(JTA) — A draft Palestinian statehood resolution set to be introduced at the United Nations is counterproductive, the U.S. State Department said. “We don’t think this resolution is constructive,” State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters Monday at a regular news briefing. “We think it sets arbitrary deadlines for reachingContinue Reading
By JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel is ready to accept an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, multiple media reports said, although it is unclear whether Hamas also has agreed. The cease-fire that would end the eight-day Gaza conflict was first posted Monday on Twitter by Yossi Melman, a veteran IsraeliContinue Reading
With Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas threatening to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and peace negotiations faltering, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be giving up hopes for an agreement by April 29. Read the story at the Jerusalem Post.Continue Reading
(JTA) — A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators ended without an agreement to resume peace talks, a Palestinian official said. The meeting held Thursday in Jerusalem sought a framework that would allow talks to continue for another nine months. It lasted five hours, and the atmosphere was chilly, theContinue Reading
