Israel and palestine peace talks

Amid war, Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders push for a better future

Amal Tikva, a non-profit organization that works to support peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians, united experts, philanthropists, and civil organizations.

 Amal Tikva Co-Founder and CEO, Meredith Rothbart speaks at a conference
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and PA head Mahmoud Abbas shake hands at the funeral of Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, in 2016.

Norway says exploring how to revive Israel-Palestinian diplomatic channel

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the PA leadership, in Ramallah. No president should be in office for so long and certainly without a mandate from the people, says the writer.

Clarity of intentions, actions of consequence is what is required - opinion

 Palestinian Authority and Israeli flags (illustrative)

New gov't has no intention of dealing with the Palestinian issue - opinion


Exclusive: For first time, Democrats to condemn BDS, recognize Palestinian right to self govern

Democrats would declare that Palestinians "should be free to govern themselves in their own viable state, in peace and in dignity."

DATE IMPORTED: April 15, 2016 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) listens to Senator Bernie Sanders speak during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016.

It is not the ‘occupation’

Slain Israeli Prime Minister Rabin with former US President Bill Clinton and former PLO President Yasser Arafat after signing the Oslo Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993.

Israel slams EU backing of international peace conference

Foreign Ministry: Peace with the Palestinians will be achieved only through two-way, direct negotiations.

French President Francois Hollande (C), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-L), French Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (C-R), US Secretary of State John Kerry (4th R), European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini (3rd R) and officials pose for a group pho

Will Rivlin meet Abbas in Belgium?

Leaders to address European Parliament; Factions warn against passage of NGO bill.

Rivlin and Abbas

Fatah- Hamas reconciliation talks set to take place in Egypt next week

The two parties have remained in conflict for the past decade, after Hamas was elected into power in 2006, in Gaza.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas in the Egyptian capital Cairo on November 8

Russian FM: Netanyahu didn't push for a revised Saudi Initiative in Putin talks

PM’s office says the issue of the Arab Peace Initiative was not raised during his talks with the Russian president .

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shows the way to his PA counterpart Riyad al-Maliki during a meeting in Moscow, Russia June 8, 2016.

Open Letter to PM Benjamin Netanyahu

The Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Israel can sigh relief at parve Paris communique

The communique said the participants reaffirmed “their support for a just, lasting and comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Not exactly revolutionary stuff.

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L), European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini (C) and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (R) arrive for a family photo during an international and interministerial meeting in a bid to revive the Israeli-Palestinian

Analysis: Netanyahu’s call for a revised Saudi initiative may be too little, too late

What is 14 years between "frenemies"?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset

What is France up to in the Middle East?

The Jerusalem Post