Former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, known for his anti-West rhetoric and friendship with Iran, was memorialized by a leader half a world away this week: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Chavez, whose government was accused of backing terrorists in Columbia and…
New US Secretary of State John Kerry had a “chance to meet” with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Saudi Arabia on Monday to discuss the peace process, according to a release from the US State Department. Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell called…
The latest round of talks between Iran and the major world powers have again highlighted that the West longs for talks to triumph over conflict, while Iran is happy to let such hopes linger. While the question of whether such…
The latest meetings between Iran and the six major world powers to discuss Tehran’s controversial nuclear program ended without a deal, but with a new proposal for mutual confidence-building measures. The top Iranian negotiator, Saeed Jalili, was quoted by the…
More than 140,000 tons of goods were imported into the Gaza Strip via the Israeli crossing with the coastal enclave during January alone, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. A total of 4,991 trucks carried those shipments into Gaza, just…
The recent decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to include former-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in his government and agree to make her the lead negotiator with the Palestinians is already wreaking havoc in Israeli politics. But the real showdown is…