Mideast group seen backing U.S. plan
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The quartet of Middle East mediators is expected to back U.S. plans to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves and hear from new special envoy Tony Blair when it meets in Portugal on Thursday.
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The United States will invite members of an Arab League panel that includes Syria and Saudi Arabia to a Middle East peace conference this year, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.
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The main organization representing Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip endorsed a call Monday to resist Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to evacuate Gaza and part of
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An armed Palestinian group indicates that it would be willing to accept a truce with Israel.
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The United States will invite the members of an Arab League panel that includes Syria and Saudi Arabia to a Middle East peace conference it plans to hold this year, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.
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The White House insisted on  Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is committed  to the U.S.-backed road map Middle East peace plan, despite his  comments in a newspaper interview that suggested otherwise.
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Bush administration officials said yesterday that the United States and Israel disagree over a key clause in last year&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; peace plan  an Israeli pledge to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Letting Arab leaders figure out what to do about Hezbollah's weapons and assembling a strong international peacekeeping force along Israel's border are among proposals to be discussed at a meeting of key Mideast players in Rome on Wednesday.
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, plans to meet moderate Palestinian leaders later this month in an early indication of America&#39;s readiness to become involved in a Middle East peace process.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity  government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the  Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.
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The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan, U.S. documents show.
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NEW YORK : In an unannounced policy shift, Washington has given its approval for growth within some Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the New York Times reported, citing US and Israeli officials.
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The four key sponsors of the Middle East peace process strongly back a US-led November summit.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators were prepared to endorse Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas' effort to form a national unity government on   Wednesday although its platform is still unclear, diplomats   said.
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Britain has won US agreement for an international peace conference on the Middle East in London early next year, the Daily Telegraph has reported, but an Israeli political source said the Jewish state opposed the idea.
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President Bush has a historic chance for coming up with a new peace plan based on the principles enshrined in the Oslo Accords. It is time also for Palestinians to unite behind a new leadership and stop the
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According to the British daily The Independent, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is willing to back a Middle East peace conference planned for early next year by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.