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Malcolm Hoenlein (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
February 7, 2018, 1:11 pm
Hoenlein: Like UK, France of old, Iran and Turkey are trying to carve up region
Jewish leader says he can't understand why people don't see what's happening, urges US to support its allies more visibly; warns against giving up on bipartisan support for Israel
By David Horovitz
IDF troops operate in the Jenin area on February 3, 2018 in pursuit of Ahmad Jarrar, a suspect in the killing of Rabbi Raziel Shevach. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 7, 2018, 10:11 am
In the West Bank, a violent storm is brewing
With Palestinians losing faith in their leaders and lionizing terrorists, the post-Abbas era is shaping up to be tumultuous
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (C) attends the "Jerusalem Conference as the Capital of the Islamic Youth" in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
February 6, 2018, 10:59 pm
Abbas: We never said no to resuming peace talks
PA president denies he turned down invitation to negotiate; says US no longer qualified to act as honest broker; won't accept Jerusalem as united Israeli capital
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recites a prayer prior to chairing a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 3, 2018. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
February 6, 2018, 4:10 pm
Senior Palestinians sue PA over alleged CIA-backed wiretapping
Disillusioned ex-surveillance officer says Palestinian and US security services jointly monitored thousands of phone calls. 'Nonsense,' says the PA
By Agencies
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference in Addis Ababa on January 28, 2018. (AFP/ SIMON MAINA)
February 6, 2018, 3:14 am
UN chief warns consensus on two-state solution may be eroding
Guterres says 'negative trends have potential to create irreversible one-state reality' in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By AFP
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas reads notes as he chairs a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 3, 2018. (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
February 6, 2018, 1:09 am
Abbas sets conditions for fresh peace talks, with diminished US role
PA leader says he will return to table under multilateral effort along lines of Arab Peace Initiative; expected to demand international confab during UN speech on February 20
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Ahed Tamimi, at the Ofer military court in the West Bank, on December 25, 2017. (Flash90)
February 6, 2018, 12:19 am
Abbas meets with family of soldier-slapping teen
Speaking with Tamimis, PA president says 'peaceful popular resistance' against Israeli military rule is a powerful weapon
By Khaled Abu Toameh
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 5, 2018, 9:30 pm
Palestinians blast Trump’s ‘Zionist American’ peace envoy
Angered at perceived US efforts to replace its current leadership, PA says Jason Greenblatt's efforts 'have no chances of succeeding'
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recites a prayer prior to chairing a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 3, 2018. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
February 3, 2018, 11:21 pm
PLO to mull revoking recognition of Israel, urges end to security coordination
Move by top-tier Executive Committee follows an earlier recommendation to cut ties in the wake of Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
By Khaled Abu Toameh and AFP
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat in his Ramallah office, November 23, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
February 3, 2018, 10:26 pm
Erekat says US is pushing a Palestinian ‘coup,’ tells Nikki Haley to ‘shut up’
Top PLO official rails against the Trump administration for criticisms of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, but insists Palestinians are not looking for confrontation with US
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas listens while US President Donald Trump makes a statement for the press before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
February 3, 2018, 12:40 am
Palestinians deny rejecting peace talks over US Jerusalem move
Abbas spokesman denounces TV report in which US officials said PA won't negotiate with Israel as 'outrageous incitement'
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
February 2, 2018, 10:38 am
Palestinian reconciliation deal dying slow death
Hamas remains firmly in charge in Gaza as it and Fatah miss February 1 deadline for merging civil services
By AFP and TOI staff
Trump administration peace envoy Jason Greenblatt speaks at the INSS conference, January 30, 2018 (INSS screenshot)
February 2, 2018, 2:02 am
Trump said to mull unveiling peace plan even if Abbas maintains boycott
Channel 10 report quotes US official as saying 'all the relevant countries' that back a deal 'are still waiting for our plan'
By TOI staff and JTA
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
February 2, 2018, 1:33 am
Abbas to make rare address to UN Security Council
Top UN body should hear the Palestinian leader after the US ambassador accused him of lacking courage for peace, council president says
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, May 11, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
February 2, 2018, 12:50 am
Palestinians court Russia as new broker in peace process
Abbas to meet Putin on February 12 as Ramallah seeks replacement for US role; Russian officials hear Israeli concerns about Iranian missiles
By Khaled Abu Toameh and Stuart Winer
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