World news about “Israel-Palestine Peace Process” published by euronews.
Netanyahu condemns Palestinian reconciliation deal The signing of a reconciliation deal in Doha between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah has provoked an angry reaction from Israel. The agreement… 07/02/2012
UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s convoy attacked in Gaza Protesters in Gaza have given a hostile welcome to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, battering his convoy as it crossed into the Strip. Some threw… 02/02/2012
Mideast talks undermined by arrest of Hamas leader The arrest by Israel of a senior Hamas figure has placed possible new strains on relations between the two main Palestinian groups. Aziz Dweik was arrested… 20/01/2012
Gazans mark 3rd anniversary of Israeli offensive – nocomment People in Gaza City marked the third anniversary of the start of an Israeli offensive against Gaza by painting of wall murals illustrating the conflict. 28/12/2011
Israeli soldiers and mourners clash at Palestinian protester’s funeral – nocomment Palestinians and anti-separation barrier activists clashed with Israeli security forces on Sunday after the funeral of a demonstrator killed by Israeli… 12/12/2011
Palestinian youths clash with Israeli police forces – nocomment Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police forces on Thursday, in a refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem. 02/12/2011
Hamas-Israel win-win Shalit deal The prisoner-exchange deal between Israel and the Hamas rulers of the Palestinian Gaza Strip has finally been sealed, amid much emotion and controversy. To… 18/10/2011
How Gilad Shalit won freedom How did the freedom swap become possible? All the time Gilad Shalit was held prisoner, Israelis held vigil. They kept up pressure to free him. Not only an… 18/10/2011
Joy in Gaza as hundred of prisoners are freed – nocomment Gaza Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh greets returning prisoners freed by Israel. 18/10/2011
Rivlin: ‘Palestinians trying to impose peace’ The long awaited UN General Assembly in which the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, presented his request for full UN membership, came and went with very… 14/10/2011
Teaching peace This edition of Learning World explores teaching peace in the US, Switzerland and the Balkans. Sixteen Palestinian and Israeli girls have spent summer at a… 29/09/2011
Israel’s warning on democratic monopoly Israel faces a dilemma with the Palestinians’ planned bid for recognition of statehood at the United Nations in New York this week. Israel’s claim to be a… 19/09/2011
Ex-Israeli minister: ‘We should freeze settlements and negotiate’ The former Israeli minister and peace negotiator Yossi Beilin spoke to euronews about the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations. Just days… 16/09/2011
Palestinian statehood: making the case for European support In September 1993 Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed the principles of accord for what was to be the Oslo agreement. These… 16/09/2011
US & EU head to Israel with UN vote looming With just five days to go before the Palestinians present their demand for statehood before the UN, America and Europe are engaged in a diplomatic push to… 14/09/2011
Unauthorized settlement demolished in West Bank – nocomment Early on Monday morning, bulldozers from the Israeli military demolished three buildings in an unauthorized West Bank settlement. Families are now trying to… 06/09/2011
Gaza ‘peace flotilla’ ship intercepted – nocomment The Greek coastguard intercepted a Canadian ship taking part in the Gaza ‘peace flotilla’ on Monday. 05/07/2011
Israeli-Palestinian peace in US, UN hands, say Erekat and Beilin What is holding up the negotiation process between the Israelis and the Palestinians? ‘Medays’, a forum in Tangier organised by Moroccan think tank the… 25/11/2010
Israelis and Palestinians finally meet againInternational mediators have accompanied Israeli and Palestinian officials as they met for the first time in over a year. The get-together took place in… 04/01/2012
Israel war crimes question festersConsuelo Maldonado, euronews: Gilles Devers, you are the spokesman for a group of lawyers who, in 2009, filed a complaint of war crimes against Israeli… 26/12/2011
Gaza still struggles three years after offensiveFlowers are one of the few things Gazans can export. After four and half years of the Israeli blockade and the partial destruction of Gaza’s industry in the… 26/12/2011
Palestinian flag raised over UNESCO headquartersIn an historic, symbolic and controversial act the Palestinian flag has been raised over a UN building for the first time. UNESCO, the world body’s… 13/12/2011
Palestinians detained after boarding Jerusalem busSix Palestinian protesters, who boarded a bus bound for Jerusalem, have had their journey brought to an abrupt end. The group, calling themselves “Freedom… 16/11/2011
Israel halts UNESCO funds over Palestinian voteUNESCO’s decision to grant the Palestinians full membership has prompted Israel to freeze its funding to the UN’s cultural agency. The Israelis say UNESCO’s… 03/11/2011
Israel takes punitive measures after UNESCO voteIsrael has decided to speed up Jewish settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem one day after the Palestinian’s successful bid to join… 02/11/2011
US cuts UNESCO funding after Palestinian votePalestinians have welcomed the granting of full membership of UNESCO but the US has immediately decided to cancel its funding of the cultural agency. A … 01/11/2011
US and Israel condemn UNESCO Palestine voteThere was warm applause in UNESCO’s chamber as the result of the vote was announced. By voting strongly to give the Palestinians full UNESCO membership, the… 31/10/2011
Egypt frees Israeli-American in prisoner exchange25 Egyptians held by Israel, and an Israeli-American accused by Cairo of spying, have been returned to their respective countries in a prisoner exchange… 27/10/2011
Palestinians take their first steps to freedomOn is his first day as a free man, Palestinian, Nafez Herez, had a chance to spend time with the son he has never met. A member of the Fatah movement had… 19/10/2011
Shalit’s first day of freedom.Gilad Shalit was outside his family home on Wednesday as he celebrated his first day as a free man. After five years of captivity, the twenty-five-year-old… 19/10/2011
Hamas claims victory over prisoner swapThere is no doubt the return of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to their homes and families in Gaza has been seen as a major victory for the Hamas… 19/10/2011
Freed prisoners make emotional return to GazaScenes of jubilation as Palestinian prisoners arrive in Gaza. They may be thought of as terrorists in Israel but here they are seen as freedom fighters… 19/10/2011
Gaza celebrates release of Palestinian captivesA hero’s welcome awaited the Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel as they arrived in Rafah to meet friends, family and well-wishers. Among the crowds was… 18/10/2011
The Middle East celebrates a day of freedomIt was a momentous day in the Middle East, a day for freedom for one Israeli soldier, release for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The world watched, the… 18/10/2011
Thousands in Gaza square for Palestinian prisoner releaseAs buses carrying Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel arrived in Rafah, friends, family and well-wishers were there to welcome them. In this first phase… 18/10/2011
Images of freed Shalit beamed round the worldThe first pictures of Gilad Shalit following his early morning release have been beamed around the world. They were images many had been praying to see for… 18/10/2011
Netanyahu justifies Shalit dealThe vast majority of Israelis approve of the exchange but there are some who oppose it and there was even a last minute attempt to block it through the… 18/10/2011
Shalit calls for peace in first interviewBefore leaving Egyptian soil, Gilad Shalit was interviewed by Egyptian state television. He appeared weak and pale and sometimes seemed to struggle to find… 18/10/2011
Gilad Shalit freed and handed over to IsraelIsraeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held in captivity by the Islamist group Hamas since June 2006, was handed over to Israeli officials. Israeli television showed… 18/10/2011
The transformation of Gilad ShalitHe was snatched from obscurity as a 19 year-old corporal five years ago, when Gilad, now Sergeant Shalit was taken hostage by Hamas. In six minutes their… 18/10/2011
Shalit prisoner swap gets underwayVehicles carrying Palestinian prisoners began departing from jails in Israel in the early hours of Tuesday morning. It set in motion the phased prisoner… 18/10/2011
Joy and sorrow among Palestinians at prisoner swapNot all Palestinians are rejoicing at the prisoner exchange. In Ramallah in the West Bank, the families of some of the thousands of inmates who will remain… 17/10/2011
Israel begins moving Palestinians before prisoner swapIsrael has begun transferring Palestinian prisoners ahead of their planned release in an exchange deal for the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Fifteen… 16/10/2011
Israel and Hamas publish prisoner swap listIsrael and Hamas have published a list of the first group of 477 Palestinian prisoners due to be freed on Tuesday in exchange for the freedom of the kidnapped… 16/10/2011
US defence chief calls for Israel and Palestine to negotiateUS Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has made his first visit to the Middle East since taking charge at the Pentagon. Ahead of arriving at Tel Aviv he had… 03/10/2011
Palestine statehood discussed in Tehran and New YorkIn Tehran the annual international pro-Palestine conference has got underway as the United Nations Security Council opened its discussions on Palestine’s bid… 01/10/2011
UN review panel mulls Palestinian statehood bidThe UN Security Council has handed the Palestinian bid for full membership of the world body to a review panel, which will deliver its verdict within the… 28/09/2011
Israel approves 1,100 new settlement homesIsrael says it has approved the construction of 1,100 homes in a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem. It comes days after the Palestinian call for full … 27/09/2011
UN Security Council starts considering Palestinian statehoodAfter receiving a hero’s welcome in Ramallah, it’s down to business on Monday for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as talks begin at the UN Security… 26/09/2011
Refugees welcome Palestinian bid for UN membershipHundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered in a show of support for President Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for full UN membership. In Lebanon, there are an estimated… 23/09/2011
Israel extends hand of peace to Mahmoud AbbasIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in responding to President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly that the programme of settlements in the West… 23/09/2011
Abbas applies for UN recognition of PalestineThe Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has formally presented a request for the United Nations to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. The US has… 23/09/2011
Turkey pledges support for Palestinian statehood bidPresident Mahmoud Abbas can rely on the support of Turkey when it comes to his UN bid for recognition of a Palestinian state. The country’s Prime Minister… 23/09/2011
Abbas submits bid to UN for full “state” recognitionPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has formally submitted a bid to the UN Secretary-General for recognition of Palestine as an independent sovereign… 23/09/2011
Sarkozy proposes Palestinian compromise at UNThe French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested the UN create a non-member observer state of Palestine. He proposed a one-year roadmap for peace in the… 21/09/2011
Alain Gresh on Israeli-Palestinian conflictMiddle East specialist and deputy director of the monthly newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique Alain Gresh answered questions from euronews about the… 21/09/2011
Bet El settlers’ convictionsThe Jewish settlement of Bet El lies between Nablus and Ramallah. It was founded ten years after the Six-Day War of 1967. Its roughly 6,000 inhabitants come… 21/09/2011
Resolution 194’s failureJust south and just north of Bethlehem in the West Bank lie the Palestinian refugee camps of Aida and Dheisheh. They were set up for Palestinians from more… 21/09/2011
Palestinians rally in support of UN statehood bidSeeking the cherished mantle of statehood so longed for by Yasser Arafat, Palestinians have been pouring into Ramallah to press home their claim. They say… 21/09/2011
Three generations hope for a Palestinian stateAn ancient village which lay between Jerusalem and Ramallah was split by the Israelis when they built their high security wall to keep Palestinian attackers… 20/09/2011
Israel’s likely next step?With the Palestinians bidding for statehood, Israel finds itself once again in the eye of the storm at the UN. To gauge the mood within the country we spoke… 20/09/2011
Palestinian statehood: “The EU has a choice”Saeb Erekat negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel, the framework agreement signed in 1993 by Mahmoud Abbas and Shimon Peres on behalf of the PLO and Israel… 20/09/2011
Diplomatic crisis intensifies over Palestinian UN bidThe diplomatic crisis around President Mahmoud Abbas’ push for recognition of a Palestinian state is intensifying, in the run-up to his planned UN request on… 20/09/2011
Israel offers direct talks with the PalestiniansThe diplomatic crisis precipitated by President Mahmoud Abbas over Palestinian statehood appears to have forced Israel onto the back foot. Abbas’ intention… 20/09/2011
Palestinian leader confirms request for full UN membershipIn New York Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He confirmed in the meeting he will press ahead with plans to… 19/09/2011
New York rally for Palestinian statehoodHundreds have gathered in New York to show their support for a Palestinian state. This a week before Palestinian leaders are due to call for full … 16/09/2011
Palestinians promote their bid for statehoodThe Palestinians are in a determined drive to win broad international recognition for statehood, with a new approach. On Monday they were in Brussels to curry… 14/09/2011
Erdogan says Palestinian statehood an “obligation”Turkey’s prime minister has addressed a meeting of the Arab League’s foreign ministers in Cairo, saying recognition of a Palestinian state is an “obligation… 13/09/2011
EU’s Ashton in mideast push for talksThe EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, on a visit to the middle east, has stressed the need to advance peace talks between Israel and the… 29/08/2011
Israeli-Hamas ceasefire under threat within hoursHours after a declared truce to end five days of violence with militants in Gaza, Israeli troops launched a raid into the West Bank and rounded up 50 alleged… 23/08/2011
Abbas makes diplomatic foray to TurkeyPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Ankara for a surprise visit to meet Turkish leaders. The trip is of particular importance given the Palestinian… 21/06/2011
Israel on alert after Golan Heights bloodshedIsrael’s army is on alert after deadly clashes with Palestinians who tried to surge onto the Golan Heights from Syria. Israel claims the protest had… 06/06/2011
Israelis march for Palestinian stateThousands of Israelis marched through Tel Aviv on Saturday urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Palestinian state based on the 1967… 05/06/2011
Arab leaders seek UN-backed PalestineThe Arab League voted on Saturday to seek full UN membership for a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The proposed state would have East… 29/05/2011
Abbas will go to UN for recognition of PalestinePresident Mahmoud Abbas plans to seek UN recognition for a Palestinian state in September, despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress. Speaking to… 25/05/2011
Reaction split over Israeli PM speechThere has been a predictable split in opinion over the Israeli prime minister’s speech to the US congress, with support or opposition depending upon whether… 25/05/2011
Palestinians slam Netanyahu speechThe Israeli prime minister’s speech has brought a scornful reaction from Palestinians. Any hopes in Ramallah that Netanyahu might give ground were quickly… 24/05/2011
Netanyahu offers ‘compromise’ but stays firm on bordersIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described his vision of peace with Palestinians to the US Congress in Washington. Netanyahu reiterated his… 24/05/2011
Border row strains ties between the US and IsraelHeading to Washington, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu knew his task was a tricky one, with the stalled peace process far from the only challenge. He… 24/05/2011
Netanyahu sets out his grounds for Mideast peaceIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described his vision of peace with Palestinians to the US Congress in Washington. Netanyahu reiterated his… 24/05/2011
LIVE – Netanyahu address to US CongressWatch live as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives an address to the US Congress, where he is expected to talk about the stalled… 24/05/2011
Netanyahu at odds with Obama over peace plan bordersPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to give a speech in the US Congress in which he has said he will present his view of a future Middle East… 24/05/2011
Netanyahu ‘no’ dashes hopes of Palestinian peace talksIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected President Obama’s call for Israel to pull back to it’s 1967 borders and opened one of the… 21/05/2011
Israel’s Netanyahu rejects Obama’s border proposalsIsrael’s prime minister has rejected US President Obama’s vision for the borders of a future Palestinian state. Speaking at the White House, Benjamin… 20/05/2011
Obama’s ‘security for territory’ Mideast speechThe central thrust of Barack Obama’s speech on the Middle East was to re-start talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians on the basis of ‘security in… 20/05/2011
Netanyahu, Obama at odds over Mideast peaceIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Barack Obama later on Friday for talks on the Middle East peace process. But Netanyahu… 20/05/2011
‘Nothing new’ as Obama delivers Middle East speechPresident Obama has outlined future US policy in the Middle East in his first major speech on the region since the Arab Spring saw popular uprisings in… 20/05/2011
Obama vows fresh start with Arab worldUS President Barack Obama has promised a new program of economic aid to support the people’s uprisings of the Arab world, including helping new governments… 19/05/2011
Obama: Middle East peace bid ‘more vital than ever’US-backed Middle East peace talks may have stalled shortly after resuming last September. But, as popular unrest sweeps the Arab world, Barack Obama says it… 17/05/2011
Israel disconcerted by Palestinian unityNews of the rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas has not been welcomed by Israel. Mahmoud Abbas and Ismail Haniyeh working together will prove to be the very… 04/05/2011
Barenboim conducts his “Orchestra for Gaza”For the last 12 years Daniel Barenboim has used his musical reputation to push for peace between Israel and its neighbours. This 68-year-old Argentine-born… 03/05/2011
Palestine united – but what next?In territory as small and fragmented as that given to Palestinians, any division was bound to weaken its diplomatic bargaining strength. Last March a huge… 28/04/2011
Unity move ‘threatens Palestinian statehood’In the West Bank and Gaza Strip the unity accord agreed between Hamas and Fatah has raised hopes that the infighting that has led to political inertia and… 28/04/2011
Joseph’s Tomb flashpoint after deadly shootingPalestinian youths have clashed with Israeli soldiers at Joseph’s Tomb in the occupied West Bank and Israeli settlers stoned Palestinian vehicles after an… 24/04/2011
Israeli killed in West Bank shootingAn Israeli man has been killed and three others were wounded when shots were fired at their car in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said the… 24/04/2011
Middle East closer to ceasefireIsrael and the Gaza Strip have moved closer to declaring a ceasefire according to a Palestinian official, who told the news agency Reuters that both sides… 10/04/2011
Possible ceasefire in Middle EastHamas now says it is willing to end the recent escalation of fighting with Israel, after the Israeli Defence Minister said his country is open to a… 10/04/2011
Israel deploys its first rocket shield near GazaIsrael has deployed its latest defence against Palestinian rocket fire. It is called “Iron Drome” and is designed to track and blow up incoming threats in… 28/03/2011
Deaths in Gaza as Israeli tanks respond to rocketsAt least four Palestinians have been killed in Gaza after Israel tanks shelled a house. Local doctors say three of the dead were aged 12, 16 and 17. Three… 22/03/2011
EU’s Ashton targets Palestinian state by SeptemberThe EU’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton has said a Palestinian state is still achievable by September, despite an impasse in peace talks. But, Ashton’s… 15/02/2011
