Latest in Tag: settlements Highlight
Latest in Tag: settlements
The world should reject settlements, killing, destruction: Palestinian PM
âIf the negotiations to form the government in Israel are based on who builds more settlements, who wants to make it easier to shoot more at us, and who wants to confiscate more of our land, then it is preparing to declare war against us led by the extremist colonialists,â said the PM at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah.
Palestinian officials decry Bennettâs registration of West Bank settlements
âThis measure is related to imposing procedural sovereignty,â says the Israeli Defence Minister
Netanyahu pledges again to annex all Israel settlements in West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister made similar promise before elections in April
Al-Sisi and Abbas stress importance of two-state solution
Al-Sisi asserted the importance of the US returning to play an important role in the Middle East, ahead of Abbasâ meeting with Trump
Egypt condemns Israeli bill legalising settlements on Palestinian lands Â
International voices criticised the bill, and called for the activation of the UN security council resolutionÂ
Egypt condemns Israeli decision to build new settlements in Jerusalem
Israel decided to build more settlements one month after the UN security council adopted a resolution condemning this act
In Cartoon: New UN resolution against Israeli illegal settlements
Hamas sees improved relations with Egypt: Meshaal
There is âexceptional interactionâ between Egypt and Palestine both currently and historically, says Hamas leader
Israeli land seizure in West Bank ânot positiveâ: Egyptian foreign ministry
Egyptian foreign ministry views Israel land seizure as hindrance to peace talks
Fahmy and Abbas meet ahead of emergency Arab League meeting
Abbas and Fahmy discussed the ongoing final status negotiations and the âobstaclesâ involved in the process
Fahmy and Kerry discuss Middle East peace
Obama and Abbas meet in Washington as negotiations deadline looms
Egypt throws support behind Abbas
PA negotiations with Israel could combat polarisation and extremism, says the foreign ministry
Kerry pressuring the wrong side: Israel minister
AFP – An Israeli minister on Sunday said Washington’s top diplomat was âwrongâ for pressuring Israel in peace talks, a day before Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visits the White House. His remarks came two days after US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s repeated demand that the Palestinians recognise Israel …
A history of dispossession
By Dr Cesar Chelala Increasing acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories have been repeatedly denounced. Together with the increasing number of settlements being built on Palestinian land, those acts of violence betray justice and seriously undermine the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In 2007, Israeli prosecutors established that of …
Israel can withdraw within 3-year period: Abbas
Israel wants to maintain a long-term military presence in the Jordan Valley, where the West Bank borders Jordan, but the Palestinians insist Israeli troops withdraw completely, making way for an international force.
Peace hopes fade as Israel plans 381 more settler homes
The new construction will take place in Givat Zeev, a settlement which lies immediately south of the West Bank city of Ramallah
Fahmy and Abbas discuss peace process
Foreign minister and Palestinian president meet ahead of Al Quds Committee meeting
Palestinian peace negotiators resign over settlements
Shtayyeh held Israel “completely responsible for the failure of negotiations, because of the continuation and escalation of settlement building.”
Fahmy discusses peace talks with UN coordinator
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy emphasises Egypt’s support for ongoing Israeli-Palestinian talks, condemns ongoing settlement activity
Foreign ministry concerned about West Bank settlements
Ministry calls for halting any land seizures that would prevent a Palestinian state
Egypt negotiates end to international disputes
The government is currently engaged in international commercial and legal disputes
Israel pushes plans for 1,100 W. Bank homes
Details of the plans emerged as US Secretary of State John Kerry makes an intensive effort to rekindle dormant peace talks
Foreign minister condemns further Israeli settlements
Israeli settlements and policies towards Al-Aqsa mosque threaten path to peace, says foreign minister
Israel to build 1,000 new homes in E. Jerusalem
The news came less than a week after Kerry’s latest round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on his fourth visit to the region since he took office in February
Palestinian anger as Israel okays 300 new settler homes
Erakat said the move sent a clear message to Washington that Israel was not interested in resuming the direct talks, frozen in 2010
Egyptâs Foreign Minister opens Islamic summit
Palestine and Syria dominate agenda during preliminary meeting
Netanyahu govt in ‘record’ settlement expansion, says NGO
In total, the Netanyahu government advanced and approved 8,730 units in West Bank settlements over the past four years, Peace Now said, noting that the figures could be higher because the defence ministry does not make public its approvals for planning.
Israel plans 170 new settler homes in Jordan Valley
The Israeli government has moved forward aggressively in recent weeks with settlement construction plans in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, prompting angry condemnation from the Palestinians, and international criticism.
Israel poised to build thousands of new settler homes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday reiterated Israel’s right to increase Jewish presence in all parts of “united” Jerusalem
Israel holds firm on settlements, world outcry grows
Israel has showed no sign of bending as Netanyahu ploughs towards general elections in January