Council of Ministers - Palestine

Jewish settlements not obstacle to peace: Peres

Israel's president Shimon Peres held talks with his Egyptian counterpart on Sunday in Cairo where the octogenarian downplayed the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of...

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Israel gives cold shoulder to Hamas' rocket-cessation statement

Hamas announced on Saturday it reached an agreement with other Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to only fire rockets against Israeli targets in response to any future Israeli military incursion into the coastal enclave.

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Fayyad rejects interim state, says Jordan eastern border of future Palestine

Amid reports that a plan was in the works in Israel to offer the Palestinians an interim state, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad ruled out the idea. Speaking on a tour of the Jordan Valley on Sunday, Fayyad...

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If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was ordered by the Obama apparatchiks to express displeasure at the decision by Israel to build houses in the East Jerusalem suburb of Gilo. But the Obama White House, and the relentlessly...

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For the Palestinians, all roads now lead to the UN

For the Palestinians, all roads now lead to the UN By Tony Karon, The National, November 22, 2009 It is hard to take seriously the threat by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to declare a Palestinian state in the West...

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Hamas: Groups agree not to fire rockets - Jerusalem Post

Aljazeera.net Hamas: Groups agree not to fire rockets Jerusalem Post Israel reacted with little enthusiasm to reports on Saturday that Hamas had reached an agreement with other terrorist groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at...

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The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 22nd, 2009

Last night, Hamas announced it had reached an agreement with its fellow palestinian terrorist groups to refrain from firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. “We have agreed with the factions...

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Israel releases 5 PNA intelligence officers: report

JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israel released five Palestinian National Authority (PNA) intelligence officers, local news service Ynet cited Palestinian sources as reporting Saturday. Israel arrested the five officers near the...

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Fayyad's Gamble

Concerns are growing in Israel’s government over the possibility of a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence within the June 4, 1967 borders, a move which could potentially be recognized by the U.S. and the United...

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Palestinian council to approve continuance of Abbas government

JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to...

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