Mahmoud Abbas says pre-1967 West Bank border is basis for peace negotiationsSixth round of peace talks to be held between Israeli and Palestinian representatives todayTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:15
Israel defiant any attack would provoke its ‘great might’Netanyahu makes it clear restraint was not an optionThu Aug 29 2013 - 01:00
Palestinians cancel round of peace talks after three killed by Israeli troopsPeace process may resume today if atmosphere calm following raidTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
Israelis stock up on gas masks amid fears of Syrian strikesMilitary steps up preparations for a possible attack from the northMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:01
Jerusalem peace talks conclude third round under radarPalestinians and Israelis maintain radio silence as talks progressSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Refusal to recognise Jewish state preventing peace, Netanyahu saysSettlements not the reason for ongoing conflict, Israeli prime minister tells United Nations secretary generalSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Middle East peace talks get under wayMedia blackout implemented as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators attempt to reach deal within nine monthsThu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
Middle East peace talks resume in JerusalemJohn Kerry determined to clinch deal despite scepticismWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Israel to release 26 Palestinian prisoners ahead of talks this weekLong-term detainees first batch of 104 to be released as part of peace talks conditionsMon Aug 12 2013 - 18:51
Israeli panel approves release of 26 prisonersMove intended as goodwill gesture to Palestinians ahead of peace talksMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Israel and Egypt use drone on Islamic militantsFirst Israeli attack inside Egypt since the countries signed 1979 peace treatySat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Lebanon to complain to UN over ‘infiltration’ of territory by Israeli armyFour Israeli soldiers hurt in border incidentThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Israel moves to boost West Bank settlements before peace talksNinety settlements were included on new national priority areas map approved by governmentMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Interim deal may be best option in pursuit of accord between Israel and PalestiniansDifficult choices lie ahead for both sides as they seek a lasting agreementTue Jul 30 2013 - 10:05
Israel to release 104 Palestinian prisonersMove a goodwill gesture ahead of Middle East peace talks in WashingtonMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Israel freezes EU projects in West BankMove a response to Brussels decision not to fund or co-operate with Israeli settlementsSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:08
Middle East peace talks to begin next weekFive years of deadlock to end with Washington meeting between Israelis and PalestiniansFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
European Union to blacklist Hizbullah’s military wingGilmore welcomes moves amid fears for Irish troops if full clampdown agreedTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Abbas vows to hold referendum on any peace proposalUS diplomat Martin Indyk named mediator for Mid-East talksMon Jul 22 2013 - 19:52
Netanyahu says any peace deal will be put to Israeli referendumRelease of 80 Palestinian prisoners to herald restart of long-stalled peace talksSun Jul 21 2013 - 22:00
Palestinians and Israelis to resume stalled peace talksMajor breakthrough after months of intense US diplomatic pressure on both sidesFri Jul 19 2013 - 21:43
Palestinians expected to decide today on terms for talks with IsraelConflicting reports emerged from yesterday’s top-level discussions in RamallahFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
Israel plans settlements despite EU’s tougher lineConstruction plans for West Bank going ahead as John Kerry tries to broker new talksThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Israel condemns EU ban on funds for settlementsNetanyahu angry at decree that means all future co-operation agreements with Israel can’t include Israeli settlementsWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:21
Israel takes measured response to events in EgyptHamas leaders in Gaza said to be in shock over fall of Muslim BrotherhoodFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Israelis and Palestinians closer to talks, Kerry claimsUS secretary of state says start of final-status negotiations could be ‘within reach’Mon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
Kerry steers Israel towards peace talksUS secretary of state has ‘productive, in-depth and wide-ranging’ discussion with Israeli prime ministerSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Netanyahu agrees goodwill moves to jump-start peace process, reports sayUS secretary of state John Kerry to meet Israeli PM and Palestinian president AbbasThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:03
Jewish man mistaken for terrorist shot dead by security guard in JerusalemDoron Ben Shlush was shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, said guardSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Palestinian prime minister offers to resign just two weeks after being sworn inHamdallah believes his deputies have ‘overstepped their authority’Fri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Two-state solution is at dead end, says Israeli ministerNaftali Bennett statement directly contradicts Netanyahu’s policyTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
Netanyahu distances himself from minister’s ‘two-state’ claimsIsraeli prime minister says officials must speak in unison in favour of returning to negotiating tableMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Palestinians warn that Israeli settlement plans could scupper peace talks effortsIsrael plans 300 homes in Ramot and nearly 800 in GiloFri May 31 2013 - 00:00
Israel conducts largest ever civil defence drillMissile attacks from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza simulated as well as use of chemical weaponsTue May 28 2013 - 01:00
John Kerry reaches out in effort to restart Middle East peace talksUS secretary of state pushes ahead despite no sign of diplomatic advanceFri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Damascus claims it destroyed Israeli military vehicle on joint borderIn response guided missile fired and Syrian military outpost destroyed, says IsraelTue May 21 2013 - 23:29
Israel questions Gaza boy’s deathReport claims there was no evidence that Muhammad el-Dura was killed by Israeli fireTue May 21 2013 - 01:06
Netanyahu says further strikes on Syria a possibilityDamascus vows to retaliate to future attacks, as Russians to send naval task force to defend base in TartusMon May 20 2013 - 01:00
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem over army enlistment plansClashes with police leave six policemen and five protesters injuredSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
Netanyahu urges Putin not to supply air defence system to SyriaIsraeli PM makes urgent plea to Russian president to cancel plans to aid SyriaWed May 15 2013 - 09:00
Jewish settlers furious at Israeli government plans for Bedouin cityNueimeh, in the Jordan Valley, is slated to become the home to tens of thousands of PalestiniansTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
Binyamin Netanyahu’s flight of fancy leaves Israeli taxpayers unimpressedNews that putting a double bed on a five-hour flight cost €98,000 came a day after 10,000 Israelis protested against austerityMon May 13 2013 - 01:00
Brawl at Jerusalem’s Western Wall as police prevent disruption of prayersThree ultra-Orthodox men arrested and two policemen injuredSat May 11 2013 - 01:00
Israel to build 300 new settlement homes in West BankMoves jeopardise any hope of peace talks, say PalestiniansFri May 10 2013 - 01:00
Stephen Hawking pulls out of major presidential conference in JerusalemIsrael displeased at ‘boycott’ of event sponsored by president, Shimon PeresThu May 09 2013 - 06:29
Hapoel Katamon football team, owned totally by fans, wins promotion to professional leagueIsraeli team’s progressive ethos attracts fans of every hue, secular and religious, Jewish and ArabTue May 07 2013 - 06:59
Israel claims ‘proof’ of chemical weapons use by Assad regime‘No one has any doubts’ asserts senior officialTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Syrian army ‘using chemical weapons’, says Israeli military analystBut Netanyahu cannot back claims, says KerryWed Apr 24 2013 - 06:09
Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad resignsResignation of ‘political moderate’ a significant blow to US peace effortsMon Apr 15 2013 - 06:00
Women arrested for wearing men’s prayer shawls at Jerusalem’s Western Wall‘Women of the Wall’ feminists had defied court order banning the wearing of shawlsFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:12
