Israel said on Thursday it had put the ball in the Palestinian court with temporary controls on settlement building aimed at reviving US-backed talks, as the two sides traded charges of gamesmanship. "The ball is now in the Palestinian court and we will see what happens," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told public radio, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced 10-month restrictions on construction in the occupied West Bank. The move was praised by the United States as a... Read Full Story
Israel on Thursday said it put the ball in the Palestinian court with temporary controls on settlement building aimed at reviving US-backed talks, as the two sides traded charges of gamesmanship. "The ball is now in the Palestinian court and we will see what happens," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told public radio, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced 10-month restrictions on construction in the occupied West Bank. The move was praised by the United States as a step... Read Full Story
[Quote of the day] " The last thing that should interest us is the Palestinians' concern. Before the Palestinian issue, what should interest us is our friends in the world. We spoke to them and most said 'help us to help you'. " Avigdor Lieberman speaking to Israel Radio about a 10 month "slowdown" of settlement growth (contrary to Road Map Commitments) The UN General assembly voted 29 November 1947 to recommend partition of Palestine to give the Zionist movement control over 55% of... Read Full Story
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian camping in an ancient cave near Jerusalem says he has been told by Israeli authorities to get out because the hillside is slated for a housing development and his "illegal" home will be demolished. The predicament of Abdel Fattah Abed Rabbo, a 48-year-old father of 10, highlights the dispute between Israel and Palestinians living in the steep hills between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, on land the Israelis annexed in 1980. Abed Rabbo says he was actually... Read Full Story
Planting berries instead of bombs in the West Bank. The next step is to make them organic.
There was a time when Kalkilya was the focus of bomb making and terrorism but a new program is aiming to turn this Palestinian city into the strawberry capital of the West Bank.
The first crop of the ruby red fruit in this pilot program is halfway to harvest. The Palestinians hope to be able to cash in on the lucrative Christmas markets in Europe and possibly sell strawberries to a major... Read Full Story
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election in January because of his frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements, officials said. However, it was not immediately clear if Abbas, who was due to speak later on Thursday, would follow through with his intentions as a top Palestinian body urged him to reconsider. "President Abbas told the PLO executive committee that he will not run in the next presidential election, and the executive committee... Read Full Story
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election in January amid frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements, a senior PLO official said. "President Abbas told the PLO executive committee that he will not run in the next presidential election, and the executive committee unanimously told him that they reject the decision," said Yasser Abed Rabbo. The Palestine Liberation Organisation's top body "announced they will still support him as the nominee... Read Full Story
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to accept Thursday Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas's decision to step down in January at face value, saying she hoped to work with him in "any new capacity." The chief US diplomat, who recalled talking to Abbas on Saturday during a Middle East tour that triggered Palestinian anger, said the United States had "tremendous respect" for his leadership of the Palestinians. Abbas "described in great detail the challenges" he faced and we "talked about... Read Full Story
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday ruled out renewing peace negotiations with Israel without a freeze of Jewish settlement activity. "The return to negotiations depends on Israel adhering to the terms of reference of peace and that includes halting all settlements, including natural growth and including Jerusalem," Abbas told tens of thousands of people gathered in Ramallah to mark the fifth anniversary of iconic leader Yasser Arafat's death. The embattled Abbas also demanded... Read Full Story
Hamas is to hand its response on Sunday to Egyptians mediating a Palestinian unity deal, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday without disclosing its position. A Hamas delegation is to travel to Cairo on deliver the response, Fawzi Barhoum told AFP, while refusing to say whether the movement would accept the proposal. The response "will be taken within a framework aimed at guaranteeing the success of the Egyptian efforts" to heal the deep rift between Hamas and the secular... Read Full Story
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