Topic: Israeli Politics
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had told Washington in writing, just before heading for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, that Israel would not stop Jewish settlement around Jerusalem. The settlement issue, accompanied by mounting violence in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have killed four Palestinians in two days, is challenging renewed efforts ...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday urged Israel to end a three year-long blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and called on Palestinians to heal their political rifts. Ban's visit to the blockaded territory follows a trip made by the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, who entered the coastal enclave last ...
President Barack Obama has invited Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him in Washington on Tuesday to discuss Middle East peace efforts, Netanyahu's office said.
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