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In Memoirs, Ex-Israeli PM Regrets Failure of Peace Talks

JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a "historic mistake" by rebuffing an Israeli peace offer during negotiations in 2008, Israel's former prime minister wrote in excerpts from his forthcoming memoirs published Friday. The new details from Ehud Olmert's memoirs were published days after the Arab TV...

Officials: US Drops Demand for Israeli Settlement Freeze

WASHINGTON (Dec. 7) -- President Barack Obama has abandoned attempts to persuade Israel to slow West Bank settlement activity, officials said Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and one of the president's top foreign policy initiatives. After months of trying to broker a...

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak: Mosque-Burners Are 'Terrorists'

(Oct. 4) -- Play with fire and you're bound to get burned -- maybe even by your own countrymen. That's the lesson that arsonists -- allegedly disgruntled Jewish settlers -- learned today after torching a mosque and at least a dozen copies of the Koran in Beit Fajjar, a Muslim Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank....

Palestinians Hold Off on Decision to Quit Peace Talks

JERUSALEM (Sept. 27) -- The Palestinian president said Monday he would wait at least a week before deciding whether to quit Mideast peace talks, giving U.S. mediators precious time to broker a compromise after Israel refused to extend its 10-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction. President Mahmoud...

Obama Delivers Rosh Hashanah Message as Peace Talks Continue [VIDEO]

(Sept. 7) -- Offering his "warmest wishes for the new year" to Jews in America and around the world, President Barack Obama released a video message Tuesday marking the start of Rosh Hashanah. Celebrating the Hebrew year 5771, Rosh Hashanah officially begins at sundown on Wednesday. This year's observances come as the...