US: MIDEAST DEAL IN 9 MONTHS TARGET, NOT DEADLINE
A Palestinian villager works on his land that overlooks the Israeli settlement of Mattityahu, background, in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Pressing ahead…
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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,…
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: CONFLICT OVER RECOGNITION, NOT TERRITORY
By ARON HELLER FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 file photo, former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attends a news conference at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem.…
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,…
ISRAELIS CELEBRATE 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
By DIAA HADID Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Israeli President Shimon Peres, second left, and Israeli military’s chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, fourth left, mark Israel’s Independence…
ISRAEL AT 65: SUCCESS STILL PLAGUED BY UNCERTAINTY
By ARON HELLER An Israeli soldiers prepares to place an Israeli flag with a black ribbon and flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery…
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…