US envoy George Mitchell was holding crucial talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday in a bid to keep peace negotiations with Israel from collapsing
The Obama administration reportedly is promising Israel broad security and diplomatic guarantees in exchange for extending a settlement moratorium by 60 days.
In Cairo on Wednesday, Arab states will consider initiating an emergency Security Council session on Israel's refusal to renew West Bank building moratorium.
-A US lawmaker said Tuesday that he planned legislation to bar France's state-run SNCF railway from lucrative US high-speed rail contracts for its role in deporting Jews to Nazi death camps in World War II.
Northern Irish Nobel laureate and peace activist Mairead Maguire was prevented from entering Israel Tuesday because of her participation in an attempt to run the Gaza blockade.
Foreign Minister proposes controversial land swap, says Mideast peace deal could take 'decades'; Netanyahu says he didn't see speech beforehand, but doesn't reject the idea.
Netanyahu invested a great deal of effort in trying to convince world leaders that he is serious about peace with the Palestinians. And now comes Lieberman, and tells all those leaders that it's all crap.
