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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Sde Boker, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Netanyahu said that Israel would do all it could to keep world powers from striking a “bad and dangerous” deal with Iran over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/David Buimovitch, Pool)
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Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, as he opened a fourth round of the US-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Debate: Kerry is partly responsible for the failure of Palestinian–Israeli peace talks
After months of US shuttle diplomacy in the region and many rounds of negotiations, both covert and overt, the Palestinian–Israeli negotiations are back at square one. The powers-that-be in Ramallah have been disappointed once more and the US administration has again...Caption:
Palestinians rally in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (who is pictured on the far left and far right photographs) ahead of his meeting with US President Barack Obama next week, in the West Bank town of Tubas on Sunday, March 16, 2014. Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is pictured in the center photograph. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
Obama and Abbas to meet at White House
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—US President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet in Washington on Monday to discuss a number of issues related to the Palestinian–Israeli peace process. The meeting is expected to discuss complex...Caption:
A handout photograph released by the Palestinian Authority shows US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, as he is greeted by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, upon his arrival at the Palestinian Authority’s headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, on January 3, 2014. (EPA/Thaer Ganaim/Palestinian Authority)
Opinion: A Year of Settlements
Regardless of how stormy and turbulent the events in the Arab region have been over the past three years, the Palestinian territories—whether the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank or the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip—have remained relatively calm and unaffected...Caption:
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media after a meeting with Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah in January, 2014 (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski)