German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she was concerned about Israel’s building in settlements in the occupied West Bank, which she said was undermining progress toward a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians.
Israel is building in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem — seized by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war and occupiedRead more
Jordan’s King Abdallah II will visit Moscow on Wednesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the Syrian crisis and “the fight against terrorism,” a palace statement said.
The two leaders will discuss “developments in the Middle East, especially the Syrian crisis and the peace process” between Israel and the Palestinians, Tuesday’s statement said.
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi was alsoRead more
US President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Washington in early February, the White House said.
The invitation came during Trump's first call with Netanyahu since taking office. During the call, they discussed the importance of strengthening the US-Israeli relationship, the White House said in a statement.
Trump stressed his "unprecedented commitment to Israel's security". Read more
Egypt has been supportive of all efforts exerted by friendly France to launch an initiative to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the foreign minister said Sunday.
Sameh Shoukry thanked Paris for hosting an international conference - in which he was speaking - with the aim to reach a real and final settlement to the decades' long Palestinian-IsraeliRead more
A Middle East peace conference in Paris on Sunday warned Israel and the Palestinians against “unilateral steps” on Jerusalem and borders that could threaten a two-state solution.
In a statement, the conference called on them to avoid steps that “prejudge the outcome of negotiations on final status issues, including, inter alia on Jerusalem, borders, security, refugees.” It also said theRead more
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will lead Egypt's delegation to an international conference called for by France to revive the Middle East peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
The conference is set to kick off in the French capital Sunday.
Shoukry will deliver Egypt's speech at the conference, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid on Saturday, adding that theRead more
US Secretary of State John Kerry will give a speech Wednesday laying out the Obama administration’s vision for resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.
Kerry’s speech comes nearly a week after the Obama administration allowed the passage of a United Nations resolution harshly criticizing Israel’s expansion of Jewish settlements in the PalestinianRead more
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would “love” to clinch a deal to end the intractable conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, despite Israel’s revived plans to build 500 new homes for Jewish settlers in annexed east Jerusalem.
“I would love to be the one who made peace with Israel and the Palestinians, that would be such a great achievement,”Read more
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry returned home Sunday night after a one-day visit to Israel during which he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The talks focused on the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians in light of Egyptian efforts to build trust between the two sides for them to resume negotiations about a comprehensive solution to theRead more