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Many Israelis are dismissing the Palestinians' efforts to win international recognition of their independence at the United Nations this month as merely symbolic. But the Palestinians hope the high-profile maneuvering, on a grand global stage, might yield results that have eluded them through...

JERUSALEM – Israeli President Shimon Peres urged a resumption of Middle East peace talks Thursday, dismissing the Palestinians' plan to instead ask the United Nations for recognition as "an illusion" and arguing that a peace deal — despite widespread skepticism on both sides — was possible...

-- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday against initiating "any new assault" on Gaza, state-run Nile TV reported. The warning came as the two Middle East leaders met in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss the stalled peace talks between Israel...

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he recognized "The Palestine State as free and independent within its borders." - The peace process in the Middle East may be stalled, but the balance between Israel and the Palestinians continues to shift in other ways. In the last month, four Latin...

Indirect talks to begin, Netanyahu says JERUSALEM, (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday congratulated the Palestinian Authority's decision to enter indirect peace talks without preconditions. Netanyahu said during a Cabinet meeting Israeli officials were successful in...

JERUSALEM – Palestinians mounted violent protests in Jerusalem on Tuesday and President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy canceled plans to return to the region as a U.S.-Israeli crisis over Jewish settlement plans deepened. Hundreds of rock-throwing Palestinians clashed with police in several...

ERUSALEM – The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday. But Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israel is moving to amend the country's planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Cabinet minister said Friday. The change endorsed by a parliamentary legislation committee Thursday...

The Obama administration said Monday that Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to indirect peace talks brokered by U.S. special Mideast envoy George Mitchell. In a statement released as Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Israel, Mitchell, who is also in the region, said he was pleased that...