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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas could resign, leading to a potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority, if US efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks stay deadlocked, aides said on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for an immediate resumption of peace talks with Palestinians and pledged more steps to improve economic conditions in Palestinian areas.
President Barack Obama held unusually low-profile talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that failed to provide any sign of progress toward reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for an immediate resumption of peace talks with Palestinians on Monday, hours before he met with President Obama.
Israel has briefly eased its blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow thousands of cattle to enter for the Eid al-Adha holiday, Palestinian and Israeli officials have reported.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- “I can offer you a discount on the headbands,” said Tareq Abu Dayyeh, souvenir-store owner. “They’re just like the kind used by suicide bombers.”
A senior official of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party reiterated Monday that his party will not accept holding the general elections only in the West Bank, without Gaza Strip and Jerusalem. Azzam el-Ahmad, Fatah central committee member, told students at al-Najah University in the northern West Bank city of Nablus that Fatah party is determined to hold elections all over the Palestinian ...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday criticized the Arab League (AL) for not boycotting his bitter rival Islamic Hamas movement which rules the Gaza Strip. Abbas told a group of Palestinian businessmen at his Ramallah headquarters that the AL should boycott Hamas movement "because it is the one which obstructs reaching an inter-reconciliation agreement." "There has been a previous ...
A senior United Nations official Monday called on Israel to reopen the crossing points to allow construction raw-materials into the Gaza Strip blockaded by Israel. Maxwell Gaylard, UN Humanitarian Affairs coordinator in the Palestinian territories, told a news conference in northern Gaza that Gaza population are in need for construction materials to rebuild their destroyed homes. During a 22-day ...
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Mr Maxwell Gaylard together with the NGO Association for International Development Agencies (AIDA), today called for the long-overdue and immediate opening of crossings into the Gaza Strip to enable Palestinian communities and families to prepare ...
Thousands of Gaza Palestinians left homeless by an Israeli invasion face a cold and rainy winter unless Israel allows building supplies in, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
US President Barack Obama will hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as US efforts to revive Middle East peace talks appear in deep crisis.
The Palestinian Authority on Monday warned that violence could once again convulse the region if the United States fails to get Israel to halt settlements as part of a resumed peace process.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel is briefly easing its tight blockade of the Gaza Strip to ship in thousands of cattle ahead of a major Muslim holiday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said on Monday.
Gaza Strip eyewitnesses spoke about humanitarian aid in Palestine.
A senior UN official has called on Israel to allow building materials into Gaza to prepare for winter.
