U.S. President Barack Obama telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge him to resume negotiations with the Palestinians.
More than one hundred U.S. Jewish leaders urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make clear \”Israel’s readiness to make painful territorial sacrifices for the sake of peace.\”
Palestinian protesters raised their hands and tried to wave away the helicopter that brought U.S. President Barack Obama to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, accusing him of siding with Israel.
Israel\’s new housing minister said on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s incoming cabinet would keep expanding Jewish settlements to the same extent as his previous government.
Israel\’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday and the two discussed options for \”de-escalating\” the situation in Israel and Gaza, the White House said.
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed close to Tel Aviv on Thursday, in the first attack on Israel\’s biggest city in 20 years, raising the stakes in a military showdown between Israel and the Palestinians that is moving towards all-out war.
Palestinians moved a step closer to full membership in the U.N. cultural agency on Wednesday after its board decided to let 193 member states vote on the issue later this month, the latest stage in a Palestinian campaign for statehood recognition.
Hamas condemned President Obama\’s AIPAC speech, saying it will not recognize Israel despite the United States president\’s demand.
A poll of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza conducted last month by a research firm for the Israel Project, a nonprofit education organization, found that a majority of Palestinians support direct peace negotiations with Israel and a two-state solution to the conflict.
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