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The Times of Israel

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Topic: World Economic Forum

June 26, 2013
4:37 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem in April. (photo credit: AP/Gali Tibbon)

‘$4b. for Palestinians contingent on peace progress’

International investments will not flow to the PA unless political talks are restarted, diplomat says

By Elhanan Miller

May 30, 2013
9:50 pm

Emad Abdel-Ghafour speaks at a rally, 2011. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

Criticism and denial follow Salafist’s comments to The Times of Israel

Morsi adviser Emad Abdel-Ghafour, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, had said Egypt has ‘no problem’ with Israel peace

By Elhanan Miller

May 28, 2013
7:56 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas promotes the Arab Peace Initiative during a speech at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan, May 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jim Young)

Hamas to Abbas: ‘Abducting soldiers is at the heart of our culture’

Kidnapping Israelis is a source of pride, not shame, declares spokesman in rebuttal to PA president’s speech

By Elhanan Miller

May 27, 2013
9:45 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Ramallah on Sunday, April 7, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Mohamed Torokman)

Palestinians reject Kerry’s new focus on boosting their economy

Day after secretary unveils $4-billion investment plan, Abbas adviser says PA won’t make political compromises for financial benefits

By Michal Shmulovich and Raphael Ahren

May 27, 2013
4:44 pm

Secretary John Kerry with President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the World Economic Forum in Jordan in late May 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Memo to Kerry: It’s not the economy, stupid

The secretary’s ridiculous talk of $4 billion in private investment for the Palestinians demonstrates that the path out of our conflict is not going to be cleared by Washington

By David Horovitz

May 27, 2013
4:19 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (center), Israeli President Shimon Peres (left), and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during the World Economic Forum in Jordan, Sunday May 26, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Jim Young)

Peres, Abbas and peace prospects at center stage

The press picks apart speeches from Jordan, and takes a quick look at the end of a Better Place

By Ilan Ben Zion

May 27, 2013
12:52 pm

Saeb Erekat (photo credit: Issan Rimawi/Flash90)

PA negotiator: Netanyahu the ‘one person’ hindering peace

Saeb Erekat says that most Israelis want an agreement based on the 1967 lines, but their government lacks a clear policy

By Gavriel Fiske

May 27, 2013
12:19 am

President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas meeting in 2008. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash 90)

Peres, Abbas powwow on sidelines of Jordan conference

Palestinian, Israeli presidents discuss possibility and terms for restarting talks

By Times of Israel staff

May 26, 2013
10:19 pm

Economics Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a party conference in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett says Peres wrong on Israeli willingness to capitulate

Mofaz slams right wing for criticizing president’s call to work toward two-state solution

By Aaron Kalman

May 26, 2013
9:18 pm

Kerry proposes $4-billion economic plan to boost Palestinians

Peres tells Abbas PA ‘must’ restart negotiations and bring peace; says ‘War is not inevitable. Peace is inevitable’

By Raphael Ahren

May 26, 2013
8:32 pm

President Shimon Peres speaks at the World Economic Forum in Jordan on May 26, 2013. (photo credit: image capture/WEF video feed)

On Jordan’s Dead Sea shore, the Shimon Peres show

The president is the face of wise, tolerant, gentle, peace-loving Israel. If only he ran the country, you can almost hear the World Economic Forum delegates thinking

By David Horovitz

May 26, 2013
7:50 pm

President Shimon Peres arrives at the World Economic Forum, in Southern Shuneh, Jordan, Sunday, May 26. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Full text of Shimon Peres’s speech at the World Economic Forum

President calls leaders, people to grasp the Arab initiative’s ‘strategic opportunity’ towards a two-state solution; tells Abbas: ‘You are our partner and we are yours’

May 26, 2013
5:34 pm

President Shimon Peres gives a brief statement at the World Economic Forum, in Southern Shuneh, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Peres: Even PM believes in chance for peace

In Jordan, president claims that ‘a number of windows’ have opened in the quest for progress

By Raphael Ahren

May 26, 2013
5:10 pm

Emad Abdel Ghafour speaking at the World Economic Forum, May 25, 2013 (photo credit: Youtube image/WEF)

Morsi’s Salafist adviser: ‘We have no problem with the peace with Israel’

Relations with Israel should proceed as normal, only with more Egyptian soldiers in Sinai, Emad Abdel Ghafour tells The Times of Israel

By Elhanan Miller

May 26, 2013
5:00 pm

WATCH: Israeli-Palestinian session at World Economic Forum

Shimon Peres, John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas discuss breaking the impasse to Middle East peace

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: World Economic Forum

‘$4b. for Palestinians contingent on peace progress’

International investments will not flow to the PA unless political talks are restarted, diplomat says

Criticism and denial follow Salafist’s comments to The Times of Israel

Morsi adviser Emad Abdel-Ghafour, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, had said Egypt has ‘no problem’ with Israel peace

Hamas to Abbas: ‘Abducting soldiers is at the heart of our culture’

Kidnapping Israelis is a source of pride, not shame, declares spokesman in rebuttal to PA president’s speech

Palestinians reject Kerry’s new focus on boosting their economy

Day after secretary unveils $4-billion investment plan, Abbas adviser says PA won’t make political compromises for financial benefits

Memo to Kerry: It’s not the economy, stupid

The secretary’s ridiculous talk of $4 billion in private investment for the Palestinians demonstrates that the path out of our conflict is not going to be cleared by Washington

Peres, Abbas and peace prospects at center stage

The press picks apart speeches from Jordan, and takes a quick look at the end of a Better Place

PA negotiator: Netanyahu the ‘one person’ hindering peace

Saeb Erekat says that most Israelis want an agreement based on the 1967 lines, but their government lacks a clear policy

Peres, Abbas powwow on sidelines of Jordan conference

Palestinian, Israeli presidents discuss possibility and terms for restarting talks

Bennett says Peres wrong on Israeli willingness to capitulate

Mofaz slams right wing for criticizing president’s call to work toward two-state solution

Kerry proposes $4-billion economic plan to boost Palestinians

Peres tells Abbas PA ‘must’ restart negotiations and bring peace; says ‘War is not inevitable. Peace is inevitable’

On Jordan’s Dead Sea shore, the Shimon Peres show

The president is the face of wise, tolerant, gentle, peace-loving Israel. If only he ran the country, you can almost hear the World Economic Forum delegates thinking

Full text of Shimon Peres’s speech at the World Economic Forum

President calls leaders, people to grasp the Arab initiative’s ‘strategic opportunity’ towards a two-state solution; tells Abbas: ‘You are our partner and we are yours’

Peres: Even PM believes in chance for peace

In Jordan, president claims that ‘a number of windows’ have opened in the quest for progress

Morsi’s Salafist adviser: ‘We have no problem with the peace with Israel’

Relations with Israel should proceed as normal, only with more Egyptian soldiers in Sinai, Emad Abdel Ghafour tells The Times of Israel

WATCH: Israeli-Palestinian session at World Economic Forum

Shimon Peres, John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas discuss breaking the impasse to Middle East peace

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