EU criticises Israel on Palestinian tax freeze

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 23:44

The EU criticised Tuesday Israel`s decision to freeze Palestinian Authority tax revenues in retaliation for joining the International Criminal Court and called on both sides to avoid steps that could undermine peace efforts.

Hardline Israelis hold mass prayer against peace talks

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 01:01

Hardline national religious Israeli Jews held a mass prayer at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem against ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks which could result in territorial compromises.

Israel can withdraw within 3-year period: Abbas

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:10

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has said an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territory should take place within a three-year period under any final Middle East peace deal.

Israeli fire kills Palestinian: Gaza official

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:35

A Palestinian health official says Israeli fire has killed a man and wounded another in the Gaza Strip.

EU warns Israel, Palestinians of `price to pay` if talks fail

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 01:25

A top European Union official warned today that both Israel and the Palestinians would have a "price to pay" if US-led peace talks collapse.

Israel plans 381 new settler homes in east Jerusalem: NGO

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 19:51

Israel`s government has approved plans to build 381 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Tuesday.

Middle East may flare up if peace talks fail: Israel`s Peres

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 19:11

Middle East could erupt into violence if the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapse, Israel`s President Shimon Peres warned on Monday.

Germany warns Israel over settlement building

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 11:18

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

Palestinian prisoner`s wife has baby from smuggled sperm

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 02:57

Palestinian prisoner`s wife has baby from smuggled sperm

Israel settler plans `message` to Kerry not to return: Erakat

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:21

Israeli plans unveiled Friday to build over 1,800 settler homes are a signal to US Secretary of State John Kerry not to pursue his peace push, a top Palestinian negotiator said.

Israeli strike wounds two Palestinian militants in Gaza

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 15:32

An Israeli air strike wounded two Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip today, medical and security sources said.

Prague seeks answers as Palestinian envoy`s body flown home

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11:20

Czech authorities are seeking answers over an arms find at the Palestinian mission in Prague, as the body of an envoy killed by an apparently accidental explosion there was flown home.