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December 2, 2012
2:18 pm

My family in Israel

From the Web Richard Behar, writes in Forbes, of relatives under fire and a ceaseless Palestinian message of hate

By Richard Behar

December 1, 2012
9:25 pm

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2)

New settlement construction threatens two-state solution, Palestinian PM warns

Salam Fayyad says Israel’s ‘retaliatory’ plans for building in East Jerusalem and West Bank are ‘not constructive’

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 1, 2012
4:58 pm

Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe/Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Israel destroying Middle East peace process, Ankara charges

Independent Palestine necessary for regional stability, Foreign Minister Davutoğlu says

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 1, 2012
2:24 am

A worker at a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim in March 2011 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Abbas willing to restart talks with Israel, but only on basis of UN resolutions that brand settlements illegal

Day after UN win, PA head slams Israel’s announcement of 3,000 new housing units for Jerusalem and the West Bank; his adviser says Palestinians may take Israel to ICC, says it’s ‘murdering’ the peace process

By Michal Shmulovich and Ron Friedman

November 30, 2012
10:05 pm

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)

US shifting from punitive to wait-and-see response to Palestinian UN bid

Despite disappointment with vote results, both Washington and Jerusalem seemed reconciled to the inevitable

By Ron Kampeas

November 30, 2012
6:01 pm

The electronic screen at the UN General Assembly showing the votes according to country (photo credit: screen capture UNGA livestream)

Margin of UN defeat disappoints Israel

From the web The result — 138 nations against 9 opposed, with 41 members abstaining — makes it hard not to see this as ‘a total failure for our diplomacy,’ senior official tells Reuters

November 30, 2012
12:51 am

Seen through a Palestinian flag, people rally in support of the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Nov. 29 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Ishtayeh)

65 years after approving partition plan, UN General Assembly upgrades ‘Palestine’ to nonmember observer state

Palestinian flag unfurled on the floor of the General Assembly after overwhelming majority of members elect to grant PA same status as The Vatican

By AP and Times of Israel staff

November 29, 2012
11:47 pm

Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

Full text of Ron Prosor’s speech to the UN General Assembly, November 29, 2012

‘Israel is a nation that never hesitates to defend itself, but will always extend its hand for peace,’ says Israel’s ambassador to the UN

November 29, 2012
11:41 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appeals to all nations to vote in favor of the Palestinians "as an investment in peace," in a statement before the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Nov. 29 (photo credit: Richard Drew/AP)

Full text of Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the UN General Assembly, November 29, 2012

‘The General Assembly is called upon today to issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine,’ says PA president

November 29, 2012
11:16 pm

Palestinians wave Fatah flags behind a poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally in support of the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 29 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Palestinians glued to screens watching the world grant them updated status

‘Today the world will hear our voice,’ says reveler at Ramallah’s central square

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

November 29, 2012
10:31 pm

Supporters of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas wave Fatah movement flags during a rally in Gaza City on November 29 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Palestinians will get UN upgrade but true powers remain elusive

What unfolds will depend on how hard Palestinians want to pursue membership in various agencies, and who will support them

By Peter James Spielmann

November 29, 2012
10:07 pm

US Senator Lindsey Graham (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

US lawmakers threaten to halt aid to Palestinians if they use UN upgrade against Israel

Senator Lindsey Graham says he fears new status will be abused ‘as a club against Israel’

By Donna Cassata

November 29, 2012
6:08 pm

Twenty conclusions from Pillar of Defense

Israel’s strategic position got a boost from Hamas’s impotence, the IDF’s response and the country’s unity under fire.

By David Bedein

November 29, 2012
8:09 am

Will the Palestinians attempt to drag Israel before the court rather than sit down to peace talks? A courtroom at the International Criminal Court, The Hague (photo credit: CC BY Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Flickr)

The UN vote, the International Criminal Court and the riddle of Palestinian intentions

Whether the Palestinian Authority’s UN bid is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for peace depends on what the PA plans to do after the vote, and most of the signals don’t favor the optimists

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 29, 2012
5:04 am

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem, September 2012 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Hours ahead of vote, former PM Olmert comes out in favor of Palestinian UN bid

Echoing PA’s position, Olmert says nonmember state status is congruent with two-state solution, will help move talks forward

By Joshua Davidovich

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