Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that he is prepared to accept the Obama administration's expected veto of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations next month, saying he will “continue to cooperate with the Americans” even if that happens....
Sen. Leahy Seeks to Pull Military Aid from Israeli Special Forces | Elite forces seen responsible for human rights violations
Israel Announces Yet More Settlement Expansions | PA warns move destroyed ‘what is left’ of peace process
U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Wednesday that financial challenges "will not have any adverse effect on America's determination to meet its promise to Israel." The blunt statement by the second-highest ranked Democrat in the House of Representatives...
Palestinian MP Confirms UN Security Council Statehood Vote in September | US veto stands in way of potential statehood
Israeli plans to significantly increase their defense budget in response to the popular upheavals throughout the Arab world may be shelved for at least a year. Various factors, from the Israeli protesters in Tel Aviv to the global financial crisis, have led Prime...
Israel's interior minister gave final authorization to build 1,600 apartments in Palestinian East Jerusalem and will approve 2,700 more in coming days. Adding further damage to the beleaguered "peace process," the settlement authorization prompted senior Palestinian...
Israel Announces 930 Homes in East Jerusalem Settlement Expansion | Officials couch settlement as effort at ‘affordable housing’
Israel Escalates Air Strikes Against Gaza Strip | Insists attacks ‘retaliation’ for two rockets that did no damage
Israel's supreme court on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of an illegal Jewish settlement built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. In the initial petition for its removal back in 2006, both the court and the Israeli government admitted that...
