AFP – US Middle East envoy George Mitchell will hold talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Paris on Saturday, a spokesman said, amid tensions over Israel’s move to build settler homes.
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AFP – International talks on the Middle East set for Friday took on new urgency after Israeli warplanes targeted the Gaza Strip in response to a fatal rocket attack.
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AFP – A Middle East diplomatic flurry was given a sense of urgency after a rocket fired from Gaza killed a farmworker in Israel on Thursday while the EU foreign policy chief visited the Palestinian enclave.
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AFP – A meeting this week of the Middle East quartet will “demonstrate international support” for indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, said a US State Department spokesman.
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AFP – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will talk soon with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to ease a bitter diplomatic feud with the staunch US ally, officials said.
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AFP – Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces across east Jerusalem on Tuesday in the worst rioting in years, as a senior Hamas leader called for a new “intifada” or uprising.
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AFP – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to talk very soon with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since escalating a bitter diplomatic feud with the staunch US ally.
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AFP – Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with security forces in east Jerusalem on Tuesday as tension boiled over in the city and a senior Hamas leader called for a new “intifada,” or uprising.
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AFP – A major pro-Israel US lobby group has warned that recent US administration remarks about bilateral ties with Israel were “of serious concern,” and urged the White House to ease tensions.
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AFP – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm on Sunday as an angry Washington said it was insulted by Israel’s “destructive” announcement of plans to expand settlements in east Jerusalem.
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