The Guardian | Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians Aljazeera.com The Israeli government has decided to halt peace talks with the Palestinians in response to a new unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions. The decision appears to end a nine-month peace initiative by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Israel Halts Talks, Citing Palestinian Unity Agreement Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians after Fatah-Hamas deal Israel suspends peace talks after Palestinian unity bid |
Aljazeera.com | Collapse of Peace Talks Gives Israel Easy Exit, but Leaves It in a Precarious Spot New York Times JERUSALEM — Less than a month ago, Israel was in Secretary of State John Kerry's cross hairs, accused of sabotaging the peace process he had championed by continuing construction in West Bank settlements and balking on a promise to release ... Palestinian unity government will recognize Israel: Abbas Palestinian leader says unified government will recognize Israel New government would recognise Israel: Abbas |
Lawmakers pushing to add Israel to visa-waiver program Washington Post Israel may be one of the closest and most important U.S. allies, but it isn't part of a special group of countries that get preferred treatment for visas to enter the United States. Its request is tangled in civil liberties and U.S. immigration ... |
Israel's Sustainable Success New York Times LONDON — Hearing an Indian official talk the other day about Delhi's booming arms trade and ever-closer relationship with Israel, I had a thought that also struck me while listening to Israeli businessmen in Beijing. The idea may be summed up in three ... |
The Times of Israel | Hamas open to considering recognition of Israel -- official The Times of Israel Hamas would consider recognition of Israel, a spokesperson for the terror group said Saturday, as peace efforts teetered over Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's recent reconciliation with the organization. Taher Nunu, a media adviser to ... Israel needs to begin at the end Israel: Abbas administered coup de grace to peace process The US Administration's Fuzzy Foreign Policy |
Haaretz | 'A smell of blood on the Israel-Lebanon border' Haaretz Israel's border with Lebanon looked quiet this week during a brief tour of the area, but the commanders of the Israel Defense Forces battalions that are deployed there tell a different tale. Over the past few weeks, key developments have affected the ... |
Fighting for freedom in Moscow and economic freedom in Israel Jerusalem Post On a visit to Moscow in 1980, with the shades of Yuli Kosharovsky's apartment drawn to permit the photographing of various documents, we concluded our session by posing for a friendly family photo. Instinctively, I put my arm on Kosharovsky's shoulder ... |
Israeli-Arab mobster arrested as part of alleged cocaine smuggling ring Jerusalem Post A top member of a central Israel, organized-crime family was arrested on Friday night as part of a drug smuggling investigation run by the Serious and International Crime Unit of the Israel police. The organized crime figure, whose name is still banned ... |
Canada.com | Iranian diplomat: Israel sole obstacle to nuclear weapons-free Mideast Jerusalem Post Israel's alleged nuclear arsenal and its refusal to sign the international Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty pose a barrier to ensuring nuclear weapons are not spread throughout the region, Gholamhossein Dehghani said at a UN Disarmament Committee ... Israel's nuclear weapons are “main hurdle” against peace, Iran envoy says |
Aljazeera.com | Palestine warns Israel against talks failure Aljazeera.com Addressing a group of Israeli journalists on Tuesday, Abbas said that Israel's policies had left his West Bank government powerless and that if it continued its path he would "let it come and run this authority." "If the negotiations stop, it's the ... Rockets Fired From Gaza Draw Airstrikes From Israel Israel will have to run Palestine if peace talks fail, Mahmoud Abbas warns Netanyahu tells Abbas to choose peace partner: Hamas or Israel |