Israel summons EU envoys over pro-Palestinian `bias`

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:14

Israel`s foreign minister summoned European ambassadors on Friday over pro-Palestinian "bias" which has harmed peace chances, his spokesman said, after the Jewish state`s envoys were called in over settlement announcements.

Britain summons Israeli ambassador over new settlements

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 05:10

Britain summoned the Israeli ambassador to London to the Foreign Office on Thursday over plans to build more than 1,800 new settler homes, a spokesman said.

Netanyahu insists on border security in talks with Jordan king

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 04:37

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid down demands for security arrangements between a future Palestinian state and Jordan, in a rare visit today to Amman.

Five Palestinians wounded in Israeli Gaza raid

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 12:27

Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip against training camps used by the armed wing of the territory`s Hamas rulers left four children and a woman wounded overnight, Palestinian medical sources said on Thursday.

Israel accused of withholding info in China bank case

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:09

Israel has been accused of withholding information in a key case against the Bank of China by a group of bereaved families who say the bank abetted Palestinian militants.

Radical Jewish settlers seek image makeover with sushi

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:08

Radical Jewish settlers from a West Bank outpost with a reputation for violence have set up a sushi business in a bid to revamp their image, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Palestinian minister says Syria rebels blocking Yarmuk aid

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:35

A Palestinian minister on Tuesday accused "terrorists" fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of blocking aid access to the Yarmuk refugee camp in southern Damascus.

Palestinian minister says Syria rebels blocking Yarmuk aid

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:35

A Palestinian minister on Tuesday accused "terrorists" fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of blocking aid access to the Yarmuk refugee camp in southern Damascus.

Germany warns Israel over settlement building

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 04:48

Israel`s ongoing settlement construction is damaging efforts to reach a negotiated peace agreement, visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.

Ex-Israel PM Sharon was a `criminal`: Palestinians

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 22:03

A senior Palestinian figure labelled Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday, as a criminal and expressed regret he was never taken before the International Criminal Court.

Eight in ten Israelis cynical about Palestinian peace talks

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 13:54

Majority of Israelis believe that peace talks between Israel and Palestine, brokered by the United States, will not yield a positive outcome, a new survey has revealed.

80% of Israelis say peace talks will fail: Poll

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 15:45

The vast majority of Israelis believe US-brokered negotiations with the Palestinians will fail to bring any peace agreement, an opinion poll published on Friday showed.