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Topic: Nabil Abu Rudeineh

May 9, 2013
2:41 pm

The Ulpana outpost, adjacent to the Beit El settlement (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/ Flash90)

Defense minister okays 296 homes in West Bank settlement

Palestinians say move proves Israel doesn’t want peace; US says settlement construction counteractive to peace efforts

By Aaron Kalman

February 7, 2013
12:19 pm

Construction in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa, in East Jerusalem, in 2009 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘No change in settlement policy,’ say Jerusalem sources

Following reports that national security adviser called West Bank building a ‘diplomatic problem,’ suggestion of construction freeze put to rest

By Asher Zeiger

February 7, 2013
9:48 am

National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash 90)

PM’s security adviser: Settlement policy is ‘diplomatic problem’

Before heading to Washington, Haaretz reports, Amidror says Israel’s building in the West Bank is ‘impossible to explain’ to the West; PMO: No comment

By Asher Zeiger

February 7, 2013
2:55 am

US President Barack Obama, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90/File)

PA calls on Obama to pressure Israel over settlements

Ramallah welcomes presidential visit, but says words must be backed up by action if US truly wants to push for peace

By Joshua Davidovich

February 6, 2013
5:15 pm

Mahmoud Abbas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Cairo on February 6 (photo credit: IRNA screenshot)

Abbas meets Ahmadinejad, thanks Iran for support

PA president and Iranian leader meet in Cairo following Islamic summit, discuss statehood

By Adiv Sterman

February 6, 2013
12:36 pm

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas during a meeting in New York in 2009 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Obama ‘wants to host Netanyahu-Abbas meeting during visit’

Israel’s deputy foreign minister says efforts to set up summit already under way

By Adiv Sterman and Times of Israel staff

January 4, 2013
7:48 am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas waves to Fatah supporters during a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the movement's founding in Ramallah, December 31 (photo credit: Issam RImawi/Flash90)

Israel’s East Jerusalem construction plans crossed red line, says PA president

Abbas says it is the Palestinian’s right and duty to do “everything possible” to oppose new building

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 17, 2012
10:51 pm

Children playing in Ramat Shlomo in 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

US condemns East Jerusalem building plan, Palestinians to petition UN

PA to ask Security Council for action on proposal to put 1,500 homes in Ramat Shlomo

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 17, 2012
9:47 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, welcomes King Abdullah II, left, in Ramallah on December 6, 2012. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Talk of Palestinian-Jordanian confederation irks observers on both sides of the river

‘We have disengaged from the West Bank and we don’t want it back,’ writes Jordanian columnist

By Elhanan Miller

December 1, 2012
8:41 am

Palestinians celebrating in the West Bank city of Ramallah after the UN General Assembly voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state, November 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinian Authority officially changing its name to Palestine

Belgium elevates status of PA representative to ambassador, Palestinian sources report

By Yoel Goldman

November 30, 2012
5:09 pm

A Palestinian protester holds a placard in front of Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the West Bank village of al-Masara near Bethlehem, marking the recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state by the United Nations. Friday Nov. 30 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinians slam Israel for approving 3,000 housing units in Jerusalem and West Bank

White House calls move, announced day after Palestinian success at UN, ‘counterproductive’

By Ron Friedman

November 30, 2012
5:06 pm

After UN vote, Israel to approve 3,000 new housing units in Jerusalem and West Bank

Official says building is in accordance with Israel’s strategic interests map and says more construction planned in E1 area; Labor, Meretz criticize move