Kerry says Israelis, Palestinians must make tough decisions

RAMALLAH: US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped off the diplomatic track on Thursday and onto a West Bank street where he sampled a shawarma sandwich and a pistachio-sprinkled Palestinian sweet. In a rare gesture for a US secretary of state — ...

Qatar's emir says 'people power' has put Israel in confrontation with people, must see resolution to Palestinian issue. QATARS EMIR Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Gaza with Hamas strongman Ismail Haniyeh. Photo: REUTERS DOHA - Qatar's emir, who has ...

Israel said on Monday it had canceled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem's Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicize a conservation mission. No one was immediately ...

REUTERS RAMALLAH (WEST BANK) PALESTINIANS clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday during demonstrations to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe) when Israel's creation caused many to lose their homes ...

Reuters New Delhi: Pointing out the centrality of Palestine in India's foreign policy, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday underlined its vital significance for the Indian nation. "In our country the consensus on the Palestinian cause ...

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City Reuters/Darren Whiteside/Files Israel has blocked a planned visit by Paris-based UN cultural body Unesco to Jerusalem's Old City in what it termed a protest at Palestinian action. The visit, due to start ...

Viewd by: 24 Not rated yet A poster depicting Arab Idol contestant Mohamed Assaf is seen on a building in Ramallah yesterday. 14 May 2013 Reuters/Gaza The fractious factions in the Gaza Strip and across the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - After a 25-year legal battle, Canada has finally deported a Palestinian convicted of an attack on an Israeli airliner in 1968, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Monday. See

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian officials and the United States voiced optimism on Sunday that the resignation of U.S.-backed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad would not hinder Washington's planned development initiative for the West Bank. Fayyad quit ...