By David Gollust State Department 27 December 2006 The United States said Wednesday Israel's plan to build a new settlement in the West Bank would violate Israeli obligations under the international Middle East peace road map. The State Department s...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 December 2006 A rare summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders could take place in a few days. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, plans for the meeting are going ahead, despite a fresh wave of Pa...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 November 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Jericho, and with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem. VOA's Jim Teeple rep...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 November 2006 A senior Israeli official has suggested that Israel might launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel wants tougher international action to stop Iran befor...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 30 October 2006 Avigdor Lieberman (file photo) The Israeli Cabinet has voted to bring an ultra-nationalist party into the government. The partnership is likely to complicate efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 October 2006 The U.S. government says it is concerned about new visa restrictions Israel is imposing on Palestinian-Americans who want to visit or live in the Palestinian territories. Cars drive around Menara Circle in cen...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 16 October 2006 Israeli President Moshe Katsav speaks at a ceremony in Jerusalem (File photo - May 25, 2006) Israeli President Moshe Katsav, on Monday did not appear at the opening of the wintersession of the Israeli Knesset,...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 October 2006 Syria has rejected an Israeli invitation for a summit meeting in Jerusalem. There is little hope of reviving Israeli-Syrian peace talks following the war in Lebanon. Shimon Peres Syria turned down an invita...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 October 2006 Six Palestinians, including four militants, have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. The raid is part of the background of Israeli efforts to free a soldier kidnapped by Palestinian gunm...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 September 2006 Israeli and Palestinian leaders are planning a rare summit meeting. They are facing major obstacles to putting the peace process back on track. ----- Ehud Olmert Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he...