Israel worried US peace plan will include Jerusalem as Palestinian capital

Israel is worried the American peace plan would include a declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of two states — Israel and Palestine — in an effort to convince Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table.

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PA leader Abbas talks US peace plan with Jordan’s Abdullah

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman on Wednesday to discuss the regional situation ahead of the expected unveiling of the U.S. administration’s Middle East peace plan.

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Israel ‘surprised’ by reports of Columbia recognition of Palestinian state

Israel’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was “surprised” by media reports saying Columbia decided to recognize the State of Palestine.

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Palestinian Authority rejects Israeli, U.S. ideas to help Gaza

The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday expressed fear that the talk about easing restrictions on the Gaza Strip was part of an Israeli-Palestinian ‘conspiracy’ to transform the Palestinian cause into a ‘humanitarian issue.’

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Trump peace deal to make Jerusalem suburb Palestinian capital

The Abu Dis neighborhood bordering east Jerusalem will be the capital of a Palestinian state in US President Donald Trump’s planned peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid said Monday.

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Palestinians announce embassy move date to be ‘day of rage’

Senior PLO official Ahmad Majdalani said Tuesday that May 14, the day the US is expected to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, will be ‘a day of rage.’

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