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Middle East Monitor
April 23, 2018
UN Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov clashed with a former Israeli army spokesman on Twitter after the UN official slammed Israel's violent response to protests in Gaza on Friday which left four Palestinians dead. Mladenov angrily tweeted that Israel's actions on the GazaÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 23, 2018
#Children must be protected from #violence, not exposed to it," UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nikolay Mladenov wrote on Twitter. The Israeli army said on Saturday (April 21) that it was opening an investigation into the incident, in accordance with standard procedure.
Haaretz
April 23, 2018
"The Middle East peace process has long needed clarity and an injection of reality, and Trump has provided it by making the decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem," Bolton tweeted after Trump announced the landmark decision to recognize Jerusalem. The statement was only one of manyÃâà...
Petra News Agency
April 22, 2018
Amman, April 22 (Petra) -- His Majesty King Abdullah II on Sunday received a delegation from a U.S center involved in the Middle East peace process studies. The meeting at the Husseiniya Palace touched on international efforts to reinvigorate the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and the need to realize aÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
April 21, 2018
PARIS, April 21 (KUNA) -- French President Emanuel Macron and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas discussed by phone on Saturday the situation in Gaza Strip and the prospects of the Middle East peace process. They welcomed the results of the Arab Summit, held in Dhahran city, Saudi ArabiaÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
April 20, 2018
The US administration is resolved to “destroy the peace process and the two-state option”, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's (PLO) Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, said yesterday. Erekat's remarks came during separate meetings with the head of the UN's Middle EastÃâà...
Stanford Report
March 30, 2018
Now, a rigorous new study in the Middle East suggests that Montesquieu may not have realized the half of it. The new study, by Saumitra ... They could see that stock prices rose if peace negotiations were re-starting and that prices went down if the peace process was collapsing. It changed their attitudesÃâà...
Haaretz
March 30, 2018
Last December, in the days before President Donald Trump's speech recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the two White House officials in charge of his Middle East peace plan – Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt – were busy working the phones. They put out calls to foreign diplomats, seniorÃâà...
Kashmir Observer
March 29, 2018
Ramallah—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday held both Israel and the US responsible for the deadlock in the Middle East peace process, Palestinian media reported. Abbas' remarks were made in a meeting with Foreign Minister of Morocco Nasser Bourita in the West Bank city ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 28, 2018
This led Abbas to brand Trump's peace efforts as "the slap of the century" and say the US could no longer play any role in the Middle East peace process following the move. Over the past five months, there have been at least three rounds of leaks signalling what Trump's peace plan may entail for theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 27, 2018
I will focus on the developments on the ground in accordance with the provisions of the resolution, including on the regional and international efforts to advance the peace process. Let me reiterate from the beginning that developments on the ground cannot be divorced from the broader context: continuedÃâà...
UN News
March 27, 2018
In a briefing to the Security Council focused mainly on implementation of its resolution 2334, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the text urged Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory,Ãâà...
Kuwait News Agency
March 20, 2018
... report released Monday suggests geopolitical turbulence and concerns over the future of Mideast Peace talks are now more elevated than "in recent memory." According to a new report released to the IMF's Ad Hoc Liaison Committee finds that despite renewed calls to revive the peace process, there isÃâà...
Haaretz
March 20, 2018
According to the official, among the topics the two leaders will discuss are "Iran's aggression" in the Middle East and the support Russia lends to Tehran. Saudi Arabia is engaged in proxy wars against Iran in Syria and Yemen. The senior official said that Trump and the crown prince will also talk aboutÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 17, 2018
The political, humanitarian and economic developments of the past six months, underscore the urgent need for a resumption of meaningful negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Only a negotiated two-state solution, based on internationally recognized and agreed principles, and as enshrined inÃâà...
Jewish Policy Center (blog)
March 16, 2018
President Trump's “peace process” envoy Jason Greenblatt hosted an odd and auspicious “ problem-solving meeting” at the White House to discuss the “humanitarian crisis in Gaza.” Among the 19 countries at the table were Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. And Israel.
Stars and Stripes
March 13, 2018
"Any Afghanistan peace process is going to be long and difficult, with ups and downs, and there will always be plenty of room for skepticism that it won't succeed," said Andrew Wilder, vice-president of the Asia Programs at the United States Institute of Peace. "However, I'm even more skeptical that any sideÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 11, 2018
LONDON - Domestic problems faced by top Palestinian, Israeli and American officials are likely to add to the hurdles to restart the Middle East peace process. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been facing mounting criticism domestically over his security coordination with Israel and hisÃâà...
CBS News
March 5, 2018
But while the visit may give Trump a chance to bask in Israel's delight, Netanyahu also comes with serious concerns to raise about the president's broader approach on the Middle East. Israel is increasingly worried that Trump is backsliding on a pledge to "fix" or dismantle the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
RealClearPolitics
March 4, 2018
Lindsey Graham: Don't Bother Talking About Jared Kushner And Peace Process, Middle East Is On Brink Of War ... question about "senior advisor to the president" Jared Kushner having his security clearance reduced, Graham said: "The last thing on my mind right now is the peace process, we're about toÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 1, 2018
In an earlier article, I argued that the Palestinian cause is absent at all levels including the media and politics, as well as public opinion because of the so-called Arab Spring. I attributed this absence to three factors: Arab countries are busy with their internal issues in light of deteriorating economicÃâà...
CNN
February 27, 2018
But five former top US officials who have tackled Middle East peace before Kushner told CNN they believe he will be able to continue overseeing the US ... the negotiations themselves," said Dennis Ross, who served as a US envoy to the peace process under Republican and Democratic administrations.
Foreign Policy (blog)
February 20, 2018
But the proposal for an international conference was warmly received by other council members, including Russia and France, who have long sought to play a larger role in the Middle East peace process. In a sign of the shifting mood at the United Nations, Abbas's speech received rousing applause fromÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 17, 2018
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Los Angeles Times
February 14, 2018
U.S. pledges aid increase to Jordan, hints at developments in Middle East peace process ... It was Tillerson's third stop in a fence-mending Middle East tour following a year of disruptive moves by the Trump administration that have left traditional U.S. allies in the region, including Jordan and Turkey, fuming.
PBS NewsHour
December 31, 1999
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an enthusiastic crowd at AIPAC in Washington on Tuesday, while facing deep political and possibly criminal problems back at home. Nick Schifrin talks with Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center about Netanyahu's chance of staying in power, theÃâà...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
Russia's political and military achievements in Syria have encouraged Moscow to extend its efforts in the Middle East, he said. ... Abbas who declined to be named said, “Abbas insists that Russia assumes a pivotal role in the peace process — particularly following Trump's decision to recognize JerusalemÃâà...
