Mideast news

Trump backs two-state solution: 'I think that's what works best'

He also defended Israel's right to respond militarily to threats to its borders on all sides.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference.
US President Donald Trump meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in March.

Trump backs two-state solution: "I think that's what works best"

Britian's Prince William meets with Presidents Reuven Rivlin

Prince William says he is dedicated to bring about Mideast peace

A MIGRANT looks out of a barred door at a detention center in Gharyan, Libya, on October 12

Slavery and dispossession in the modern Middle East


Analysis: Middle Eastern states struggle to maintain current order and control of territory

Regional expert: The main impetus for Mideast developments is indigenous rather than external.

ISIS militant

Israel’s ambassador to return to Sweden on symbolic Nov. 29th date

Officials in Jerusalem have said that Sweden's move to recognize a Palestinian state had much to do with domestic political consideration.

Israel’s Ambassador to Sweden Isaac Bachman

PACE to send fact-finding committee to Gaza

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to "examine the situation in the region," with an emphasis on Gaza at end of November.

A Palestinian looks out from the remains of his house in Beit Hanun, a town in the northern Gaza Strip.

Hamas official: This is second and final cease-fire with Israel

Palestinians reportedly turn down Israeli offer to allow seaport in exchange for a disarmed Gaza Strip.

Cease fire talks in Cairo

Report: Israel sees another 72 hours needed to ink deal with Hamas

Palestinians reportedly turn away from Israeli offer to allow port in a disarmed Gaza Strip, talks emerge of Israeli intentions to "ease some restrictions" on Gaza.

Cease fire talks in Cairo