Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and his aides have accused al-Jazeera of lies and distortion for publishing the "Palestine Papers".
The US scrambled on Monday to contain diplomatic fall-out from leaked documents showing Palestinian negotiators offered big concessions to Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Arab powers he may seek US recognition for a Palestinian state taking in all of the West Bank.
Direct talks with Israel will not resume unless it halts the building of Jewish settlements on occupied land, the Palestinian leadership said.
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/ 27 September 2010
Israel allowed its halt in construction in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank to expire on Monday, defying a call to extend the moratorium.
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/ 26 September 2010
The United States launched a frantic bid to avert the collapse of Middle East talks ahead of a deadline on Sunday.
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/ 26 September 2010
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Saturday to do everything possible to make peace negotiations with Israel succeed.
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/ 24 September 2010
Israel has urged the Palestinians not to abandon peace negotiations over the imminent expiry of a West Bank settlement moratorium.
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/ 20 September 2010
Mahmoud Abbas says he will not take part in peace talks "for a single day" if Israel does not extend a freeze on settlement building.
The US believes Israel and the Palestinians are making progress towards resolving a dispute over settlement building that threatens peace talks.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said Israeli and Palestinian leaders were "serious" about reaching a peace deal.
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/ 15 September 2010
Israeli and Palestinian leaders failed in talks on Tuesday to resolve a dispute over settlement building but remain convinced they can reach a deal.
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/ 13 September 2010
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel could not extend a moratorium on housing construction in West Bank settlements.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations.
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/ 3 September 2010
Militant groups in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday they had joined forces to step up attacks against Israel, possibly including suicide bombings.
United States President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away.
President Barack Obama steps into Middle East peace efforts on Wednesday in a bold bid to relaunch direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders head to the US this week to relaunch direct peace talks, but with neither side expecting a long-elusive breakthrough.
Israel and the Palestinians accepted on Friday an invitation by the United States and other powers to restart direct talks on September 2.
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Israel must accept the deployment of an international force in a future Palestinian state before talks can begin.
Dozens of people were injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Jerusalem on Friday, as tension over land and holy sites mounted.
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/ 16 December 2009
Israel and Palestinians could clinch a peace deal within six months if the Jewish state halted settlement growth, Mahmoud Abbas tells paper.
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/ 18 November 2009
An aide to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed US anger at Israel’s approval for new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem.
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/ 12 November 2009
Palestinian elections due on January 24 were effectively cancelled on Thursday after the independent electoral commission recommended postponement.
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/ 4 November 2009
It may be time for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to ”tell his people the truth”, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday.
Mahmoud Abbas faced a wave of anger on Wednesday from Palestinians who accuse him of selling out the national cause in favour of Israel.
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/ 21 September 2009
Israel and the Palestinians accused each other on Monday of thwarting United States efforts to revive peace negotiations.
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/ 21 September 2009
Barack Obama will host the first meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
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/ 18 September 2009
A burst of shuttle diplomacy by the US Middle East envoy on Friday produced no immediate results.
The second day of Fatah’s first congress in 20 years was marked by acrimonious rows on Wednesday as delegates demanded accountability.
Rivals Hamas and Fatah said prospects for a breakthrough have improved in their reconciliation talks, which continued in Cairo on Tuesday.
Bridging gaps between Israel and the US over settlement growth in the occupied West Bank will require hard work, an Israeli official said on Wednesday