BERLIN, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A halt to West Bank settlement construction is crucial to achieve a Middle East peace, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Berlin press conference.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly agreed to exclude east Jerusalem from any future settlement freeze, Israeli and western officials said.
JERUSALEM, July 30 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu froze construction of 900 apartments in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, an Israeli television report said.
JERUSALEM, July 13 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a press conference only after Israel imposes a settlement freeze will peace talks resume.
JERUSALEM, July 8 (UPI) -- The United States has given Israel the green light to undertake limited construction in the West Bank settlements, the Israeli defense minister said.
JERUSALEM, June 30 (UPI) -- Israeli media harshly criticized the French president's advice to Israel's prime minister to get rid of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
JERUSALEM, June 18 (UPI) -- Israel will not freeze building in the Jewish settlements, the country's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington.
JERUSALEM, June 1 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says there will be no new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and illegal outposts there will be dismantled.
UNITED NATIONS, March 24 (UPI) -- The U.N.'s top political officer says international support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is more vital now than ever.
