by Kifah Ziboun | May 3, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah – Amid a Palestinian applaud and an Israeli dismay, the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Tuesday on considering Jerusalem an occupied city. The majority of the 58-member UNESCO...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 14, 2017 | Middle East
Beijing, Ramallah – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced on Thursday Beijing’s support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. He added after meeting Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki that failure to build this state “is a...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 22, 2016 | Middle East
Moscow- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday on the situation in Syria. Netanyahu told Putin he made the daytrip because Israel must do everything it can to prevent the transfer of...
by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 16, 2014 | Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour has confirmed that a draft resolution will most likely be proposed to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, calling for Israel to withdraw from the territory the Palestinians wish to claim...
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,...
