The United States Sunday began to push for a ceasefire in Gaza amid an Israeli ground war aimed at halting rocket attacks against Israel's civilian population.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday postponed a planned announcement of more than 1,000 new housing units in the settlements until after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to the region, the Ha'aretz daily reported.
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.
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.
The Israelis and the Palestinians are set to resume their peace talks in Washington D.C. on Monday, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue peace talks with the Palestinians
The two-state solution, which has received considerable support among the Israelis, remains the best choice for Israel and the Palestinians to solve their decades- old conflict, Israeli President Shimon Peres told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Fragile calm in the West Bank could end if relevant parties do not get beyond managing conflict triggers to address root issues, an international report warned Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Israel's young generation to push for ending a decades-long conflict with the Palestinians, assuring the Israeli public that it has the unshakeable U.S. support for making the sweeping changes required to forge a lasting peace.
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