Tag: Palestinians

In this image taken from video obtained from Youth Against Settlements, a group of Palestinian activists, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Palestinian teen confronts an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron. The reprimand of an Israeli soldier, caught on video cursing and pointing a cocked gun toward the head of a Palestinian teen, has triggered the biggest outpouring of frustration by Israeli soldiers in years about their service in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Youth Against Settlements)

Video of clash brings outcry from Israeli troops

Karin Laub · May 5, 2014 7:02 am

Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at the State Department in Washington. (AP)

The real problem with John Kerry’s ‘apartheid’ comment about Israel

David Harsanyi · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement during a press conference before their talk at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. Tuesday, April 29, 2014, was to have been the day to seal a deal on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Instead, it became another missed deadline in two decades of negotiating failures. The gaps between Israeli and Palestinian positions remain vast after nine months of talks launched by Secretary of State John Kerry. He hasn't given up, but there's a sense the U.S. may have to change its traditional approach to brokering talks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas now face risky paths that could lead to a new conflagration. Here's a look at what might happen next. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)

With Mideast talks over, Palestinians seek unity

Karin Laub · April 29, 2014 10:01 pm

Sen. Paul pushes bill to end Palestinian aid

Sen. Paul pushes bill to end Palestinian aid

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 8:30 pm

FILE - In this March 14, 2011 file photo, a general view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. An Israeli watchdog group says Israel increased settlement work four-fold during the latest round of peace talks, pushing forward with construction of nearly 14,000 new homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Peace Now issued its statistics on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as a nine-month negotiating period came to a close. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had envisioned a final peace agreement when he brought the sides together last July. But negotiations made no progress and were characterized by a lack of trust, in large part because of continued Israeli settlement construction in captured territories claimed by the Palestinians. According to Peace Now, Israel promoted plans or issued tenders for construction of 13,851 homes during the talks. It said the level of construction quadrupled compared to recent years. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Group: Israel upped settlement work during talks

Josef Federman · April 29, 2014 1:29 pm

In a rare apology sent out in a statement by the State Department Monday night, John Kerry said if he "could rewind the tape," he wouldn't have used the term "apartheid" in speaking about Israel. (AP Photo)

John Kerry apologizes for ‘apartheid’ remark about Israel

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Palestinian pact with Hamas threatens US aid

Palestinian pact with Hamas threatens US aid

Donna Cassata · April 25, 2014 8:06 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 25, 2014. Obama says Japan's use of South Korean "comfort women" during World War II was a terrible and egregious violation of human rights. Obama is addressing historical tensions between U.S. allies Japan and South Korea during a news conference in Seoul with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Lack of will in Israel, Palestinian talks

Julie Pace · April 25, 2014 11:39 am

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, shows a copy of a singed agreement while siting next to senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad during their press conference after the announcement of an agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah, at Haniyeh's residence in Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Hamas and Fatah made a new attempt Wednesday to overcome the Palestinians' political split, saying they would seek to form an interim unity government within five weeks, followed by general elections by December at the earliest. It was not clear how the new attempt announced Wednesday would succeed where previous ones failed, since the fundamental difficulties remain in place. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

National Security

Israel halts peace talks with Palestinians

Josef Federman · April 24, 2014 7:48 pm

Israeli PM: Palestinians step back from peace

Israeli PM: Palestinians step back from peace

Lara Jakes · April 24, 2014 4:05 pm

Official: Israel decides to suspend peace talks in response to Palestinian unity deal

Official: Israel decides to suspend peace talks in response to Palestinian unity deal

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 2:41 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅI said this morning that Abbas needs to choose between peace with Israel and an agreement with Hamas, a murderous terrorist organization that calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and which both the United States and the European Union define as a terrorist organization,Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Beltway Confidential

Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinian Authority after Hamas deal

Joel Gehrke · April 24, 2014 4:00 am