Key West Bank Settlement Outpost Slated for Evacuation

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered Israeli settlers in the Migron settlement outpost in the West Bank to leave by 31 March in response to a 2006 petition filed by seven Palestinian landowners and Israeli pressure group Peace Now. How People...

Portugal And the United States Criticize Israeli Settlement Plan

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Portas Tuesday criticized Israel’s announced intention to build 1100 new Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem. The United States and Portugal are pushing an international plan...

United States Looking to Stop Any And All Funding to Palestine If Statehood is Pursued

A key committee of the House of Representatives held a hearing on Wednesday to reexamine U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority, if it goes ahead with plans to submit an application to the United Nations for full membership as a state. Envoys for the United...

United States Confirms It Will Veto Palestinians Attempt At Recognition of Statehood

The United States on Thursday confirmed it will veto any bid by the Palestinians to seek statehood recognition in the U.N. Security Council. Meanwhile, U.S. diplomats continue an effort to reconvene direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a political...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Morocco for a Meeting of Foreign Ministers

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Morocco for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Middle East and the world’s leading industrialized nations. They will discuss democracy in the region and ways to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Secretary...

15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit Ends with a Declaration for World Peace And Security

The 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit ended on Thursday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh with a declaration for world peace and security. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the chairman of the NAM for the next three years, pledged...