OBAMA DELICATELY WADES INTO MIDEAST TALKS
By JULIE PACE Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, right, and Yitzhak Molcho, left, chief negotiator on the Israeli negotiating team with the Palestinians, arrive at the State Department in Washington,…
Mahmoud Abbas
ISRAEL TO VOTE ON FREEING PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUB In this Friday, July 26, 2013, photo, Issa Masoud, 75, father of Omar, 40, who was arrested in May 1993 for killing an Israeli…
ISRAEL, TURKEY DISCUSS FLOTILLA COMPENSATION
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo provided by Turkish Presidency Press Service,Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, second right, seen during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey,…
KERRY HOPES NEXT PALESTINIAN PM CAN WORK WITH US
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Tuesday, June 28, 2011 file photo, Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank…
PALESTINIAN PM OFFERED RESIGNATION, OFFICIALS SAY
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH FILE – In this June 28, 2011 file photo, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city…
KERRY MEETS ISRAELI LEADERS TO PUSH MIDEAST PEACE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday April 7, 2013.…
HAMAS SHAVES HEADS OF GAZA YOUTHS WITH LONG HAIR
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Ayman al-Sayed, 19, right, with his hair cut, and his friend Mohammed Hanouna, 18, left, pose for photo during an interview in Gaza City,…
OFFICIALS: KERRY TO TRAVEL TO MIDEAST THIS WEEKEND
By BRADLEY KLAPPER U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, on…