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International mediators see chances of new talks dwindle as Israel issues more building permits. International efforts to re-start peace talks between Israelis and...

US president reaffirms commitment to 1967 borders, two-state solution. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has welcomed a policy speech made yesterday (19 May)...

Palestine's prime minister wants a de facto state within a year. The EU police mission in Palestine believes the Palestinian police and judiciary may be ready in time. EU...

How Israel to a European Court of Justice ruling may have a profound impact on commercial relations with its principal trading partner. Last week's ruling by the European...

EU court rules that products from occupied territories are not ‘Made in Israel'. Goods manufactured in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel and sold by Israeli...

Creative solutions to the Middle East peace process are often flawed. Considering the many obstacles and setbacks in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the tendency of...

Palestinian rivalries have undone peace talks in the past, and would do so again. Like everyone else, Clara Marina O'Donnell (“‘West Bank first' approach has failed”,...

The EU must convince the US to abandon a policy whose flawed logic condemns it to failure. Legislative and presidential elections were due to take place in January across...

“Overzealous bureaucracy” on Israel's part is restricting flow and type of aid that is reaching the Gaza Strip, EU executive says. The amount of aid reaching the Gaza...

Reinforcement caused by deterioration in safety likely to be followed by extension of mission's mandate. The EU has reinforced its police support mission in the West Bank...

Almost all funds will be sent to the West Bank rather than to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The European Commission today granted an additional €40 million in...

Just as the Israeli and Palestinian sides are about to negotiate on water, a report by the chairman of the EU informal task force on water has endorsed the most illogical of...

The return of Israeli troops to Lebanon and Palestine this dry, hot summer was not about control of the Litani River or the wells of Gaza. But the wholesale destruction of...

Whatever political criticisms Ehud Olmert will have to endure when he formally takes over as prime minister of Israel on Friday (14 April), he will have heard them all...

The EU is expected to focus on getting Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table in the wake of the Israeli elections. With the centrist Kadima party certain...

Is Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip a recipe or likely scenario for resolving the outstanding issues in the Middle East conflict and bringing about the...

Received wisdom dictates that lasting peace can only be made by agreement between the parties and necessarily involves the building of mutual trust. This has been the view of...

The head of the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that the poor living conditions in Gaza could be exacerbated by Israel's planned disengagement....

The so-called security fence that is being built by Israel inside the West Bank and around east Jerusalem can be seen as an exceptional measure against an unprecedented form...

WITH the announcement of a temporary ceasefire by Palestinian militant groups and the Israeli military's withdrawal from certain parts of the Gaza Strip, this week has bought...