Israel against agreement with EU over occupied lands

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 11:54

Israel will not sign any agreement with the European Union which is inapplicable on the lands it occupied in a 1967 war with the Palestinians, a move defying the bloc`s guidelines that ban funding any entity in such territories.

Israel to release 26 Palestinians in mid August: Saeb Erekat

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 14:27

Negotiations began in Washington last week, and are to continue in Jerusalem next week.

Next round of Mideast talks in Israel in mid-August

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 12:09

The next round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will be held in Israel in the second week of August, Israel`s chief negotiator Tzipi Livni said.

Israel, Palestinians agree to nine months of talks: US

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 08:48

The Israeli and Palestinian delegations to renewed peace talks have agreed in principle to continue negotiations for at least nine months, the US State Department said on Tuesday.

Release of 104 Palestinian prisoners gets Israel cabinet`s nod

Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 18:33

After a stormy meeting, Israel`s cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal by hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netantyahu to allow the contentious release of 104 Palestinian prisoners to coincide with the resumption of US-brokered peace talks stalled since 2010.

Israel readying peace gestures to Palestinians: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 15:49

The Israeli military is preparing to lift some restrictions on Palestinian movement in advance of possible renewed peace talks, Army radio said on Thursday.

UN expert wants probe of Israeli detention of Palestinians

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 19:32

A controversial UN rights expert called Monday for an international investigation of Israel`s treatment of Palestinian prisoners, decrying arbitrary detention, torture and coerced confessions among other alleged abuses.

Peres hopes for peace with Palestinians in 5 years

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 19:32

Israeli President Shimon Peres, known as an eternal optimist, today said that he still dreams of living in harmony with the Palestinians and the troubled region would see peace in the coming five years.

Israel re-arrests former hunger striker: Palestinians

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 19:35

The Israeli Army rearrested a Palestinian former prison hunger striker in the West Bank on Wednesday, nearly a year after his release, a Palestinian official said.

Qatar asks for $1 bn for Palestinians in east Jerusalem

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 23:13

Qatar`s emir on Tuesday urged for USD 1 billion fund to help Palestinians in Arab east Jerusalem, and offered to contribute USD 250 million towards it.

Palestinians cool to partial settlement freeze

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 23:48

A senior Palestinian official rejected the idea of a partial Israeli settlement freeze as a way of restarting peace talks, a sign of tough times ahead for the Obama administration`s new attempt to bring the sides together.

New Israeli government takes office

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 10:33

The new Israeli coalition packed with hardliners received parliament`s seal of approval on Tuesday just two days ahead of a landmark visit by US President Barack Obama.