Israeli Officials Blame Obama For Failure Of Secret 2016 Peace Summit

Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that he attended a secret US-initiated summit with Arab leaders in 2016 meant to revive efforts toward a peace plan.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits between them during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, Israel (AP/Gali Tibbon)

(REPORT) --- The revelation of a secret peace summit held in early 2016 and ending in failure, has become a big political liability for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing criticism from the left for letting the talks pass by without making a deal, and from the right for participating in peace talks in the first

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Has Trump Killed The Two-State Solution?

Israelis, Palestinians & Americans weigh the prospects of a two-state solution under President Donald Trump.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
President Donald Trump escorts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

UNITED NATIONS --- Hours before hundreds of people protested outside the White House and hundreds more gathered at over a dozen demonstrations across the United States on Feb. 15, President Donald Trump took aim at more than a decade and a half of foreign policy during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “So

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US Ambassador Contradicts Trump, Insists US Committed To Two-State Solution

Haley also attacked the United Nations in general terms, insisting Israel is the “one true democracy in the Middle East” and that the US is “determined to stand up to the UN’s anti-Israel bias.”

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters after a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

(REPORT) --- The Trump Administration does not appear to all be on the same page with respect to the US stance on the Middle East, despite President Trump only yesterday very publicly scrapping the two-state solution stance of United States, announcing he was “fine” with a one-state solution in a joint conference with the Israeli premier. US

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CIA Chief Holds Secret Meeting With Palestinian President Ahead Of Netanyahu Visist

Palestinian officials said Abbas briefed Pompeo on Palestinian positions ahead of Wednesday’s White House talks between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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By Associated Press
CIA Chief Mike Pompeo is scheduled to arrive Thursday, Feb. 9 in Turkey to discuss security issues on his first overseas trip in his new role (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

RAMALLAH, West Bank (RPEORT) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met secretly with the CIA chief in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, as they expressed concern over the Trump administration's suggestion that a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel is optional. Mike Pompeo and Abbas held talks Tuesday at the

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State Dept. Concerned Over Direction Of New Israeli Government

State Dept Concerned by Number of Coalition Members Against Two-State Solution.

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By MintPress News Desk
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman shake hands in front the media after giving a statement in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

While US officials had previously been reluctant to comment at all on the incoming “most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history,” today the State Department confirmed that this, including new Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman “raises legitimate questions” about the direction Israel is taking. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the US

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France Warns Israel They Will Soon Recognize Palestine State

The French Foreign Ministry announced that if they failed to break an impasse in the peace talks between Palestine and Israel it would take the next step.

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By teleSUR
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks during a press conference with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, June 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

France warned the Israeli government Friday that if Paris fails to break an impasse in the following weeks in the peace talks between Palestine and Israel, its government will recognize the state of Palestine, the Foreign Ministry announced. “If this attempt to achieve a negotiated solution reaches a dead end, we will take responsibility and

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