Middle East Peace

Barack Obama has stepped up a counter attack against Republican opponents charging that he has short-changed Israel’s security.

European powers have welcomed a speech by US President Barack Obama calling for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on 1967 borders.

Direct talks with Israel will not resume unless it halts the building of Jewish settlements on occupied land, the Palestinian leadership said.

The US believes Israel and the Palestinians are making progress towards resolving a dispute over settlement building that threatens peace talks.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult 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.

<i>Simon Tisdall</i>: Allegations that Syria sold missiles to Hezbollah may not pose a direct security threat but will revive tensions with Israel.

The Quartet for the Middle East has urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a target for deal with the Palestinians within two years.

Palestinians mounted violent protests in Jerusalem on Tuesday as US President Barack Obama’s envoy cancelled plans to return to the region.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu issued a public apology to the visiting US vice-president on Thursday in a bid to defuse a row over settlements.

Arab League ministers on Wednesday backed a United States call for indirect Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.

US President Barack Obama is arriving at a crossroads in his bold bid to revive Arab-Israeli peace talks.

South African NGOs hope to invoke ICC law to prosecute individuals with links to alleged war crimes in Gaza.

President Barack Obama expressed hope on Friday of making serious progress this year in Middle East peacemaking.

The eruption of anger against the assassination campaign ­follows the slaying on December 31 of Thabet Thabet.