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Arab-Israeli Peace Negotiations

Russia Presses for Larger Middle East Role

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 By Sergei Blagov Moscow (CNSNews.com) – As Russia moves to boost its clout in the Middle East, Israel is stepping up its appeals to Moscow not to provide Iran and Syria with advanced weapons systems....

Key Obama adviser called for US military invasion of denuded Israel

Samantha Power, a key Obama adviser, called in 2002 for billions of dollars in US military aid to Israel to be invested instead in Palestine and in a “mammoth” US-backed military force to impose a solution to the...

India gifts embassy to Palestine, pledge $20 million aid

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) In a gesture reaffirming unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause, India Tuesday announced an assistance of $20 million to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and gifted it a new embassy that...

Syria plays hardball with the Saudis

Saudi Arabia's refusal to denounce the deadly September 27 attack in Syria has enflamed relations between Damascus and Riyadh. The Syrians believe the Saudis, furious over defeat in Beirut and Syria's diplomatic successes, are...

International aid to the Palestinians requires a fundamental overhaul

On September 22, the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), the main donor forum charged with coordinating international assistance to the Palestinians, met in New York on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss...

Why Syria matters to Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has returned from his Washington meeting with President George W. Bush empty-handed and frustrated. His already shaky peace negotiations with Israel have hit a brick wall and, as more often...

Israel's Olmert in Moscow for talks (AFP)

MOSCOW (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in Moscow on Tuesday for talks expected to touch on the Middle East peace process, the Iran nuclear crisis and possible Russian weapons sales to Syria. Olmert, who stepped...

Medvedev, Olmert talk on Middle East, bilateral ties

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert here on Tuesday, with both pledging to push forward Middle East peace process and boost bilateral economic cooperation. "Our relations are...

Uri Avnery: Summing Up

Now one could say: "Good morning, Ehud!" I wonder if there is one single serious person in Israel who believes it is possible to make peace with Syria without giving up the Golan Heights in the end." A Prime Minister rushes...

Israel-Palestine's future is one nation

The map will replace this text. Unlike previous resolutions, which have been based on a Jewish state in most of historic Pale­stine with Palestinians relegated to the remnants, this one calls for a new state, covering what is...