Emboldened by a supportive White House, Israel appears to be barreling toward a showdown with the international community over its half-century-old settlement enterprise in the West Bank.
With the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (...)
The number of Jews and Arabs between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River is at or near parity, figures cited by Israeli officials show, raising questions whether Israel can remain a democracy if it keeps territory where Palestinians seek a (...)
A senior Israeli minister said on Wednesday that a Cabinet vote to endorse annexation of parts of the West Bank will not take place early next week, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge a day earlier to act quickly after the U.S. (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan, drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of long-contested West Bank (...)
The United States' government provides robust support for Egypt, both bilaterally and through multilateral institutions, having invested over $80 bn in Egypt over the 40 years of the strategic partnership, US ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen said (...)
Egypt has signed two deals with Exxon Mobil Corp for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, the petroleum ministry said.
The deals involve a minimum investment of $332 million, the ministry said in a statement. Exxon Mobil announced the (...)
President Trump said he will release details of his Middle East peace plan Tuesday, and the long-awaited package is expected to propose a dramatic remapping of the West Bank while offering Palestinians a pathway to statehood if they meet a set of (...)
By Lebanese standards, the government of new Prime Minister Hassan Diab was formed at lightning speed. One month after he was tasked with forming a cabinet, Diab announced a government supported by the 8 March Alliance, Hizbullah, the Amal Movement (...)
US President Donald Trump looked very euphoric while announcing his long-awaited Middle East peace plan. Trump has been discussing the details with Israeli leaders for at least 24 hours before the announcement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (...)
When US President Donald Trump announced last week that he will unveil his plan for peace between Palestinians and Israelis, known as the “Deal of the Century”, it was important to recall public denouncements of the plan by the Palestinians. Nabil (...)
“The success of US businesses in Egypt is in America's best interests. It's good for the US economy and it's good for US-Egypt relations,” US Ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen said this week.
The recently-appointed US ambassador's remarks came (...)
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is committed to helping Israel and the Palestinians broker peace on the basis of U.N. resolutions, international law, bilateral agreements and the vision of two states based on pre-1967 borders, his spokesman (...)
In a new turn in the history of the Middle East, the Palestinian cause is facing another challenge from the administration of US President Donald Trump. Trump announced on Tuesday a deal that will extend Israeli sovereignty over what remains of the (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed the creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians taking steps to become self-governing.
Below are some of the reactions to the U.S. plan for ending (...)
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against U.S. President Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday hours before its scheduled release at a ceremony in Washington.
Israeli troops meanwhile reinforced positions near a flashpoint (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians taking steps to become self-governing, in an attempt to achieve a peace breakthrough in their decades of (...)
President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan is solely a deal between the United States and Israel, an adviser to Iran's president said on Tuesday, dismissing the proposal as one of "imposition and sanctions".
"This is a deal between the Zionist (...)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday called U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast peace plan a "conspiracy" and said to him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his people's rights "are not for sale".
"I say to Trump and (...)
US President Donald Trump revealed his so-called "Deal of the Century" peace plan on Tuesday, claiming that it is the most detailed proposal that has been put out so far, as it provided precise technical solutions.
In short, the plan stipulates a (...)
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel decreed that Israeli citizens could visit Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances, CNN reported on Monday.
"Our policy is fixed. We do not have (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal to Israeli leaders on Monday, as he attempts to generate some momentum towards resolving one of the world's most intractable problems.
Trump (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to present to Israeli leaders details of his long-delayed peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians on Monday.
Palestinians have already dismissed the plan, without having seen it, accusing the Trump (...)
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it in spite of their refusal to engage on the subject.
Sitting down with (...)
US President Donald Trump is to host Israeli leaders in Washington to discuss his long-awaited Middle East peace plan within days, amid Palestinian rejection for the proposal.
Trump announced that he will reveal details of his peace plan before (...)
Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions.
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, after consulting with the country's security establishment, issued a (...)
