AFP – King Abdullah II of Jordan and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks in Moscow Thursday aimed at finding ways to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians to the Middle East.
AFP – Prospects for indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks lay in tatters after the Arab League came out against them unless Israel reversed its plans to build more settler homes in the occupied territories.
AFP – Australia joined international condemnation Thursday of Israel’s plan to build 1,600 new homes in Jerusalem, saying the move was “not helpful” to building peace with the Palestinians.
AFP – US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged Washington’s full commitment to Israel’s security while throwing his weight behind a renewal of Middle East peace talks after a 14-month hiatus.
AFP – Palestinians and Israelis held their first indirect talks in more than a year in a tentative boost to the Middle East peace process, frozen since the Jewish state’s devastating war on Gaza.
AFP – US envoy George Mitchell said Monday he would return to the Middle East next week to discuss the “structure and scope” of indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks in hopes they would lead to direct talks.
AFP – US Vice President Joe Biden headed to the Middle East Sunday for talks in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, as Palestinian officials agreed to US-mediated indirect peace talks.
AFP – The Palestinians agreed on Sunday to give indirect peace talks with Israel a chance after months of US-led efforts to lure both sides back to the negotiating table.
AFP – EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Saturday she hopes to get into the Palestinian Gaza Strip during a Middle East trip this month, as Europe pushes for renewed peace talks.
AFP – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference Saturday accused Israeli police of sacrilege by occupying Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and called for international intervention to “end Israeli aggression.”
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