Mar 19th, 2010 · The "Quartet" of peacemakers from the U.S., Russia, the European Union and special representative Tony Blair call for negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state.
Mar 18th, 2010 · Israel's emergency service said the rocket was fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip and killed a man in an agricultural community just north of Gaza. It was the first death from such an attack since Israel's Gaza offensive last year.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Officials in the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday continued efforts to publicly downplay the most serious rift between the two allies in nearly two decades. The controversy has laid bare the allies' deteriorating relationship and cloudy prospects for peace in the Middle East, analysts say.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Officials in the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday continued efforts to publicly downplay the most serious rift between the two allies in nearly two decades. The controversy has laid bare the allies' deteriorating relationship and cloudy prospects for peace in the Middle East, analysts say.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Residents of the Jewish community of Ramat Shlomo, located in East Jerusalem, say they are unfazed by the international furor surrounding the announcement that 1,600 homes will be built there. But Palestinians say Israel is trying to push the Arab population out of the area.
Mar 16th, 2010 · U.S. envoy George Mitchell put off a visit indefinitely as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of curtailing the construction at the heart of the row. Palestinians hurled rocks and set fires across Jerusalem's eastern sector, where the construction is planned.
Mar 13th, 2010 · Israel set off a diplomatic row during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden when it announced new Jewish settlement construction, and Congressional Democrats are hoping to haul health care legislation over the finish line. Host Guy Raz talks with news analyst James Fallows of The Atlantic magazine about that and other big stories from the past week.