May 22, 2017
1:43 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/POOL)

Goodwill gestures to Palestinians came at Trump’s request, says PMO

Security cabinet approves raft of economic concessions as confidence-building measures towards US president’s peace push

By Times of Israel staff

May 21, 2017
9:59 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on May 3, 2017. (Emil Salman/POOL)

Ministers okay economic package for Palestinians ahead of Trump visit

Despite opposition, cabinet approves increased building permits in Area C, creating West Bank industrial zones

By Times of Israel staff

May 21, 2017
3:39 pm

US President Donald Trump, left and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud gesture during a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

The $380 billion clue

Those looking to get an early handle on what Trump’s tour to the region may bring have billions of dollars worth of advanced tea leaves to read

By Joshua Davidovich

May 21, 2017
2:04 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd-R) attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)

Netanyahu: I will discuss ‘ways to advance peace’ with Trump

PM says Israeli citizens will welcome US president ‘with open arms,’ is ‘looking forward’ to visit

By Times of Israel staff

May 21, 2017
9:16 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) hosts his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)

Ahead of Trump visit, cabinet to vote on Palestinian economic benefits

Ministers to debate easing restrictions, increasing building permits in Area C; Bennett said to oppose proposal

By Times of Israel staff

May 20, 2017
7:05 pm

Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Saeb Erekat, right, is greeted by Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi upon his arrival at the Foreign Ministry in the Jordanian capital Amman on May 14, 2017. (AFP/ Khalil MAZRAAWI)

Erekat warns Trump embassy move would end peace process

Palestinian negotiator says potential relocation of US embassy to Jerusalem would be an ‘imposition,’ urges US president to give Palestinians a chance

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

May 20, 2017
2:26 pm

US President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speak in the Roosevelt Room during a joint statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)

Report: Trump to offer 6-12 months of peace talks, without settlement freeze

Arabic newspaper claims US leader will present Israelis and Palestinians with new approach during visit this week; Abbas said ready to agree

By Times of Israel staff

May 19, 2017
4:45 pm

President Donald Trump arrives at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, aboard Air Force One, Friday April 28, 2017, for a speech to the National Rifle Association's convention and a fundraiser for 6th District candidate Karen Handel. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Whirlwind tour: Donald Trump’s 28-hour Israel itinerary

From meetings with top dignitaries to visits at resonant religious sites, a look at the president’s Monday-Tuesday Holy Land schedule

By Raphael Ahren and Times of Israel staff

May 19, 2017
10:42 am

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Colombia's President President Juan Manuel Santos in the East Room of the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Trump says he hasn’t ruled out Netanyahu joining him at Western Wall

In interview ahead of visit, president confident he will be able to reach a deal quickly between Israelis and Palestinians: ‘We have the right people’

By Times of Israel staff

May 18, 2017
10:48 pm

US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

Trump told Abbas he’ll be able to reach a deal within a year, says Palestinian minister

PA is taking the US president’s peace efforts seriously, says foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki

By AFP

May 18, 2017
3:12 pm

Palestinian men working in a keffiyeh factory in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 14, 2010. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinians to ask Trump for economic stimulus package

Projects to be presented during US president’s trip include West Bank airport, Dead Sea hotels, power station and new city

By Avi Issacharoff

May 18, 2017
5:12 am

Illustrative photo of Muslim women gathering for Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

As so-called ‘honor killers’ get away with murder, Palestinians say law, judges outdated

12,000 sign petition to Abbas, initiated by Palestinian women’s rights groups, to cancel Article 99 of the Jordanian penal code, which they say encourages murder

By Dov Lieber

May 17, 2017
8:31 pm

Palestinian women walk past a wall bearing posters, including a portrait of prominent prisoner Marwan Barghouti, during a rally in Ramallah, in support of him and other prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails on April 24, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Barghouti is forcing Israel to decide between bad and worse

To negotiate with the hunger-striking Fatah leader and terrorist would give him legitimacy; to ignore him would risk igniting the Palestinian street as Trump flies in

By Avi Issacharoff

May 16, 2017
7:43 pm

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: Trump will visit Western Wall, without Netanyahu

President to lay a wreath at Yad Vashem and deliver speech at Israel Museum in Jerusalem, will meet Abbas in Bethlehem; no mention of visit to Masada

By Eric Cortellessa

May 16, 2017
9:24 am

Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian envoy to Washington (courtesy)

Palestinian envoy to US: It’s ‘too early’ for direct talks with Israel

Husam Zomlot says Trump’s commitment to a peace deal and his meeting with Abbas have ‘renewed Palestinian hopes’

By Eric Cortellessa

Topic: Mahmoud Abbas

Goodwill gestures to Palestinians came at Trump’s request, says PMO

Security cabinet approves raft of economic concessions as confidence-building measures towards US president’s peace push

Ministers okay economic package for Palestinians ahead of Trump visit

Despite opposition, cabinet approves increased building permits in Area C, creating West Bank industrial zones

The $380 billion clue

Those looking to get an early handle on what Trump’s tour to the region may bring have billions of dollars worth of advanced tea leaves to read

Netanyahu: I will discuss ‘ways to advance peace’ with Trump

PM says Israeli citizens will welcome US president ‘with open arms,’ is ‘looking forward’ to visit

Ahead of Trump visit, cabinet to vote on Palestinian economic benefits

Ministers to debate easing restrictions, increasing building permits in Area C; Bennett said to oppose proposal

Erekat warns Trump embassy move would end peace process

Palestinian negotiator says potential relocation of US embassy to Jerusalem would be an ‘imposition,’ urges US president to give Palestinians a chance

Report: Trump to offer 6-12 months of peace talks, without settlement freeze

Arabic newspaper claims US leader will present Israelis and Palestinians with new approach during visit this week; Abbas said ready to agree

Whirlwind tour: Donald Trump’s 28-hour Israel itinerary

From meetings with top dignitaries to visits at resonant religious sites, a look at the president’s Monday-Tuesday Holy Land schedule

Trump says he hasn’t ruled out Netanyahu joining him at Western Wall

In interview ahead of visit, president confident he will be able to reach a deal quickly between Israelis and Palestinians: ‘We have the right people’

Trump told Abbas he’ll be able to reach a deal within a year, says Palestinian minister

PA is taking the US president’s peace efforts seriously, says foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki

Palestinians to ask Trump for economic stimulus package

Projects to be presented during US president’s trip include West Bank airport, Dead Sea hotels, power station and new city

As so-called ‘honor killers’ get away with murder, Palestinians say law, judges outdated

12,000 sign petition to Abbas, initiated by Palestinian women’s rights groups, to cancel Article 99 of the Jordanian penal code, which they say encourages murder

Barghouti is forcing Israel to decide between bad and worse

To negotiate with the hunger-striking Fatah leader and terrorist would give him legitimacy; to ignore him would risk igniting the Palestinian street as Trump flies in

White House: Trump will visit Western Wall, without Netanyahu

President to lay a wreath at Yad Vashem and deliver speech at Israel Museum in Jerusalem, will meet Abbas in Bethlehem; no mention of visit to Masada

Palestinian envoy to US: It’s ‘too early’ for direct talks with Israel

Husam Zomlot says Trump’s commitment to a peace deal and his meeting with Abbas have ‘renewed Palestinian hopes’

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