PA official rejects ‘insane’ US demand to stop paying terrorists

Nabil Shaath, the commissioner for external relations of the Fatah movement, seen in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 18, 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Abbas aide says Trump request to ‘resolve’ policy of issuing stipends to attackers’ families akin to ‘asking Israel to stop paying its soldiers’

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Israeli officials say US anger aims to distract from Iran deal

US President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in 2012 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Government Press Office/Flash90)

Jerusalem downplays Obama’s dismay with the apparent Netanyahu rejection of 2-state solution, says Washington knows the Palestinians, not Israel, sank peace talks

Death toll mounts in Ukraine fighting after peace talks fail

Pro-Russian separatists ride on a tank in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Abbas decides to go it alone

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, arrives for the opening of a museum for late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, November 9, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Abbas Momani)

The PA president has effectively closed the door on negotiations with Israel, but Hamas has little cause to rejoice

French FM: Last chance for Mideast peace through talks

French Foreign Affairs minister Laurent Fabius at the French National Assembly in Paris, November 28, 2014 (Photo credit: Patrick Kovarick/AFP)

Fabius says France seeks to host international talks for deal within two years; MPs end debate on Palestine recognition, vote set for Tuesday

‘We need a Palestinian state,’ says new EU foreign affairs chief

European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. (Photo credit: AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)

During Gaza visit, Federica Mogherini says establishment of state is ‘ultimate goal of all the European Union’

Kerry to call for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 24, 2014. (photo credit: PMO)

US secretary of state to make plea at donor conference for Gaza reconstruction in Cairo Sunday