After Mideast trip, Obama gains political capital. Will he spend it?

Published on March 25, 2013

For a trip that U.S. officials had cautioned was not about getting “deliverables,” President Obama’s apparent success during his Middle East trip at getting Israel and Turkey to reconcile has raised some hopes for a breakthrough on another front: Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Two states for two peoples is a Jewish value

Published on December 13, 2012

Clinton laments ‘counter-productive’ U.N. vote on Palestine

Published on November 29, 2012

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the U.N. General Assembly's vote to implicitly recognize a Palestinian state, calling it an "unfortunate and counter-productive" move that places more obstacles in the path to peace.

Israeli panel backs legalizing settler outposts

Published on July 9, 2012

A government-appointed committee on Monday proposed granting official status to dozens of unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank, challenging the world view that Israeli settlement there is illegal.

‘Two-states for two peoples will be the only outcome to our conflict‎’

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 15, 2012

Barak calls for unilateral West Bank withdrawal

Published on May 30, 2012

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel should consider a unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if peace talks with the Palestinians fail.

UCLA’s ‘one state or two’ debate

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 16, 2012

Abbas says he’s ready to engage with Israel

Published on May 8, 2012

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he was ready to engage with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a Middle East peace agreement if he proposes "anything promising or positive."

PA’s Fayyad is no-show at scheduled meeting with Netanyahu

Published on April 17, 2012

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad refused to attend a scheduled meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu, Fayyad to meet later this month

Published on April 4, 2012

The Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers will meet later this month, officials said on Wednesday, but the rare talks may only sharpen differences that have brought peace negotiations to a standstill.

Ban Ki-moon calls on Israel to make gestures for peace

Published on February 1, 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to make some positive moves toward the Palestinians in order to bring them back to the negotiating table.

Netanyahu pessimistic on Mideast peace prospects

Published on January 29, 2012

Peace prospects with the Palestinians are looking poor, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after exploratory talks aimed at relaunching negotiations ended in deadlock.

Jason Alexander meets with Knesset caucus

Published on October 24, 2011

Former "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander met with a Knesset caucus to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Turkish PM throws weight behind Arab cause

Published on September 13, 2011

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threw Turkey's weight behind a Palestinian bid for statehood and criticized Israel in an address to Arab states meeting in Cairo geared to buttress his image as a leader of a region in turmoil.

Iran says Palestinian statehood only “first step” towards wiping out Israel

Published on August 26, 2011

The creation of a universally-recognized Palestinian state would be just a first step towards wiping out Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday.

Who doesn’t want a two-state solution?

Published on July 1, 2011

For an unreconstructed Trekkie, it was an irresistible hook.

Leonard Nimoy’s Vulcan logic: A two-state solution

By Jay Firestone
Published on June 7, 2011

France proposes conference to restart peace talks

Published on June 2, 2011

France's foreign minister, Alain Juppe, offered to host a meeting next month to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Countdown to Palestinian Statehood

Published on June 1, 2011

While U.S. officials are running a full-court diplomatic press against the Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition of statehood this September, and officials at international Jewish organizations are trying to convince foreign leaders to oppose statehood, the Israeli government appears to be taking a different approach: acceptance.

The Destination

By Steve Greenberg
Published on May 24, 2011

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Bolivia recognizes Palestine

Published on December 19, 2010

Bolivia became the third country in recent weeks to recognize a state of Palestine.

Netanyahu: Israel, Palestinians can reach Mideast peace in a year

Published on September 28, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu countered a controversial United Nations address by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday, rejecting Lieberman's views on a possible land swap and asserting his belief that Israel and Palestinians could reach a peace deal within a year.

Lieberman offers population exchange plan at U.N.

Published on September 28, 2010

Israel's foreign minister presented a plan to the United Nations that would transfer Israeli Arab towns to a future Palestinian state in exchange for annexing Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

No hasty decisions on peace talks, Abbas says

Published on September 27, 2010

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will not make a hasty decision to pull out of renewed peace talks in response to new construction in West Bank settlements.

Netanyahu hints settlement freeze unlikely

Published on September 20, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a top aide suggested that a compromise with the Palestinians on a settlement freeze is not in the offing.

U.S. reportedly pushing three-month freeze extension

Published on September 16, 2010

The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.