RASHEED ABOU-ALSAMH ARABNEWS.COM Published — Sunday 6 April 2014 The interruption of the peace negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians this week happened when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas — frustrated with the non-release of a last group of Palestinian prisoners by Israel — signed the accession papers […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Those who have followed the last eight months of American-mediated Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have anticipated the unveiling of the United States’ own “framework” for continued talks to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement. Whether or not this happens, for now the negotiations have hit a […]
By Noam Sheizaf |Published April 2, 2014 Diplomatic process in crisis: Staying away is Kerry’s best move Kerry’s team has been so sensitive to Netanyahu’s political needs that it kept handing the Israeli prime minister political achievements without getting anything in return. This dynamic has been put on hold now, […]
RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a request to join several UN agencies on Tuesday, in a move that could derail a US push to revive faltering peace talks with Israel. “The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, […]
AFP | Mar 31, 2014 | 22:56 Updated: Mar 31, 2014 | inrOCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in Monday to Tel Aviv on his latest mission to salvage peace talks after the Palestinians rejected an Israeli proposal for extending negotiations US peace efforts are teetering […]
Arab Israelis, Palestinians rally to mark Land Day AFP | Mar 30, 2014 | 23:19 A protester waves a Palestinian flag towards the Israeli border during a protest marking Land […]
By Julia Amalia Heyer in Tel Aviv Naftali Bennett, the head of the the settlements party Jewish Home rejects negotiations with the Palestinians and says he will allow the […]
BY : Ramona Wadi Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:43 According to the US, the United Nations’ reputation has been “tarnished” by Richard Falk’s constant denunciations regarding Israel’s record of […]
Source: Salon.com Seventy years ago, my father – 2nd Lt. Eric Fletcher Waters – died in Italy fighting the Nazis. He was a committed pacifist, and a conscientious objector at the start […]
PNN/ Exclusive “I was tired…I became trapped between staying or leaving…” these words were uttered by Dr. Bilal Hroub, 24, from Deir Samet village south of Hebron, a Palestinian student who graduated from the University of Aleppo (Halab in Arabic) in Syria and one of many who experienced the Syrian […]
Source: Jerusalem/PNN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Israel’s insistence on demanding the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is “a mistake”, Haaretz reported […]
AFP | Mar 11, 2014 | 23:01 JORDAN TIMES inShare OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ruled out any deal with the Palestinians unless they recognise Israel as the Jewish state and give up their refugees’ right of return. And he said Israel and the Palestinians were […]
by Omar Obeidat | Mar 11, 2014 | 15:16 Updated: Mar 11, 2014 | 23:01 10 inShare1 Judges, lawyers and activists demonstrate inside the Justice Palace in Amman on Tuesday […]
Petra | Mar 09, 2014 | 23:23 inShar AMMAN — Baqaa Refugee Camp leaders on Sunday expressed their rejection of establishing a substitute homeland for Palestinian refugees in Jordan, stressing that refugees’ right to return to Palestine is irrevocable. During a meeting with Senate President Abdur-Ra’uf S. Rawabdeh, leaders of […]
King meets Kerry on Mideast peace Jordan Times | Mar 08, 2014 | 23:18 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Friday reiterated Jordan’s higher interests, especially those pertaining to final-status issues of the Middle East peace process, according to a Royal court statement. The King made the statement […]
JT | Mar 06, 2014 | 23:06 AMMAN — Jordan along with regional groups in the UN expressed their rejection and concern of Israeli illegal practices in Jerusalem, particularly the ongoing debate in the Knesset on a bill to impose Israel’s control over holy sites in the Old City. The […]
Story Summary As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to arrive in the U.S. to meet with President Barack Obama Monday, a report from the Israeli government announced that […]
AFP | Mar 04, 2014 | 23:04 4 inShare The Palestinian sister of Mousab Al Zaanin mourns during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli air strike on Monday killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, one of them Zaanin, who Israel’s military said had […]
JT | Mar 04, 2014 | 22:58 7 inShare1 His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land and Jordan Fouad Twal in Amman on Tuesday (Photo […]
Jerusalem Program Limits Muslim Prayer Call New pilot program initiated by nationalist councilman King measures nighttime muezzin call, brings technological solutions. By Ari Yashar First Publish: 3/3/2014, 5:18 PM Israeli flag in front of minaret Flash 90 Jerusalem residents may finally have their night’s sleep returned to them, as […]