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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Khartoum's airport, July 19, 2016. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)
July 28, 2016, 12:59 pm
Fatah, Hamas to hold talks in renewed bid to bury hatchet
Abbas also accuses US of stalling search for solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict
By TOI staff and Dov Lieber
In this June 4, 2016 photo, a Palestinian family leaves their newly delivered apartment in the West Bank city of Rawabi, north of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
June 16, 2016, 12:38 am
Palestinians move into new city, part of statehood dream
250 families now live in Rawabi, north of Jerusalem, the West Bank's first planned city; when construction is completed in 5 years, there will be homes for 60,000
By Mohammed Daraghmeh
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, shakes hands with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas before their meeting in Athens, December 21, 2015. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)
June 12, 2016, 4:54 am
Greece will soon recognize Palestinian state, ruling party says
Delegation of Syriza officials make pledge in meeting with politicians in Ramallah, but offer no time frame
By Agencies and TOI staff
June 6, 2016, 12:19 pm
Is it time to divide Jerusalem?
Surprising new talk of reconfiguring the capital city may finally show a way out of the current intolerable reality
By Naomi Chazan
Education Minister and Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett speaks during Jerusalem Day celebrations at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 6, 2016, 5:05 am
Likud slams ‘hypocritical’ Bennett over Palestinian statehood kerfuffle
Jewish Home leader has accused PM Netanyahu of opposing a Palestinian state in Hebrew while supporting it in English
By TOI staff
Naftali Bennett (left) and Aryeh Deri (center) with Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (right) ahead of Yosef's daughter's wedding, on June 2, 2016. (Yaakov Cohen/Flash90)
June 5, 2016, 10:57 pm
Bennett charges PM with two-faced stance on Palestinian state
Jewish Home leader doubles down on rejection of two-state solution, claims Netanyahu says one thing in English, another in Hebrew
By TOI staff
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett on Channel 2's 'Meet the Press', June 4, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)
June 4, 2016, 9:45 pm
Bennett backs Palestinian autonomy ‘on steroids’
Jewish Home leader says he won't allow Palestinian state on his watch, touts security cabinet achievements in recent coalition spat with Netanyahu
By TOI staff
The three finalists of 'The President' reality TV show attend a public debate in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 2, 2016. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
June 3, 2016, 5:21 am
Palestinian reality show underscores democracy woes
Amid widespread discontent with Abbas after his long rule, a faux TV election may be the best the West Bank public can hope for
By Mohammed Daraghmeh
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett talks to Channel 2 in an interview segment aired on June 2, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
June 2, 2016, 10:21 pm
Bennett threatens to ‘topple government’ to prevent Palestinian state
Jewish Home leader vows to 'stand as fortified wall' against 'historic mistake' to retreat to 1967 line, divide Jerusalem
By TOI staff
US President Barack Obama, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 9, 2015. AFP/ SAUL LOEB)
June 2, 2016, 6:11 pm
Washington Post editorial: Paris summit is start of diplomatic pushback against Israel
Column accuses PM Netanyahu, new Defense Minister Liberman of insincerity in statements supporting two-state solution
By JTA
Bernie Sanders, Democratic presidential candidate, speaking at a campaign rally at California Sate University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. (Jim Steinfeldt/Getty Images)
May 26, 2016, 8:44 pm
Sanders expects ‘consensus’ on Palestinian rights at party convention
Presidential hopeful calls for revising the Democratic platform to acknowledge Israeli occupation
By JTA
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks to a gathering of supporters during a campaign rally at the Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, Kentucky, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
May 22, 2016, 4:51 pm
Sanders: Democratic platform must better reflect Palestinian hopes
Jewish presidential candidate backs challenger for Congress seat of DNC chief Wasserman Schultz, who he says unfairly treated his campaign
By JTA
May 20, 2016, 3:56 pm
The Arab failure to destroy Israel
Nakba Day is not about pursuing a state for Palestinian Arabs, but about destroying the one Jewish state in the world
By Julie Nathan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, shaking hands with IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, alongside President Reuven Rivlin, at an Israeli Independence Day ceremony for outstanding soldiers in Jerusalem, May 12, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2016, 5:50 am
Netanyahu keeps calling for talks with Abbas. Is he serious?
He froze settlements, but also expanded them, calls for talks but reportedly declined them. Is Netanyahu a realist on peace, or the obstacle to it?
By Ben Sales
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the diplomatic corps at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 12, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 13, 2016, 2:46 am
Netanyahu says he’s ready to meet Abbas for talks ‘right now’
PM claims he's taken unprecedented steps for peace, tells Palestinian leader to heed calls for direct negotiations
By TOI staff
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