The question to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was appropriate in time and place. At a news conference in Johannesburg where he was attending Nelson Mandela’s funeral, Abbas was asked about his position regarding the…
We’ve just received the welcome news from our allies on the ground that the Prawer Plan to forcibly relocate over 40,000 Israeli Bedouin from their ancestral lands is no longer under consideration by the Israeli…
Dear Members At our AGM on Wednesday,we altered our constitution to include associate members: – …. An Associate Member shall be a person who, while in sympathy with the aims of the Liberal Democrat Party as set…
An analysis of how the EU’s settlement guidelines will affect Israel and the settlements after the two sides reached an agreement on their disputed terms, as they have been reported thus far. The European Union…
PETITION BACKGROUND – There was unbelievable chaos in the Al Quds University in Abu Dis, Palestine on 17th November. Not for the first time, the Israeli army tried to invade the university. Today they used…
The UKTI has updated its “Doing business guide in Israel”. Until Friday 15 November 2013, the British government had been promoting investment in the Jordan valley and its illegal Israeli settlements, contradicting its policy position…
Kerry’s effort to re-launch the peace process was based on the illusion that Netanyahu is committed to a two-state solution; its failure means that it’s only a matter of time before the Palestinians fight back.…
When a journalist was invited to a meeting, asked a question, and the distinguished speakers invoked their right to remain silent. I never expected that Dr. Rajiv Shah, the administrator of United States Agency of…
Palestinian team had stepped down in protest over proposed Israeli construction in the West Bank Israel’s chief negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians on Thursday criticized the resignation of Palestinian negotiators that had been…
Israel’s “escalation of settlement-building” blamed for resignations, which President Abbas has yet to accept. The entire Palestinian negotiating team has resigned due to what they say is continued Israeli settlement building and frustrations over the…
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s top national security aide on Thursday blamed Israeli settlement expansion announcements for some of the latest tensions between Israel and the Palestinians as U.S.-brokered peace talks between…
Swiss scientists find levels of polonium 18 times higher than normal in first forensic tests on former Palestinian leader’s body. The first forensic tests on samples taken from Yasser Arafat‘s corpse have shown unexpectedly high…
Decision to build border fence coincides with approval of construction of almost 2,000 settler homes in occupied areas. Israeli government has decided to build a security fence on the the border with Jordan, a report…
Last week, my colleagues in the Israeli Peace Now movement issued two blockbuster reports. These weren’t the regular “more construction was announced” fare. These reports have huge implications, both negative and positive, for peace and…
As the Israelis and Palestinians are presently negotiating in an effort to end a nearly seven decades-old conflict, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made recognition of the Jewish right to a homeland in Israel “the most…