U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday hailed the resumed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as "a promising step forward," acknowledging "hard work and hard choices " ahead.
Israeli President Shimon Peres held a secret meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas two months ago on resuming the peace talks between the two sides, a report in the London-based Sunday Times revealed on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue peace talks with the Palestinians
China hosted an international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace this week in a fresh attempt to relaunch the long-stalled talks between the two sides.
Current Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was granted a new term in office due to foreign and internal pressure as well as the regional situation
The death of a Palestinian inmate in Israeli jails on Saturday and the ongoing hunger strike of thousands of prisoners angered Palestinians and triggered growing violence and protests. However, observers said that it won't lead to a third Intifada (popular uprising) following the first one in 1987 and the second in 2000.
A strike, rallies and protests on Sunday dominated the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in support of a hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons which protested against a Palestinian inmate's death one day ago.
The first Palestinian postage stamp carrying the name "State of Palestine" was issued as the first step toward sovereignty after the status of Palestine at the United Nations was upgraded, a Palestinian official said Tuesday.
The Palestinian leadership refused Monday Israel's objection of using the words "State of Palestine" instead of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) after its status upgrade in the United Nations.
Palestine on Thursday called on the international community not only to continue providing economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, but also to push for an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza.
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