Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

View of the Israeli settlement of Ariel, in the West Bank on July 2, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

March 24, 2021, 4:14 pm

Mideast Quartet urges ‘meaningful’ dialogue to reach two-state solution

Convening online, envoys from US, Russia, EU and UN express concern over potential ‘unilateral actions,’ in apparent reference to Israeli settlement expansion

By AFP

Palestinians wave national flags during a protest against normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 15, 2020. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

March 23, 2021, 10:30 am

Top Abbas advisers urge Palestinian statehood with ‘soft’ sovereignty

Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi, seasoned negotiators with Israel, propose Jordan and Egypt taking on security roles, and Saudi normalization if settlement expansion ends

By Stuart Winer

From left to right, EU Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Susanna Terstal, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and UN special coordinator for the Middle East Tor Wennesland pose for a group photo prior to their meeting in Paris, March 11, 2021. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

March 11, 2021, 8:00 pm

European, Arab diplomats attempt to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts

Officials say potential ‘small steps’ toward peace may come after Jerusalem and Ramallah hold elections

By AP

Hady Amr, now US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, speaks at the Brookings Institute, where he was a fellow, on December 3, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)

February 22, 2021, 3:49 am

As Biden puts Mideast on backburner, US point-man on conflict seeks small gains

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hady Amr starts job gunning for improvements to Palestinian economy and renewing bilateral ties, but is not giving up on two-state solution

By Jacob Magid

US Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders in the State Dining Room of the White House, January 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

January 29, 2021, 4:05 pm

Biden breaks from predecessors by taking it slow on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Like Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton, US president says ultimate goal is 2-state solution; unlike them, he’s not interested in launching a high-stakes initiative to get there

By Jacob Magid

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

January 29, 2021, 8:48 am

Under new US leadership, UN chief sees ‘hope’ for Mideast peace progress

Without mentioning Trump explicitly, Guterres says that previously ‘we were completely locked down in a situation in which there was no progress visible’

By Agencies and TOI staff

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks to the media after a meeting on the divisive migrant issue in Paris, France, July 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

January 27, 2021, 8:47 pm

German FM insists nuclear deal is best way to confront Iran’s ‘reckless’ acts

Speaking to INSS conference, Heiko Maas says Tehran’s missiles, proxies must also be addressed; calls for end to settlement construction

By Lazar Berman

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas in Moscow, on January 20, 2012. (AP Photo/ Mikhail Metzel)

January 26, 2021, 9:43 pm

Russia backs Palestinian proposal for Mideast peace conference

Speaking to UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Lavrov suggests ministerial-level multinational summit in the spring or summer

By AFP

Then US President Bill Clinton, center, looks on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO leader Yasser Arafat shake hands in the East Room of the White House after signing the Middle East accord in Washington on September 28, 1995. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

January 22, 2021, 2:50 pm

Documentary highlights the ‘Human Factor’ in Israel-Palestinian peace talks

New film takes intimate look at efforts to broker agreement through the personal experiences of US officials who mediated the negotiations

By Jocelyn Noveck

From left to right, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, takes a photo with his cellphone of journalists, during a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, ahead of a press conference at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, January 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

January 11, 2021, 4:20 pm

Egypt, Germany, France, Jordan meet on reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

European foreign ministers sit down in Cairo ahead of Biden taking office, seeking to build on ‘positive regional context’ of Israel’s normalization deals with Arab states

By AP and TOI staff

File: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, left, gives a joint statement with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, July 20, 2020. (Mohamad Torokman/Pool via AP)

December 19, 2020, 5:27 pm

Amid normalization push, Egypt, Jordan, PA say only 2 states will solve conflict

Meeting in Cairo, foreign ministers agree to seek cooperation on Palestinian statehood with incoming Biden administration, speak out against settlement expansion

By TOI staff

FM Ashkenazi addressing, via video conference, the IISS Manama Dialogue, December 6, 2020 (screen shot IISS)

December 6, 2020, 4:24 pm

FM Ashkenazi: Normalization with UAE, Bahrain an ‘opportunity’ for Palestinians

Addressing Manama Dialogue conference, top diplomat urges direct peace talks without preconditions, says Abraham Accords weren’t at Ramallah’s ‘expense’

By AFP and TOI staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo on November 30, 2020. (WAFA Images/Thayer Ghanayem)

December 5, 2020, 9:52 pm

Egypt’s Sissi said to tell Abbas he intends to broker Israeli-Palestinian talks

Unsourced TV report says two leaders agreed Egyptian president will invite Israeli, PA foreign ministers to Cairo as part of effort to renew peace negotiations

By TOI staff

Israelis light candles, as part of a display of 25,000 memorial candles in honor of the 25th Memorial Day for the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2020.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

November 1, 2020, 8:22 pm

25 years after assassination, Rabin-lit hope for peace with Palestinians dims

Israeli mindset has shifted due to terror attacks, Hamas control of Gaza and, more recently, normalization deals with Arab states

By AFP and TOI staff

Palestinians protest against the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 15 September 2020. (Flash90)

September 29, 2020, 1:41 pm

A peace paradox: Sidelined Palestinians may finally have their leverage

Israel’s inroads in the Arab world are based on strategic necessity. The Palestinians can’t stop the new peacemaking, but they can set a high price for it

By Haviv Rettig Gur