Officially, the Palestinians on Wednesday became a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . However, suing Israel won't be an easy issue and the road to the ICC won't be planted with roses, according to political analysts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not say that his 2009 speech, in which he supported a two-state solution to end Israel's conflict with the Palestinians, is no longer relevant, a source in the prime minister's office told Xinhua on Monday.
A senior UN official on Monday expressed concerns over the isolation of the Gaza Strip, saying that the costal enclave is more isolated these days than any time else.
A senior Palestinian official on Saturday condemned Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for calls to execute Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.
As Israeli products are available at a local mini-market in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the owner told Xinhua he is ready to cooperate with a boycott and remove these products off the shelves.
Visiting Foreign Minister of Canada John Bird on Sunday called on Israel and the Palestinians to push forward the stalled peace process in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The United States insisted on Wednesday that the Palestinians are not "eligible" to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), even as the Palestinians' admission is slated for April 1.
The United States on Monday voiced opposition to Israel's decision to halt the transfer of tax money to punish the Palestinians' bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to withhold tax money from the Palestinian Authority (PA) in response to the latter's bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday, reported Ha'aretz daily.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday over the Palestinian-proposed United Nations draft resolution which calls for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories by the end of 2017.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry next week in the Italian capital Rome, amid an upcoming Palestinian bid to the UN to demand an end to the Israeli occupation in the West Bank.
Islamic Hamas movement said on Sunday that Israel's killing of a Palestinian man in the northern Gaza Strip violated an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire reached between Israel and Gaza Hamas-led militants.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinian Authority of incitement as triggering the deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday and urged the international community to denunciate terror and end Palestinian incitement.
The Palestinian driver who struck three Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the West Bank Wednesday night probably did so in a road accident, not as a terror attack believed by the Israeli authorities, a security official said on Thursday.
Israel's Knesset (parliament) approved on Monday a law that will prevent the government from releasing Palestinian prisoners who were jailed for committing terrorist attacks against Israelis as part of future diplomatic overture or prisoner swaps.
Israel recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Thursday in protest of the Scandinavian country's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, a source with the Foreign Ministry confirmed to Xinhua.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday called on Palestine and Israel to overcome differences and halt unilateral initiatives that fuel mistrust, so as to pursue long-term stability in the region.
简体中文
