Norway, EU call meeting in bid to ‘speed up’ efforts for 2-state solution

Norway and the European Union said Wednesday they would convene an ‘extraordinary session’ of donor countries to the Palestinians, saying efforts to reach a peace deal needed to be hurried up.

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US warns it won’t fund UN refugee agency if Palestinians reject talks

The US on Tuesday threatened it would cut aid to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency if Ramallah refused to come to the negotiating table for relaunched peace talks.

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US peace plan not finalized, but efforts ‘serious,’ says Saudi’s Jubeir

The US administration is serious about getting a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, but its proposed plan is still being put together, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said.

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Is Trump eyeing a plan to expand a Palestinian state into Sinai?

US President Donald Trump could be eyeing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that would include transferring sections of the Sinai Desert from Egypt to a newly created Palestinian state, the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Saturday.

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Putin holds summit with Turkey, Iran to discuss Syria peace deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in talks with leaders of Turkey and Iran to end the civil war in Syria that has been raging since 2011.

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PA: Riyadh won’t normalize ties with Israel before Palestinian peace deal

The Palestinian Authority is pushing back against reports that its being pressured by Saudi Arabia into agreeing to accept terms for peace with Israel.

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