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 25, 2013
8:57 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) seen with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 7, 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Kerry pushes economic plan for Palestinian peace

Coca-Cola among companies that would invest heavily in multi-billion dollar initiative bringing international businesses, infrastructure projects to the West Bank

By Gavriel Fiske

April 15, 2013
2:30 am

Israeli soldiers salute at graves of fallen soldiers at a military cemetery on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty

On the eve of the anniversary of country’s creation, the Jewish renaissance in the Holy Land remains a work in progress

By Aron Heller

April 14, 2013
6:58 pm

US Secretary of Sate John Kerry waves to the media upon arriving at Tokyo, Sunday, April 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Kerry hopes next Palestinian PM can work with US

Secretary of state says Washington wishes to ‘establish confidence’ with Salam Fayyad’s successor to advance peace

April 4, 2013
6:50 am

Crowds in Ramallah watch the speech of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN, November 29, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Giving US efforts a chance, Ramallah reportedly suspends recognition bids

Sources tell Haaretz newspaper that Mahmoud Abbas is willing to stop unilateral moves for 8 weeks while Washington tries to jump-start peace talks

By Times of Israel staff and AP

March 26, 2013
10:56 am

Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi poses for The Associated Press in New Brunswick, NJ. Amirahmadi, a professor at Rutgers University, is running for president of Iran. The liberal professor is embarking on a quixotic quest and must still win approval from the supreme leader's Iranian Supreme Council, which many say won't happen. But Amirahamadi is resolute, running a grassroots campaign and targeting Iranian expats who want to see the country open up to the West. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US professor on quixotic quest to be Iran’s next president

Hooshang Amirahmadi, 65, a dual US-Iranian citizen who says Iran should recognize Israel if a Palestinian state is established, aims to return to his home country and ‘make a splash’

By Katie Zezima

March 21, 2013
6:15 pm

US President Barack Obama and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a joint press conference in Ramallah in March 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90).

Full text of Obama-Abbas joint press conference

After meeting with PA president, US leader affirms that Palestinians ‘deserve a state of their own’; lauds tremendous progress achieved to date

March 20, 2013
2:51 pm

When the UN’s walls talk, they’re pro-Palestinian

A tour of the United Nations emphasizes the Palestinian narrative and minimizes the Holocaust

By Tuvia Book

March 20, 2013
1:26 am

American and Israeli flags fly in the streets of Jerusalem. (Photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90)

Israelis more likely than Americans to support Palestinian state

Gallup poll shows 44% of American respondents favor the establishment of a Palestinian state, compared to 54% of Israelis

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 16, 2013
1:09 am

US Pesident Barack Obama pauses during a speech on Dec. 16, 2012. (photo credit: Evan Vucci/AP)

Obama needs to muster all his charm to win over skeptical Israelis

To overcome somewhat negative perception, US president will need to give an uncompromising pledge to stand behind Israel

By Aron Heller

March 7, 2013
9:14 pm

Barack Obama, left, speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu outside the White House in 2011. (photo credit: Pete Souza/White House)

Obama, in Israel, will present ‘general framework’ for peace, Israel TV claims

US source denies story, and rejects report that president told US Jewish leaders he may unveil specific plan in next 6-12 months for comprehensive accord

By Times of Israel staff

March 7, 2013
7:08 pm

The Swedish Riksdag (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Janwikifoto/Wikimedia Commons)

Sweden recognizes Palestinian Embassy, not state

Parliament votes to upgrade status of diplomatic delegation, objects to recognizing independent country

By Aaron Kalman

February 26, 2013
2:48 pm

And the winner for leading apartheid is…

Even as Israeli Apartheid Week plays at a campus near you, Arab states are the true pros in institutionalized racism

By Lyn Julius

February 21, 2013
12:29 pm

The neighboring Kingdom of Mahmoud Abbas

The perverse justice of a Nablus court should give pause to supporters of Palestinian statehood

By Calev Myers

February 8, 2013
4:25 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, the foreign minister of Cyprus, during his visit to the island country in February (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/Flash90/GPO)

Cyprus upgrades Palestinian mission to embassy

Foreign minister says move in line with Nicosia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood in 1988

By Ron Friedman and AP

Topic: Palestinian statehood