Har Homa settlement (MaanImages/Magnus Johansson, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian presidency on Wednesday condemned Israel’s issuing of tenders for hundreds of new settler homes near Bethlehem. Israel’s Housing Ministry published tenders on Tuesday for 827 new houses in illegal settlement Har Homa, between East Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The new settler [...]
Negotiations have stalled because of Israeli settlement construction in occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem [EPA] Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are set to meet in the Jordanian capital, Amman, for their first face-to-face meeting in 16 months, but both sides say full-blown talks remain some way off. Nasser Judeh, who as Jordan’s foreign minister is to host the meeting between [...]
Israel is said to be speeding up its building of settlements after Palestinians won membership in UNESCO [Reuters] The Jerusalem municipality has approved the construction of 130 new homes in illegal settlements in the east of the city. The homes are to be built in Gilo neighbourhood on land captured from Jordan in the 1967 war. Municipal [...]
Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said the Middle East Quartet should treat negotiations between Israel and Palestine as a means, not an end, taking into account the power asymmetry between the parties and ensuring terms of reference. (MaanImages/Charlotte de Bellabre, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi advised the the diplomatic Quartet to [...]
PLO official Saeb Erekat tours the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 22, 2010. (MaanImages/Luay Sababa) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — PLO official Saeb Erekat said on Monday that Israel is impeding the peace process and the Middle East Quartet should publicly recognize Israeli intransigence. The former chief negotiator said on Voice of Palestine radio [...]
by STEPHEN LENDMAN on OCTOBER 14, 2011 Spread it! 8| 22Share 1 inShare 1digg print Globetrotting to enlist UN membership support, Abbas told Time magazine in Columbia on October 11 that he’ll resume talks if Israel accepts the Quartet‘s proposal. In September, Quartet members established a timeline for “realistic and serious” negotiations with no [...]
Blair is facing Palestinian calls to step down as Mideast envoy. By Ali Sawafta Abbas aide: PA still working with Blair This war criminal acts for everyone and anyone to pursue his own agenda and to curry favour with any elite position. There seems to be no limit to his unlawful and immoral conduct. George [...]
Officials: Blair acting for US, Israel (MaanImages/File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior Palestinian officials said Sunday that Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair was acting as a propagandist for the US and Israel. A top official speaking on condition of anonymity told Ma’an that Blair had followed instructions from Israel to avoid talking about politics [...]
Palestinian leaders renew attack on Tony Blair over Israel Tony Blair in New York. He has lost his credibility as a neutral mediator by ‘parroting’ Israeli demands, say Palestinian leaders. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Reuters The Palestinian leadership has stepped up its attack on Tony Blair in his role as envoy of the Middle East Quartet, saying [...]
Israel approves new settler homes in East Jerusalem A new construction site in the East Jerusalem settlement site of Gilo, where 1,100 new homes are to be built. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Hillary Clinton condemns expansion and EU calls for reversal of controversial plan to add 1,100 new homes to Gilou settlement reddit this [...]
Palestine to press for UN vote on full statehood ‘as soon as possible’ Palestinians carry a chair representing their seat at the United Nations during a rally in Ramallah upon Mahmoud Abbas‘s return. Photograph: Darren Whiteside/Reuters President Mahmoud Abbas returns to Ramallah and declares to cheering crowds that the ‘Palestinian Spring’ has begun [...]
Israel urged to reconsider punishing Palestinians over UN campaign A member of the Palestinian delgation holds a symbolic seat outside the United Nations HQ in New York. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images US and EU try to pacify Israel as ministers threaten to withhold customs revenue from Palestinian Authority over UN status bid reddit this [...]
Nabil Amr speaks during a Fatah rally in the West Bank city of Nablus PLO official voices criticism of UN membership plan Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 19:43 [MaanImages/Rami Swidan, File] HEBRON (Ma’an) — PLO central council member Nabil Amr said Tuesday that the Palestinian request for full UN membership is not a “bid” but [...]
US ready to fight UN bid to bitter end Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 17:30 Palestinians take part in a protest marking the 63rd anniversary of the “Nakba” (catastrophe) in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 12, 2011. [MaanImages/Luay Sababa] WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States has decided to fight to the bitter [...]
United States in last-ditch effort to set up Israeli-Palestinian peace talks United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton is leading the talks to avert a clash betwen Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations. Photograph: Marty Melville/Getty US fears major diplomatic embarrassment if Israelis and Palestinians collide in New York over looming request at [...]
Jack Straw urges MPs to back Palestinian statehood bid Jack Straw says recognition of the Palestinians at the UN is the best way to get peace talks started again. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Former foreign secretary calls on colleagues to lobby William Hague in support of move at UN general assembly reddit this Harriet Sherwood [...]
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN. (UN Photo) By Martin Waehlisch ‘Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states,’ notes the UN Charter. The admission depends on ‘a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council,’ the Charter continues. The process for gaining membership [...]
sState of terror and On July 11, Israel announced it was not interested in having the United Nations become involved as a mediator in its maritime border issues with Lebanon. But when it comes to recruiting other countries to assist in the enforcement of its naval blockade of Gaza, or having international airlines deny entry [...]
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