Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the US Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

May 14, 2018, 7:42 pm

Kushner: ‘Truth’ drove Jerusalem embassy opening, Iran deal withdrawal

At opening ceremony for new mission, Trump's son-in-law and adviser slams 'those provoking violence' on Gaza border

By Alexander Fulbright

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

May 13, 2018, 9:28 pm

On eve of Israel embassy move, US says it is ‘hard at work’ on peace

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Fox news channel that efforts to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict are 'most decidedly not dead'

By AFP and TOI staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (seated center), during the second day of the Palestinian National Council, on May 1, 2018. (Asil Shahin/Wafa)

May 2, 2018, 10:13 pm

Palestinian official: Abbas didn’t deny Holocaust, Israel distorted his words

After speech by PA chief is widely denounced as anti-Semitic, Saeb Erekat says Abbas respects Judaism, believes in peace, opposes those 'who occupy our land'

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrive for a meeting at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

May 2, 2018, 7:55 pm

German Palestinian group slams Abbas Holocaust speech

In rare move, DPG says it 'dissociates itself clearly and unequivocally' from PA president's speech blaming Jews for Holocaust

By JTA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he chairs a Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah on April 30, 2018. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

May 2, 2018, 5:09 pm

Germany slams Abbas for ‘anti-Semitic’ remarks; EU, UN call speech unacceptable

Berlin's FM Heiko Maas denounces PA president's 'history lesson', says Germany was responsible for Holocaust

By TOI staff and AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas during the state funeral of late president Shimon Peres, held at Mt. Herzl, in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

May 2, 2018, 12:12 pm

Netanyahu: Abbas peddles the ‘most contemptible anti-Semitic slogans’

Foreign ministry takes PA leader to task for 'Holocaust denying' speech blaming Jewish 'social behavior' for Nazi persecution

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attends the lobby for Israel-US relations at the Knesset on July 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 2, 2018, 2:02 am

American ambassador says Abbas ‘reached new low’ in speech denigrating Jews

Citing PA chief's claim that Jewish behavior caused Holocaust, Friedman tells those who blame Israel for lack of peace to 'think again'; Trump envoy: Abbas comments 'disheartening'

By TOI staff

Deputy Minister Michael Oren at the Knesset, June 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel)

May 1, 2018, 9:24 am

Michael Oren: Israel should welcome Trump peace plan

Deputy minister says US president's framework will require concessions, but Jerusalem would be foolish to reject it

By Aron Heller

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah on April 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

May 1, 2018, 1:15 am

Abbas says Jews’ behavior, not anti-Semitism, caused the Holocaust

In rambling speech, PA president gives a 'history lesson' in which he tries to negate Jewish connection to Israel, accuses Zionists of cooperating with Hitler

By TOI staff and Agencies

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan, on April 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

April 30, 2018, 6:32 pm

Pompeo puts onus on Palestinians to rejoin peace talks

US secretary of state calls on PA to again engage with Israel, refuses to back claim that conflict is main source of regional instability

By AFP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office, March 5, 2018 (Haim Tzach/GPO)

April 23, 2018, 3:27 am

Trump reportedly asked Netanyahu if he actually cares about peace

According to Axios, the US president in phone call last year questioned Israeli PM's commitment to diplomacy over plans for further settlement construction

By Eric Cortellessa

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with Iranian officials, participants of the 31st International Islamic Unity Conference and ambassadors from Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, December 6, 2017. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

April 4, 2018, 11:27 pm

Knocking Saudis, Khamenei calls interacting with Israel ‘betrayal,’ backs Hamas

In apparent reference to crown prince's favorable comments on Israel, Iranian leader condemns 'unforgettable error' of negotiating with Jewish state

By TOI staff

US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on March 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 29, 2018, 1:32 pm

US envoy says he was misquoted about Washington wanting to replace Abbas

Ambassador David Friedman clarifies it is for the Palestinian people to decide who should be their leader

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

Then-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Jerusalem, on November 17, 2008. (Moshe Milner GPO/Flash90)

March 26, 2018, 6:54 am

Ehud Olmert: When peace was within arm’s reach, I was politically ‘assassinated’

In new memoirs, jailbird ex-PM alleges a conspiracy of Israeli forces thwarted him: 'They killed Rabin with bullets. I live in Maasiyahu jail. This, too, is an assassination'

By Marissa Newman

US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's hand before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

March 22, 2018, 11:04 am

Palestinian rejection said to delay US peace plan announcement indefinitely

PA official claims Trump has failed in attempt to bypass Abbas by enlisting Arab countries to negotiate on his behalf

By Khaled Abu Toameh