Hamas, the ruling authority in the Gaza Strip, agreed on Sunday to intensify discussions with the Fatah movement in an effort to promote reconciliation between the two competing Palestinian groups.
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday that Israel's rejection of a two-state solution and disregard of legal Palestinian rights undermine U.S. peace efforts.
Czech police found some weapons that had not been registered in the Czech Republic in the expolded building of Palestinian embassy, said Prague police chief Martin Vondrasek on Thursday.
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-brokered agreement to resume direct peace talks between the two sides.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss with Israeli and Palestinian leaders a framework for permanent status negotiations during his forthcoming visit to the Middle East, the State Department said Monday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Ramallah on Wednesday that China unswervingly supports Palestine's efforts to build an independent state.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived on Thursday evening in Israel for another visit to the region to salvage negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy to Israel confirmed to Xinhua.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing pressure from Arab leaders to accept a U.S. security plan intended to quicken the process toward a Palestinian- Israel peace deal, sources said on Thursday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss the peace process and security concerns, a senior Palestinian source said on Tuesday.
The UN political chief told the Security Council Tuesday that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have reached a "delicate moment," urging both sides to refrain from undermining the renewed peace talks.
Israeli border forces shot dead a Palestinian at a checkpoint in the West Bank on Thursday evening, an Israeli military spokesperson confirmed to Xinhua.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel Tuesday afternoon in a bid to advance the peace talks between the Jewish country and the Palestinians.
Five Palestinians, who were among the 26 Palestinian detainees Israel decided to release, arrived Tuesday at the Erez crossing point between Gaza and Israel on their way home, witnesses said.
An Israeli ministerial committee approved on Sunday a list of 26 Palestinian prisoners to be released on Tuesday amid the renewal of the peace talks between the two sides.
The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday the allocation of 5,000 work permits to Palestinians from the West Bank, the Israeli Governmental Press office revealed in a statement.
Israeli chief negotiator Tzipi Livni met with her Palestinian counterpart Saeb Erekat in Jerusalem Tuesday for the second time in the day, after having convened in the morning, Israeli media reported, quoting Palestinian officials.
Senior Palestinian and Israeli officials on Wednesday expressed doubts over the success of the U. S.-sponsored direct peace negotiations between the two sides, which had kicked-off in Washington this week, and will last for nine months.
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