Barack Obama takes a major gamble with the Middle East peace process when he warns Israel to accept a Palestinian state based on borders that existed before the 1967 Six Day War
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Bulldozers are in action on the West Bank as the end of a ban on the construction of new Jewish settlements threatens to derail peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians... more
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Egypt for the latest round in the Middle East peace talks and says the “time is ripe” for a deal... more
The Middle East peace talks — that is, the latest instalment — have begun in a flurry of activity and anxious speculation about the body language of the two main participants, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestianian President Mahmoud Abbas... more
Israel's Prime Minister pulls out of a nuclear security summit with Barack Obama, fearing it could lead to demands for new curbs to his weapons arsenal... more
President Obama is a born conciliator in an intransigent world. At home and abroad, he has to deal with astonishingly uncompromising opponents and allies. He is admired and distrusted with equal intensity... more
Gordon Brown held fresh talks with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu who is threatening to pull his country out of the Middle East peace process... more
Barack Obama was said to be on the brink of sealing a deal between the Israelis and Palestinians that would allow the stalled Middle East peace talks to be revived... more
The good news is that the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has said that he will accept an independent Palestinian state - the cornerstone of President Barack Obama's new effort to make peace in the Middle East. The bad news is that he has hedged this concession with insuperable preconditions... more
Palestinians rejected a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would endorse a Palestinian state - but only if it was not allowed its own army... more
Voters have gone to the polls in Israel for a general election that pits Right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu against foreign minister Tzipi Livni and her ruling Kadima Party... more
Her bid to become Israel’s first female leader since Golda Meir foundered on her refusal to condone political blackmail, winning her a ‘Ms Clean’ image. Ironically, Tsipi Livni is now using the war to reinforce her credentials for the top job... more
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