Amid reports the Palestinians are looking to go again to seek some sort of enhanced recognition from the United Nations in their quest for statehood, the United States reiterated on Wednesday their opposition to that approach. In comments released by…
With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s violence against civilian areas in the background, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed a political transition from the embattled Syrian leader in the nation’s civil war. Turkey, a neighbor…
A senior American official held a “very constructive meeting” with new Egyptian Islamist President Mohamed Morsi during a current visit to the region, according to a US State Department press release. Among other things, the US Deputy Secretary of State…
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both agree on their desire for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement—they just disagree on one way to try and get there. On Wednesday, Barak offered the possibility of…
While the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog meets with Iran, and following major political changes in Israel, the Israeli Defense Minister left for meetings with United States’ officials. Ehud Barak was set to meet with his American counterpart Leon Panetta, as…
The envoy for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and gave him a letter from Netanyahu. The letter delivery comes a little less than one month after a Palestinian delegation handed over a letter from…