October 31, 2013
5:49 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks after the Security Council voted on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at U.N. headquarters. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Kerry to head to Middle East Sunday with full agenda

US secretary of state to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem to discuss final-status talks, among destinations in Arab world and Europe

By Times of Israel staff and AP

August 14, 2013
3:23 am

An Israeli holds a portrait of a relative killed in a terror attack during a protest in Tel Aviv on Monday as people protested the government's decision to release 26 Palestinian prisoners, most of them held for deadly attacks, as part of a US-brokered deal that led to a resumption of Mideast negotiations. (photo credit: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Even worse odds than in 2008 for Mideast deal

Since the last major attempt at peace, thousands of Israelis have settled in the West Bank while the Arab Spring bolsters Israel’s demands for tight security guarantees

By Josef Federman and Karin Laub

August 9, 2013
6:34 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan on Friday, July 19, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Kerry tells US Jewish leaders he fears for Israel’s future if no peace deal

At White House, secretary highlights Israel’s growing isolation, demographic challenges; Jewish leaders call for Abbas to moderate tone in upcoming UN speech

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

May 20, 2013
11:15 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Istanbul in April (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Kerry swinging through Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

Secretary of State heads to Oman, and then Jordan to huddle with 10 close European and Arab partners, before traveling to Israel

April 27, 2013
6:56 am

US President Barack Obama points to a member of the media as he prepares to answer a question regarding the ongoing situation in Syria during his meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II Friday in the Oval Office of the White House. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jordan, US have ‘enormous stake’ in Mideast peace, Obama says

US president praises visiting King Abdullah for pro-democratic reforms, says countries see eye to eye on Syrian crisis and Israeli-Palestinian peace

By Michal Shmulovich

April 19, 2013
6:50 am

A Palestinian protester cuts part of the security barrier near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 17. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Former senior European officials warn of ‘dying’ peace process

In letter to EU foreign policy chief, authors say Western policies are ‘preserving the occupation,’ call for complete settlement freeze

By Ron Friedman and AP

March 7, 2013
10:14 pm

President Shimon Peres addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2012 (photo credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum, Flickr)

Peres envisions Middle East as ‘start-up region’

President tells European Commission sharing knowledge and goodwill can bring peace to the area

By Greg Tepper

March 3, 2013
12:29 am

Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II in 2010. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu met with Abdullah over peace talks, report claims

PM’s visit to Jordan may have coincided with last week’s West Bank flare-ups; leaders last met in December to discuss Syria’s chemical weapons

By Michal Shmulovich

January 29, 2013
8:41 pm

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking to students in Global Town Hall interview (screenshot: YouTube, via US Department of State)

Clinton sees door for peace after Israeli elections

Secretary of state says Israelis evidently want a ‘different path,’ Kerry will pursue solution, way must be found to secure state Palestinians ‘deserve’

By Greg Tepper

January 26, 2013
8:56 am

An illustrative photo of a food truck in downtown Los Angeles (photo credit: CC-BY-Ricardo Diaz/Flickr)

A Mideast peace food truck

The Washington Post: Moustafa Soliman, an Egyptian-American novelist and retired US Energy Department staffer, plans to spread the message of attainable peace via his kosher-halal eats truck

By Emily Wax

December 26, 2012
10:55 pm

The unilateral disengagement of the American titans of peace

Exhausted, resigned, disillusioned, two-staters are pivoting away from the Middle East

By Mark Donig

December 1, 2012
5:21 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet in September, 2010, to relaunch peace talks in Washington, DC (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Clinton condemns Jerusalem’s settlement plans as US struggles to get Israel, PA to peace talks

During meetings with senior Palestinian and Israeli officials in Washington, secretary aims to bring both sides back to negotiations

November 11, 2012
12:59 am

The Israeli nuclear reactor at Nahal Sorek (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/ Flash 90)

Mideast nuke talks called off after Israel declines to attend, says diplomat

US to make official announcement on cancellation of Helsinki meeting in coming days

By George Jahn

October 15, 2012
7:58 pm

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel’s UN envoy slams Iran, Hezbollah in Security Council meeting

Prosor calls for international action to stop Tehran’s nuclear drive ‘before it’s too late’

By Ilan Ben Zion

September 16, 2012
2:17 pm

Shimon Peres (photo credit: Moshe Milner/Flash90)

Peres sends Rosh Hashanah message of tolerance and peace

‘Israel is a country for hopes not fears,’ says president, expressing confidence in nation’s ability to overcome enemies

By Stuart Winer

Topic: Middle East peace