Aug 14 Watch News Wrap: Israel, Palestinians Resume Peace Efforts in Jerusalem In other news Wednesday, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met in Jerusalem to resume peace talks -- the first time in five years the two sides have met there. Also, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning took the stand in his sentencing where… Continue watching
Aug 13 Egyptian Foreign Minister on Mideast Peace Talks: ‘Difficult to Be Optimistic’ By Larisa Epatko As Israeli and Palestinian negotiators prepared to re-enter peace talks Wednesday in Jerusalem, Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said he considers the prospects to be "very, very difficult." His comments came in a web-only portion of an interview with PBS… Continue reading
Mar 21 Obama: Mideast Peace Process Must Continue, ‘Too Much Is at Stake’ By Larisa Epatko President Obama made the case for restarting the peace process before Palestinian and Israeli audiences Thursday. "We cannot give up on the search for peace no matter how hard it is. ... Too much is at stake."… Continue reading
Aug 17 West Bank Settlement Slated for Removal, But Will It Happen? By Larisa Epatko The largest illegal settlement outpost in the West Bank, called Migron, is set for a court-mandated evacuation on Tuesday, but some wonder if it actually will happen. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 4:58 Poet Naomi Shihab Nye: ‘Telling a Story Helped Us Figure Out Who We Were’ Poet Naomi Shihab Nye: 'Telling a Story Helped Us Figure Out Who We Were'… Continue watching
Nov 01 U.S. Withholds Funding to UNESCO Based on Palestinian Membership By Larisa Epatko A new chapter is unfolding in the Palestinian bid to gain statehood in the United Nations. Momentarily thwarted in their attempts to get official recognition in the U.N. Security Council, Palestinians have gone to a smaller agency to start the… Continue reading
Sep 27 Palestinians’ U.N. Statehood Bid: What Comes Next? By Larisa Epatko Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both returned to their homelands as heroes after championing their causes at the U.N. General Assembly last week. But the euphoria has petered out. Continue reading
Sep 26 World Week Ahead: U.N. Discusses Palestinians’ Bid; Gadhafi’s Hometown Under Siege By Larisa Epatko Palestinians handed the United Nations a bid for full membership on Friday, which the world body is expected to start discussing this week, while fighting continues in Libya and tensions escalate in Yemen after President Ali Abdullah Saleh's return. Continue reading
Sep 23 Abbas: ‘Palestine Is Waiting to Be Born’; Netanyahu: ‘Israel Wants Peace’ By Larisa Epatko Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas submitted a formal request for U.N. membership Friday, saying negotiations with Israel had repeatedly broken down without results. Continue reading
Sep 21 Obama: Israelis, Palestinians ‘Must Reach Agreement on the Issues that Divide Them’ By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK CITY | In an address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York Wednesday, President Obama said that the Palestinian Authority's bid for statehood would circumvent the Israel-Palestinian peace process and urged the resumption of direct negotiations. Continue reading