If the Arabs didn't call themselves Palestinians until the Zionist movement began, neither did the Jews call themselves Israelis until 1948. Until then, they were just Jews. But each of the two peoples knew who they were and who the other was.
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 01.09.2012
LONDON — Britain will abstain from the United Nations vote on the Palestinian bid for statehood, Foreign Secretary William Hague told Parliament...
AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.19.2011
NEW YORK -- The United States pressed ahead Monday with intensive talks aimed at averting a showdown over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations ...
AP | AYA BATRAWY | Posted 11.12.2011
CAIRO — European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday urged a return to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, according to a statem...
Ira Chernus | Posted 08.08.2011
As Gabriela Shalev reminds us, it's foolish to assume that Obama is merely a puppet with Netanyahu pulling the strings. Her two years at the UN surely taught her that the real power is in Washington, not Jerusalem.
James Zogby | Posted 06.23.2011
Here we are, two and one half years into the Obama administration's efforts to resolve this matter, and the only creative ideas have come from the Palestinians, the weakest and most vulnerable party to the conflict.
AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 05.25.2011
JERUSALEM — Israel expressed disappointment Tuesday with Argentina's recognition of a Palestinian state in territories Israel occupied in 1967, ...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011
US efforts led by Special Envoy George Mitchell clearly show that the current ruling coalition in Israel is incapable of doing the minimum required for peace.
AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.25.2011
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians have asked European countries to recognize an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip – a...
Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama did all the "right" things during his tour of the Middle East. But doing the "right things" might not be enough to actually achieve Middle East peace. Obama needs to do more.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 02.19.2012