Posts Tagged: Settlement Freeze
Netanyahu: ‘The Jury is Out On All of Us’ When it Comes to Iran
The world is being testing by Iran's nuclear program and the results are thus far inconclusive, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Washington Post...
Amid Global Focus on Jewish Construction, NGO Counters Illegal Arab Building
JNS.org - While the international community often focuses on the legal status of Jewish construction in Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria, two Israeli government...
Rise in Judea and Samaria Housing Construction
Times of Israel - Official Israeli figures show housing starts in West Bank settlements rose significantly in the first three months of 2013 compared to...
Abbas Under ‘Intense Pressure’ to Return to Negotiations
Ynet - The Palestinian president has told advisers that as the US tries to restart Mideast peace talks, he is under intense international pressure to...
Senior Israeli Official: Obama Understands that Mahmoud Abbas Won’t Allow Peace Deal
A senior Israeli diplomatic source has told Israeli daily Israel Hayom that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to make significant progress toward a...
Kerry Seeks to Revive Dormant Arab-Israeli Peace Process
Wall Street Journal - Secretary of State John Kerry, plowing ahead where so many have become bogged down, is seeking to revive the dormant...
Report: Abbas May Soften Settlement Freeze Demands
Jerusalem Post - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may soften his demands that Israel halts constructions of settlements in the West Bank as a...
Bon Voyage: President Obama in Israel
In anticipation of President Obama's forthcoming visit to Israel The New York Times published three "Op-Ed" columns in a single day (March 13) assessing the...
Obama Trip Should Kick Off Peace Initiative
President Barack Obama's trip to Israel later this month has already accumulated a lengthy agenda including the civil war in Syria, the Iranian...
Fatah Official Reiterates Demands that Peace Talks Hinge on Settlement Freeze
A Senior Fatah official reiterated to Ma'an News Agency Friday that the Palestinian Authority leadership is ready to negotiate with Israel if it stops building...
Israeli Elections and Palestinian Negotiations
The American politician Tip O'Neill once famously observed "that all politics is local." Had O'Neill been an Israeli, he might have added: "but local politics...
Molad: The Embarrassing Debut of a New Israeli Think Tank
A recent report in Ha'aretz highlighted the first major study published by a new Israeli think tank that goes by the name of Molad. According...
Peres Stirs Passions With Optimistic Take on PA’s Abbas
Israeli President Shimon Peres ignited a controversy by expressing optimism about the ability of Israel to reach a peace agreement with Palestinian Authority (PA) President...
The Political Logic of the Palestinian Authority
The rumor that the Palestinian leadership systematically spread over the last few months was that immediately after the U.N. General Assembly upgraded the Palestinian delegation...
