Settlement dispute stalls Israeli-Palestinian talks
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators opened a second round of statehood talks on Monday but the Palestinians ruled out addressing substantive issues until Israel agreed to stop settlement building near Jerusalem.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators  hammering out terms for a peace summit agreed on Sunday to  postpone resolving a dispute on releasing Palestinian prisoners  that had clouded hope of a breakthrough.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials yesterday were on the verge of resolving what could have been a nasty dispute over voting by East
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Israelis and Palestinians are to discuss core issues in the conflict on Monday, the Palestinian leader says.
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Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels have stalled over the question of creating a no-fly zone over the area.
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Israel's plan to build houses on occupied land near Jerusalem will cloud renewed peace talks, the Palestinian Authority said on Sunday, the day before an international aid conference opens in Paris.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with a vague promise to meet again and little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace moves.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas on Monday put off talks with Hamas aimed at   breaking a stalemate over forming a unity government, in a sign   of deep internal divisions.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators took on the most contentious issues in their bitter conflict on Monday under a US-backed effort to hammer out a final peace deal by the end of the year
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plan to meet on Thursday to try to salvage peace talks bogged down by a row over Jewish settlements, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hammering out terms for a peace summit agreed on Sunday to postpone resolving a dispute on releasing Palestinian prisoners that had clouded hope of a breakthrough.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepare for talks to try to defuse a row over Jewish settlement activity.
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Israel resumed building one of the  most controversial parts of its West Bank barrier, deep in  occupied land, in a move Palestinians said on Monday clouded  new President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to revive peacemaking.
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Meeting in Cairo fails to mend the divide between President Abbas and Hamas over Gaza border.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas has   frozen talks on forming a Palestinian unity government after   Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with Israel,   two of his aides said on Sunday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to overcome disputes over Jewish settlements that have paralyzed U.S.-backed peace talks.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials have started negotiations in order to reach an agreement to stop the major Israeli offensive in Gaza in return for stopping fighters from firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli sources said Tuesday.