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A bus burns after it was hit by an anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border on November 12, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces/Twitter)
November 12, 2018, 10:08 pm
International community condemns rocket fire on Israel
US unequivocally backs Jerusalem’s response to attacks from Gaza; UN, EU and Russia call on both sides to work to prevent further escalation
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinians detained by police for taking part in a conference in East Jerusalem, November 1, 2018 (Courtesy)
November 2, 2018, 9:29 am
Israel breaks up PA-led conference in East Jerusalem, arrests local governor
Public security minister says meeting in Ras al-Amud sought to advance PA efforts to erode Israeli sovereignty over capital’s east
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks to the press after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ludovic Marin)
November 1, 2018, 11:56 pm
Netanyahu dispatched Shin Bet chief in bid to renew ties with Abbas — report
PA chief said to have rejected economic incentives offered by Nadav Argaman in series of recent meetings with West Bank Palestinian officials
By TOI staff
Miri Regev, center, visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with UAE officials on October 29, 2018. (Courtesy Chen Kedem Maktoubi)
November 1, 2018, 10:54 am
Giant leap for Israel-Gulf ties hasn’t shattered the Palestinian glass ceiling
Do Netanyahu’s visit in Oman and ‘Hatikva’ playing in Abu Dhabi show that normalization with the Arab world is not tied to progress in the peace process? Not so fast, analysts warn
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
October 26, 2018, 10:23 pm
Does Iran lurk behind Netanyahu’s historic visit to Oman?
Amid speculation Muscat may take a greater role in Israel-Palestinian peace talks, analyst say it’s more likely Jerusalem is using the Gulf nation to send a message to Iran
By TOI staff and AP
Israeli trucks carrying diesel fuel enter Kerem Shalom cargo crossing on the Israel-Gaza border, October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 22, 2018, 11:07 pm
Report: Emerging truce deal would see Qatar fund Gaza’s salaries, fuel
Israeli ministers said briefed on details of accord that would see end of border protests, while netting Hamas a major diplomatic win in bypassing the PA
By TOI staff
Peter Mulrean participating in a UN conference in Geneva on October 1, 2012. (US Mission Geneva)
October 9, 2018, 6:03 am
Top UNRWA official says he champions both Israel and Palestinian refugees
As a US diplomat, Peter Mulrean fought anti-Israel bias at the UN; today, he defends his agency against the draconian cuts of his former employer
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinians burn a poster of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a protest against Israel and the PA in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 14, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 5, 2018, 4:23 pm
As Gaza worsens, Abbas controls fate of US peace plan
For the Palestinian Authority leader, the fate of the Hamas-controlled Strip is all that is stopping the US from imposing its peace deal, which he bitterly opposes
By Josef Federman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, Thursday, September 27, 2018 (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
September 28, 2018, 3:21 am
At UN, Abbas lobs threats at US and Israel — but reserves true ire for Hamas
PA leader’s harshest statements were directed at Gaza’s terrorist rulers. He now appears poised to turn those words into actions, and Jerusalem could be hit by the ricochets
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2017. (AP/Seth Wenig)
September 22, 2018, 4:57 pm
Abbas bluster at UN isn’t what should worry Israel
With sources saying PA chief is prepared to sever the flow of PA funds to Gaza if his demands to Hamas not met, the threat of violent conflict grows
By Avi Issacharoff
New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman. (Rebecca Zeffert/Flash90)
September 19, 2018, 7:40 pm
Tom Friedman urges Abbas, US Arab allies to say yes to plan with 2 key criteria
NYT columnist: Palestinians should promise backing for deal that offers demilitarized state, some E. J’lem rule; Israel must choose between separation, losing its Jewish democracy
By TOI staff
PA President Mahmoud Abbas delivering a speech on August 15, 2018. (WAFA)
August 30, 2018, 2:57 pm
As Abbas appears to soften peace demands, PA officials say his views unchanged
After PA leader voices support for demilitarized Palestinian state, tempers tone on refugees, Palestinian sources say his stance has been consistent since the 1970s
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a remembrance ceremony at the Paneriai Holocaust Memorial near Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Petras Malukas)
August 28, 2018, 4:06 am
Netanyahu says he sees path to Palestinian peace through ties with Arab states
‘Many Arab countries now see Israel not as their enemy but as their indispensable ally in pushing back Iranian aggression,’ PM tells Lithuanian media
By AFP and TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin (R) meets with Prince William the Duke of Cambridge, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 26, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON)
June 26, 2018, 3:09 pm
Rivlin asks Prince William to take ‘message of peace’ to Abbas
It’s time the Palestinians understand that Jews have returned to their ancestral homeland, president tells visiting royal, adding, ‘We have to end to the tragedy between us’
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make their way to the Oval Office for a meeting at the White House on March 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
June 14, 2018, 2:29 am
Report: US official says Trump peace proposal won’t be the ‘Bibi plan’
American source tells Israeli TV the plan will be ‘fair, balanced, realistic and fitting,’ include components both Israelis, Palestinians will dislike
By TOI staff
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