All Journal Posts Tagged 'annapolis' (6)

The United Nations Security Council today called on Israel and the Palestinians to fulfil their obligations under the so-called Roadmap peace plan seeking a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, and to refrain from any steps that could undermine confidence or prejudice the outcome of negotiations.

“Lasting peace can only be based on an enduring commitment to mutual recognition, freedom from violence, incitement, and terror, and the two-state solution, build

Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Ahmed Qureia tells reporters that Prime Minister Olmert proposed that Israel take in 5,000 Palestinian refugees over five years, and agreed to give up more than 93% of Judea and Samaria (the "West Bank") as well as land from within sovereign Israel to compensate for the 6.8% of the West Bank that Israel wants to annex.

Qureia says both offers were unacceptable to the Palestinians. He said, in remarks to reporters, that Israel ne

Despite her repeated visits to the region -- the current one likely to be the last -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice finally admits that the Israelis and Palestinians will be signing any agreement before the end of the year, despite solemn promises at last year

Israel will not shift its position in the ongoing negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says, and she will plans to tell that to the Quartet on the Middle East issues when she meets them in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt next Sunday, one yea