May 21, 2013
Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, Tzipi Livni, says resuming negotiations is 'first and foremost an Israeli interest'. Read Article Livni says stalemate 'harmful for Israel' as Palestinian narrative gains traction
May 20, 2013
Israel has completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel. Read Article Israel denies its forces killed Palestinian boy
May 19, 2013
Critics blast the government of Benjamin Netanyahu for its cool response to peace deal with former PM Ehud Olmert calling it 'an opportunity that must be seized'. Hugh Naylor reports from Tel Aviv Read Article Kerry returns to region after Israelis snub Arab Peace Initiative
May 17, 2013
Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorised West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed yesterday, days before US secretary of state John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks.
Read Article Israel to authorise four West Bank settler outposts
May 16, 2013
Palestinians mark the loss of their ancestral homeland and their dispersion across the Middle East from the establishment of the state of Israel 65 years ago. Hugh Naylor reports from Ramallah Read Article Palestinians mark 'Day of Catastrophe'
May 15, 2013
A sprawling amusement park on the outskirts of Gaza City exemplifies the businesses Hamas has created in the territory that it has controlled for six years. Hugh Naylor reports from Beit Lahia Read Article Hamas denies ownership of Gaza City amusement park
May 14, 2013
Dutch authorities say they will not prosecute a company on war crimes charges for renting out equipment to construct Israel's West Bank separation barrier. Read Article No war crimes charges for West Bank separation barrier firm
May 10, 2013
Leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef Al Qaradawi paid a high-profile visit to Gaza yesterday, giving a boost to the Islamist group Hamas that runs the territory, but also laying bare Palestinian rivalries. Read Article Influential Muslim cleric visits Hamas-ruled Gaza
May 09, 2013
Jerusalem's top Muslim leader arrested after 'clash' at holy site, angering Palestinians and prompting Jordan's parliament to unanimously call for bill to annul the 1994 Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty. Hugh Naylor reports from Ramallah Read Article Israel detains Jerusalem's grand mufti, enraging Muslims
May 09, 2013
The University of Cambridge releases a statement indicating that Hawking had told the Israelis last week he would not be attending 'based on advice from Palestinian academics that he should respect the boycott'. Read Article Stephen Hawking boycotts Israeli conference over treatment of Palestinians
