RABAT (AFP) - Israeli settlement building in the Occupied Territories is undermining trust in the peace process, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said in a letter made public Thursday.
"The coming months will be decisive in determining if we can move towards direct negotiations" between Palestinians and Israelis, said the letter to a UN committee on the rights of Palestinians, meeting in [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Secret talks between Israel and Turkey to resolve a diplomatic crisis has provoked a major row between the Israeli foreign ministry and the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The dispute erupted late on Wednesday after Turkish and Israeli media revealed that Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had held secret talks in Belgium with Israeli Trade Minister B [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is stalling over the indirect talks with the Palestinians, president Mahmud Abbas charged in remarks published by several Israeli newspapers on Thursday.
"We haven't received from Netanyahu even a single sign that might indicate progress" in the US-backed proximity talks, Abbas was quoted as saying by the Maariv daily.
"He has c [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey and Israel held secret talks to seek a way out of a deep crisis in bilateral ties sparked by a deadly raid on Gaza-bound aid ships, officials said Thursday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Israeli Trade Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer met Wednesday in Brussels, where Davutoglu was on a visit to discuss his country's EU membership bid.
The talks were agree [...]
BRASILIA (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad voiced support Wednesday for the efforts of Brazil and Turkey to broker a diplomatic solution to the international tensions over Iran's nuclear program.
Under a May accord, Iran agreed to send some of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in return for higher grade nuclear fuel from Russia and France for a medical research reactor.
Assad des [...]
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