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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (Photo: Carlos Barria / Reuters)
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A masked Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl stones toward Israeli soldiers during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, April 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
US presses on with Mideast talks rescue attempt
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...Caption:
Israelis walk past the construction site of a new housing project at the Jewish settlement of Gilo in Israeli-annexed Arab East Jerusalem on August 12, 2013. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
Israeli authorities approve East Jerusalem settlement expansion
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli authorities approved the construction of over 500 new apartments in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, in a move Palestinian leaders said threatened ongoing US-backed peace talks. Jerusalem City Council said it had approved applications to...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)
Kerry: Palestinian-Israeli meetings making progress
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority were “making progress,” but there were still serious obstacles to a peace agreement between the two sides. Speaking to reporters at...Caption:
Israeli soldiers taking position during clashes with Palestinian students from Bir Ziet university, February 19, 2013. (EPA/ATEF SAFADI)