View ArticleIsrael to pay ‘very high price’ if it attacks Gaza: Hamas
Gaza's Hamas premier Ismail Haniya warned Israel Sunday it would pay dearly if it heeded its foreign minister's call to reoccupy the enclave to try to halt rocket attacks. "We tell the enemy and...
View ArticlePalestinians hope prisoner release delay will be brief
A senior Palestinian official said a release by Israel of Arab prisoners would not go ahead on Saturday as envisaged but he hoped there would only be short delay. "Today the prisoners will not be...
View ArticleIsrael, Palestinian moves threaten to derail US efforts
Israel and the Palestinians announced moves Tuesday that could scuttle peace talks, prompting US Secretary of State John Kerry to call off a second visit in as many days aimed at saving them. Earlier...
View ArticleIsrael stops Palestinian prisoner release amid talks crisis
Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians has told them that a planned release of 26 prisoners cannot proceed, a source close to the embattled peace talks told AFP Thursday. A frustrated US...
View ArticleKerry in danger of losing big bet on Middle East peace
John Kerry's high-stakes gamble that he could finally achieve the dream of generations and bring peace to the Middle East seems to be collapsing as easily as a house of cards. Despite a dozen visits to...
View ArticleIsrael and Palestinians plan to hold peace talks with US envoy
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were to hold a meeting Thursday with US envoy Martin Indyk, in a bid to find a way to extend their faltering peace talks. The meeting had been put off by a day, with...
View ArticlePalestinians ponder over handing territory keys back to Israel
Palestinian negotiators have warned they may pass responsiblity for their territory back to occupying power Israel if peace talks remain stalled, a senior Palestinian official said Sunday. The official...
View ArticleIsrael cancels Palestinian peace meet after unity deal
Israel cancelled a session of peace negotiations with the Palestinians scheduled for Wednesday after the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas pledged to form a joint government, an aide to...
View ArticlePalestine Liberation Organisation to meet on peace talks, reconciliation
A key Palestine Liberation Organisation body was set to hold Saturday talks after Israel pulled out of US-sponsored peace negotiations in response to a Palestinian reconciliation deal with Hamas. The...
View ArticleIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offer to help find kidnapped...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to help Nigeria search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, an offer that was accepted. A statement...
View ArticleInternational effort intensifies for missing Nigerian school girls
Israel on Sunday joined the international effort to trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria but Washington said US troops would stay out of any rescue mission....
View ArticleUnited States is alone in helping Nigeria find kidnapped schoolgirls says Kerry
The United States is alone in helping Nigeria locate more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamists, Secretary of State John Kerry said, despite help on the ground from Britain, France and Israel....
View ArticlePalestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah wants Israel pressed over...
Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah called on Wednesday for international pressure on Israel to let Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem vote in an upcoming general election. Hamdallah's new...
View ArticleWith Gaza on knife’s edge, Ban calls for restraint, urges parties to avert...
9 July 2014 Warning that Gaza is on a knife’s edge, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today the situation could spiral quickly beyond anyone’s control, and urged the international community to work...
View ArticleWith Gaza on knife’s edge, Ban calls for restraint, urges parties to avert...
9 July 2014 Warning that Gaza is on a knife’s edge, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today the situation could spiral quickly beyond anyone’s control, and urged the international community to work...
View Article#Resolution: Israel agrees to ‘humanitarian pause’ in war-torn Gaza Strip, UN...
16 July 2014 After days of escalating violence and follow-on civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations special envoy for the Middle East confirmed today that Israel has agreed to a...
View ArticleBan meets with Abbas in Qatar, reiterates call for immediate ceasefire
20 July 2014 – As the fighting raged in Gaza, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Doha, the first leg of...
View ArticleRivers Will Not Stop Sponsorship Of Pilgrims To Israel, Saudi Arabia – Wike |...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said his administration will continue sponsorship of Christian and Muslim Pilgrims to their respective Holy lands. He made the pledge during the inauguration of...
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