EU`s Ashton to hold Middle East `Quartet` talks

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 00:29

EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton will chair a meeting of top international officials working on the Israel-Palestinian peace process Saturday, saying "bold" decisions are needed.

Palestine should allow settlers: Israeli official

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 02:18

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that all Jewish settlers should have the right to remain in their homes in a future Palestine, an official in his office said on Sunday, offering a novel approach to one of the stickiest issues in Mideast peace talks albeit one that was immediately rejected by the Palestinians and settlers themselves.

Israel to let more building materials into Gaza

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:42

Israel is to allow the entry of more building materials into the Gaza Strip, officials on both sides said Sunday.

Scarlett Johansson defends affiliation with SodaStream

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 15:15

Scarlett Johansson has come forward to defend her deal with Israeli company SodaStream International.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in northern Gaza

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:30

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man on Friday and wounded another in a cross-border confrontation with protesters in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian hospital officials said.

Israeli champion of Palestinian and women`s rights dies

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:30

Shulamit Aloni, a fiery former left-wing Israeli leader and cabinet minister who championed Palestinian and women`s rights, died on Friday, family and colleagues said. She was 85.

63 people die in Syria refugee camp: Activists

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:05

A Syrian activist group says 63 people have died over the past months in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp from a lack of food and medicine.

Palestinians dismiss Israeli al Qaeda plot claim

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 03:10

Palestinian security officials on Thursday cast doubt on Israel`s claim that it broke up an al-Qaeda plot to bomb the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, alleging Israel concocted the story to bolster its position in peace talks.

Israel frees prominent Hamas leader

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:29

Israel released a prominent leader from Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday after he spent more than two years in prison, Palestinian officials said.

Dozens evacuated from Damascus camp: Palestinian official

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 23:55

Dozens of critically ill residents of a besieged Palestinian refugee camp south of the Syrian capital Damascus were evacuated on Sunday, a Palestinian official said.

Israel summons EU envoys in tit for tat after settlement protest

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 04:59

Israel summoned European ambassadors accusing them of pro-Palestinian "bias" damaging to peace prospects, in a tit-for-tat move after Israeli envoys were called in over settlement expansion plans.

Israel summons EU envoys in tit for tat after settlement protest

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:02

Israel summoned European ambassadors on Friday accusing them of pro-Palestinian "bias" damaging to peace prospects, in a tit-for-tat move after Israeli envoys were called in over settlement expansion plans.