Mar 19 2014 - 10:39am Jerusalem municipality approves 186 new settlement units
March 19, 2014

Israel moved forward Wednesday with plans to build another 186 new homes in East Jerusalem, a city councilor told AFP.

Mar 18 2014 - 11:23am When Israel talks, the world shrugs
March 18, 2014

No one is buying stories peddled by an occupying, settler state; no argument can appear straightforward when it's being voiced by a violator of international norms.​

Mar 18 2014 - 11:19am Palestinian official: Peace first, then recognition
March 18, 2014

The Palestinians will be willing to consider "resolving" the issue of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state when peace talks come an end and a meaningful solution to the conflict is achieved, Palestinian official Nabil Shaath told Israel Radio Tuesday.​

Mar 18 2014 - 11:14am Jewish State Declaration Is Unyielding Block to a Deal
March 18, 2014

With time running out before an April 29 diplomatic deadline, President Obama on Monday warned President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority that “we’re going to have to take some tough political decisions and risks if we’re able to move it forward.”

Mar 17 2014 - 12:02pm Israel, Abbas face 5 realities on peace
March 17, 2014

Abbas, the Palestinian Pres. who will sit with U.S. Pres. Obama on Monday to discuss the state—and the fate--of Sec. Kerry's peace process is a good man and most likely the best partner for peace negotiations that Washington, this Israeli government or any other is likely to have.

Mar 17 2014 - 12:01pm Kerry urges Abbas to make 'tough decisions' on peace
March 17, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday "to make the tough decisions that will be necessary" before an April 29 deadline for a peace deal with Israel, a U.S. official said.

Mar 17 2014 - 11:57am Obama Meets With Palestinian Leader as Diplomacy Deadline Looms
March 17, 2014

President Obama met with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority at the White House on Monday, amid signs that the peace process has hit a roadblock over Israel’s insistence that the Palestinians formally recognize it as a Jewish state.

Mar 14 2014 - 10:14am Israelis: Peace with Arab world more important than recognition as Jewish state
March 14, 2014

Polls conducted on behalf of a Washington-based peace institute also reveal support for relinquishing Arab East Jerusalem for demographic reasons, but opposing it as 'Palestinian capital.'

Mar 14 2014 - 10:12am Ibish: How many times must the Palestinians recognize Israel?
March 14, 2014

Netanyahu’s new 'Jewish state' mantra negates the fact that Palestinians recognized Israel more than twenty years ago. They’re still waiting for Israel to recognize Palestine.

Mar 14 2014 - 10:11am Kerry: 'Mistake' to use Jewish state recognition as deal breaker
March 14, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday that it is problematic for people to continue raising the issue of whether Palestinians would agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, Breitbart reported.


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