by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 15, 2014 | Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority would unilaterally propose a UN resolution to create a Palestinian state if it was unable to win European or American backing. “If we can reach an...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 8, 2014 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Even before becoming the Arab League’s secretary-general in July 2011, Nabil Elaraby had a distinguished political and legal career. After serving as an adviser to the Egyptian delegation at Camp David—also later advising on a number of other...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2014 | Middle East
Jerusalem, Reuters—US efforts to save Middle East peace talks from collapse showed little sign of progress on Monday amid threats from Israel to retaliate for what it saw as unilateral Palestinian moves towards statehood. The US-brokered negotiations plunged into...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 31, 2014 | Middle East
Paris, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry broke from his travel schedule for the second time in a week to rush back to the Middle East on Monday to try to salvage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The US-brokered negotiations faced a crisis at the weekend when...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 26, 2014 | Middle East
Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the nine-month deadline for a Palestinian–Israeli framework agreement approaches, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki told Asharq Al-Awsat that the agreement aimed at progressing the peace process may be non-binding,...
