RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas will not relaunch negotiations with Israel unless it cancels plans for new illegal settler homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem, his top negotiator said Thursday. “Abbas has told (Arab League Secretary General Amr) Mussa that he informed (US Vice President Joe) Biden yesterday that he could not [...]
Israeli police move to disperse Palestinian protesters throwing stones at a Jerusalem holy site, officials say. Read More Police enter Jerusalem holy site
Israeli authorities have torn down several Palestinian houses in occupied east Jerusalem on grounds that the structures were built illegally. Gidi Schmerling, a Jerusalem municipality spokesman, said the affected houses and structures were in the neighbourhoods of Shuafat, Zur Baher, Silwan and Jabel Mukabar. “All the houses were demolished in accordance with a court order,” [...]
By CHARLES LEVINSON JERUSALEM — Palestinian demonstrators, angry at Israeli-imposed restrictions on access to the revered Al Aqsa Mosque, clashed with police in Jerusalem on Friday, capping a week of setbacks to Washington-led efforts to revive peace talks. The violence was the latest in a series of confrontations in the past two weeks. Eleven Israeli [...]