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Growing frustration with Jewish settlements and anxiety about the Palestinian Authority's future set the stage for talks Wednesday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Palestinian leadership has shifted course and endorsed a U.N. Security Council debate next week over a U.N. report accusing Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza.
The Palestine Liberation Organization and its governmental entity cannot overturn a court judgment forcing them to pay more than $116 million for a Hamas terror attack that killed a U.S. citizen and his wife who were driving home from a wedding, a federal judge has ruled.
Palestinian officials are using Pope Benedict XVI's visit next week to spotlight their disputes with Israel, and in doing so, are drawing criticism that they are playing politics with an event meant to bridge differences in the Holy Land.
Key figures from a Palestinian Authority report on damage in Gaza caused Israel's recent military offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers.
The Palestinian Authority has recognized the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in a move aimed at allowing an investigation of possible war crimes during the recent Gaza conflict, the court said Tuesday.
Egypt's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday that representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas agreed to meet separately with Egyptian officials Thursday for talks on the Gaza crisis.
The U.N. secretary-general called on Wednesday for an immediate halt to the fighting in Gaza and said intense negotiations were needed to come up with the necessary arrangements.
Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.
Envoys of the militant Hamas group resumed talks Tuesday in Cairo with Egyptian intelligence officials on a truce proposal to end fighting in the Gaza Strip where an Israeli offensive is in its third week.
Palestinian police in the West Bank violently cracked down on protests organized by their Hamas rivals Friday as rallies against Israeli air strikes in Gaza turned into demonstrations against the Palestinian Authority.
The Bush administration stuck to its defense of Israel's expanding offensive in the Gaza Strip on Monday and pushed for a cease-fire including a lasting halt to Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel and a reopening of border crossings that are Gaza's economic lifeline.
Countries at an international conference Tuesday agreed to commit $242 million to strengthen the Palestinian Authority's police and judicial systems, sending what Germany's foreign minister called a "clear signal of support" for building a Palestinian state.
After a year as the Palestinian Authority's prime minister, Salam Fayyad is pessimistic about a peace deal with Israel, saying the accelerated construction of Israeli settlements largely strips the negotiations for Palestinian statehood of meaning.
The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes.
President Bush has invited Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House in an effort to give a kick to Mideast peace talks, the White House said Thursday.
Israel has cleared the way for its citizens to sue the Palestinian Authority over suicide bomb attacks, ruling that the Palestinian government does not represent a state that could avoid such suits.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the United States wants a return to order along the border between Egypt and Hamas-held Gaza, and said the Palestinian Authority should have a role in policing the border.
President Bush stepped cautiously into the most direct Mideast peacemaking of his administration on Monday, meeting separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to explore whether peace is possible.
The top American diplomat in Jerusalem said Monday that the Bush administration is seeking $400 million in new aid for the Palestinian Authority.
The Palestinian Authority faces a fiscal crisis that could threaten its existence, in part because it keeps expanding the public payroll despite sharply reduced revenues, the World Bank said in a report released Wednesday.
Canada said Wednesday it was suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority because the new Hamas-led government refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel. Hamas responded that Ottawa's decision was hasty and unfair.
Several Fatah officials called on President Mahmoud Abbas to resign and dissolve the Palestinian Authority to protest Israel's raid of a West Bank prison earlier this week, party activists said Friday.
Iran offered Wednesday to fund a Hamas-led Palestinian government if the West cuts off aid. But Israel vowed to block any money from Tehran and warned the Palestinians against aligning with what it called "international pariahs."
Israel's foreign minister on Sunday criticized Russia's invitation for Hamas leaders to visit Moscow for talks, urging the international community to stand firm in rejecting the militant group despite its victory in Palestinian elections.
Dissolve the Palestinian AuthorityPalestinian civil society has strongly and almost unanimously condemned the Palestinian Authority's latest decision to delay adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of the report prepared by the UN Fact-Finding Mission, headed by justice Richard Goldstone, into the recent Israeli …
Olmert: I offered Abbas the best deal ever"There will never be a plan for peace between us and the Palestinians that will be more far-reaching than the one I proposed in the past two years," Olmert said.
Ex-Commandos Rescue US Woman Imprisoned in Arab Home - Inside Israel - Israel News - Israel National News(IsraelNN.com) Former IDF commandos secretly entered a Palestinian Authority village on Monday and rescued an American woman and her 2 1/2-year-old son from her Muslim husband, who had beaten and and held her captive for three years.
Washington Post Notices the Obvious That Most Jews Strive to IgnoreAs Mahmoud Abbas, the supposedly moderate head of the Palestinian Authority, recently told the Washington Post, he has no intention of dealing with Israel. Instead, he will sit back and wait for Obama to keep applying the screws to America's only democratic ally in the region.
US announces $200M in aid to Palestinians Secretary of State Clinton says there has been some progress toward reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in 'near future'. Money transferred directly to PA will help it meet budget shortfall, she adds
Fatah's cofounder admits family not driven out of hometownThose little neglected news stories that rarely make front-page headlines and never receive airtime are often the most telling of all. It's through them that deliberately suppressed fundamental truths occasionally surface.
Signs of Hope Emerge in the West Bank NABLUS, West Bank — The first movie theater to operate in this Palestinian city in two decades opened its doors in late June. Palestinian policemen standing beneath new traffic lights are checking cars for seat belt violations.
Terrorist on Terrorist Action - Blast injures 50 at wedding for nephew of Fatah leaderGAZA CITY -- A large explosion late Tuesday at a wedding party for relatives of a Fatah leader injured at least 50 people in Gaza, Palestinian medical sources said.
'No difference to U.S. between outpost, East Jerusalem construction'The United States views East Jerusalem as no different than an illegal West Bank outpost with regard to its demand for a freeze on settlement construction, American sources have informed both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
PA suspends Al-Jazeera in West BankPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided on Wednesday to ban Al-Jazeera television from operating in the West Bank after accusing it of inciting against him and the PA government.
Al-Jazeera closed in West BankThe Palestinian Authority has closed down the West Bank offices of Arabic satellite news channel al-Jazeera.
There is no sticking point about the settlements.There is no sticking point about the settlements. It is a bogus issue and both the Palestinians and Israelis living here know it. Once the so-called freeze on settlements is established new demands will be created.
How To Help the Palestinians or Why do journalists and so-called human rights activists chose to ignore the truth about Palestine (is it simply because it lacks an anti-Israel angle?)The leaders of the Palestinian Authority do not want the international community to hear anything about massive abuse of human rights and intimidation of journalists that its security forces are practicing almost on a daily basis in the West Bank.
Israeli PM offers 'real peace' with disarmed Palestinian stateIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed. "Let us make peace," he said.
A new type of "honor killing" - and an old oneUsually so-called "honor killings" are against women whose actions embarrass their families by spending too much time with unrelated men. Now there's a new twist: families who kill their own flesh and blood because they allegedly spend too much time with Zionists:
Palestinian disunity: No cause for joyThe outlook for the fractious Palestinians is as gloomy as ever
'IDF troops more polite than PA police'IDF soldiers who raid the homes of Palestinians are more polite than the Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank, the mother of a top Hamas terrorist who was killed by Israel said over the weekend.
The Palestinian Authority Bites Obama's HandMEMRI is publishing a round-up of articles and cartoons in the Arabic-speaking world about President Barack Obama's Cairo speech.
Obama's speech to the Muslim world falls short of his promised 'honest' dialoguePresident Obama promised that he wanted his Cairo speech to be the start of an "honest" dialogue with the Muslim world. When it comes to how he handled the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he fell short.
Hamas urges Palestinians to fight PA like they would Israel " A Palestinian civilian and five security officials - three from the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority security services and two from Hamas' military wing - were killed in clashes between the two groups in this West Bank city Sunday, as Damascus-based Hamas spokesman Talal …
RubinReports: If U.S. Government Ignores Palestinian Incitement to Violence There's No Hope for PeaceThere is probably no more obnoxious action of the Palestinian Authority (PA) than its continuing glorification of terrorists who have murdered Israelis. Not only does this show a lack of support for any peace process, but doing so for facilities built with U.S.
Persecuting Palestinians: Speaking Up for a Forgotten Group Does Secretary Hillary Clinton read the reports issued by her own State Department? It's a fair question.
Obama invites Mideast leaders for talks on 'comprehensive peace' - CNN.comWASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama is launching an effort "to achieve a comprehensive peace in the Middle East," his spokesman said Tuesday. President Obama speaks to the media during a meeting Tuesday with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Edging in from the cold?George W. Bush never included Syria on his list of countries making up what he described as an "Axis of Evil," but it was clear that he considered the regime of Bashar al-Assad a security threat that needed to be isolated and punished.
How to Build a Palestinian State or in the Case of the Palestinian Authority; How Not toThe words and deeds of many Palestinian officials, whether they are from Fatah or Hamas, do not seem to be bringing the Palestinians closer to fulfilling their aspiration of creating a modern and democratic state next to Israel.
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