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Former US president Jimmy Carter waves as he arrives for a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as part of a delegation of The Elders group of retired prominent world figures, May 2, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
September 13, 2017, 5:14 am
Jimmy Carter says almost no hope of Trump progress on Mideast peace
Former president issues scathing criticism of US foreign policy, says Netanyahu has no intention of reaching two-state solution
By AP
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)
July 3, 2017, 4:59 pm
Trump: ‘Interesting things are happening’ on Middle East peace
US president tweets he held discussion with Saudi king, but does not say whether Israeli-Palestinian conflict was focus
By Alexander Fulbright and Agencies
May 12, 2017, 4:00 pm
The Trump recipe for Mideast peace
The Israeli–Palestinian talks may be part of a larger initiative to make America great again -- leading the region
By Arthur Koll
Palestinian women hold a scarf bearing the Palestine name as Israeli youths carry their national flag in the "flag march" through Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City during celebrations for Jerusalem Day on May 17, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
May 11, 2017, 6:30 am
How the Six Day War changed American Jews
Historians say the existential crisis brought people together in a way that hasn't been seen since Mount Sinai
By Ben Sales
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)
May 9, 2017, 4:07 pm
Trump embarks on a fool’s errand
The president will soon learn that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not the lynchpin for Mideast peace
By Sarah N. Stern
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner leaving after the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2017. (Saul Loeb/Pool/Getty Images/via JTA)
April 6, 2017, 2:49 pm
White supremacists don’t know what to make of Jared Kushner
Jew-haters looking to define Trump's 'nefarious' son-in-law take a page from the 'Elders of Zion'
By Ben Sales
February 23, 2017, 11:50 am
I’m a Zionist, not your punching bag
A proud McGill alum on her alma mater's new oppressive student culture inhibiting open discussion, and what to do about it
By Melanie Takefman
File: Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, interviewed on Channel 2, February 11, 2017 (Channel 2 screenshot)
February 11, 2017, 9:13 pm
Liberman: All the ‘Palestinians’ in Israel should go live under Abbas
Defense minister urges Netanyahu to seek deal with Trump on expanding sovereignty into West Bank, but says their White House meet should focus primarily on Iran
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump chats with reporters on board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, bound for Palm Beach, Florida, on February 3, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
February 10, 2017, 1:18 pm
Trump to Israeli paper: Settlements are ‘not a good thing for peace’
Speaking ahead of Netanyahu meeting, president says he respects Israel, doesn't want to condemn it, seeks a broad Mideast agreement, is mulling over embassy move
By TOI staff and AFP
New York City Detective Steven McDonald, his wife Patti, and son, Conor, smile after receiving the Spirit of Giving Award at the Kelly Cares Foundation's 5th Annual Irish Eyes Gala held at the JW Marriot Essex House in New York, March 15, 2015. (Stuart Ramson/Invision for Kelly Cares Foundation/AP Images)
January 11, 2017, 10:00 am
Paralyzed NY cop who spoke of peace, forgiveness in Israel dies
Detective Steven McDonald became an international voice for reconciliation after he publicly forgave the teenager who shot him
By Colleen Long
Pope Francis (C) looks on from the balcony of St Peter's basilica during the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas message to the city and the world, on December 25, 2016 at St Peter's square in Vatican. (AFP Photo/Andreas Solaro)
December 25, 2016, 2:59 pm
Pope urges Israelis, Palestinians to write ‘new page of history’
In Christmas message under heavy security in Europe, pope offers comfort for terror victims, calls for end to Syrian war
By AFP
November 9, 2016, 12:11 pm
Good neighbors make good peace
Where politicians fail, ordinary Jews and Arabs with shared interests are quietly on the path to normalization
By Oded Revivi
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/Pool/Maxim Shipenkov)
June 8, 2016, 8:32 pm
After ‘historic’ Russia visit, Netanyahu says US remains top ally
Stressing warm ties with Moscow, PM says there's 'no alternative' to Washington's friendship, but Jerusalem seeking other 'partnerships' as well
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, on June 7, 2016. (Haim Zach / GPO)
June 8, 2016, 5:46 pm
PM denies calling Arab peace plan ‘universally acceptable’
Netanyahu's office says 2002 initiative was not mentioned at all during Putin meeting, contradicting claim by Russian FM
By TOI staff and Raphael Ahren
French President Francois Hollande (2nd R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry prior to an international meeting on reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, in Paris on June 3, 2016. (AFP Photo/Pool/Saul Loeb)
June 3, 2016, 5:41 pm
Israel: Paris summit was a ‘missed opportunity,’ distances peace
Foreign Ministry accuses international community of caving to Abbas's demands, and thus hardening the Palestinians' stance
By TOI staff
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