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Supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small PLO faction, chant slogans during a protest against resuming peace talks with Israel in Gaza City, Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP)

Opinion: Give Democracy in Palestine a Chance

by John V. Whitbeck | Sep 28, 2013 | Opinion

In an opinion article entitled “Israel Should Annul the Oslo Accords,” which was published on September 21 in the New York Times, Israeli deputy defense minister Danny Danon offered his own vision—presumably not radically inconsistent with that of his prime...

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A Palestinian labourer works as another rests at a construction site in Pisgat Zeev, an urban settlement in an area Israel annexed to Jerusalem after capturing it in the 1967 Middle East war, August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Palestinians to continue talks despite settlement activity

by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 13, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah and Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ended speculation about the possibility of a Palestinian boycott of the forthcoming peace talks, due to start on Wednesday, by confirming he is committed to negotiations. Abbas said on...

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Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni chats with Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat at a dinner hosted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, before the opening of Middle East peace talks at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 29 July 2013. EPA/MIKE THEILER

Kerry appoints Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Jul 30, 2013 | Middle East

Washington and Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed Martin Indyk as US special envoy to the preliminary peace talks set to begin this week between Israeli and Palestinian representatives. Indyk, who is 62, served as a National...

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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes off his hat during a ceremony at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Afghanistan to begin Taliban peace talks in Qatar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 18, 2013 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, as the US-led NATO coalition launched the final phase of the 12-year war with the last round of security transfers to Afghan forces....

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In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Arabs Look for Decisive Obama in Palestinian–Israeli Negotiations

by Michel Abu Najm | Feb 11, 2013 | Features

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following the announcement that US President Barack Obama will visit Israel and Palestine for the first time next spring, Arab ministerial sources warned Asharq Al-Awsat that the US president has only a short window to advance peace. They said:...