Secretary of State John Kerry late Monday issued what was widely described as an “unusual” statement walking back remarks made to a conference last week in which he told influential world leaders that Israel may become an “apartheid” state should it fail to quickly secure a two-state solution to the...

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) on Sunday announced that the group’s central committee had adopted a plan under which the Palestinians would seek to join 60 United Nations bodies and international treaties, per a report by Agence France-Presse (AFP) subsequently cited in both Arabic and Israeli media: Palestine People’s Party...

Analysts through the weekend and into Monday continued to trace signs that – per a headline published at the top of one Agence France-Presse (AFP) story – Rouhani’s “honeymoon” with the Iranian public was over amid evidence that he was either unable or unwilling to implement promised social reforms and...

A new crisis threatened to undercut American efforts to revive the flat-lining peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians this evening, in the wake of comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday. In a closed door meeting reported by Josh Rogin of The Daily Beast, Kerry told members of the...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani this week urged European leaders to chart an “independent” foreign policy course, the latest in what has become a string of statements from top Iranian leaders suggesting that Washington’s European allies should split from the U.S. in their approach to the Islamic republic: “The miscalculations of...

President Barack Obama on Friday told reporters in Seoul that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction had been “unhelpful” in moving earlier in the week to pursue an agreement with the rival Hamas faction that would among other things see the formation of a unity government filled...