Israeli-Palestine Issue

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks will mainly focus on two issues: Security and Borders. When these cases are finalized, other files will be put on the negotiation table and both parties will move on to tackle other issues.

Israeli negotiator Tzipi Livni suggested that Palestinians stop using the word ‘Nakba’. Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic, refers to the plight of Palestinian Arabs starting in 1948, displacement and murder of tens of thousands of Palestinians. The Nakba is marked by the start of Israel’s occupation in 1948 –also considered the moment of the Israeli state’s independence. How about the world delete the "Holocaust"?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas laid out his vision: No Israeli settlers or border forces could remain in a future Palestinian state and that Palestinians deem illegal all Jewish settlement building within the land occupied in the 1967 Six Days War.

A major faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation rejected new peace talks with Israel just hours before their scheduled resumption in Washington on Monday after a three-year break. US presiding over the peace talks is pointless and will always do what Israel dictates them to do. This is the very reason why the Palestinians went to the UN: To take the Palestine case out of Zionist-lackey US hands.

A Palestinian politician has revealed the US puts more pressure on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to succumb to the Israeli regime’s preconditions for talks.

Marking 9 Years of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion "On the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israel", PLO's Negotiations Affairs Department issued a new fact sheet entitled "The Barrier to Peace: Israeli Annexation Wall and Settlements Despite International Opposition." The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Opinion on the Wall and its unimplemented recommendations for the International Community are a reminder of the Culture of Impunity that has allowed Israel to be treated as a State above the Law.

Israeli warplanes carried out seven sorties over the Gaza Strip late Sunday and early Monday firing missiles at various locations in Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah without causing any injuries but only damage to property, according to local sources.

Israeli regime’s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, a far-rightwing Zionist, on Monday says that the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state has reached a dead end and that the Two-State Solution is not possible.

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has criticized Israel’s settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, calling the move a “violation of international law.” The UN chief is deeply concerned about Israel moving forward with a plan to build more than 1,000 new illegal units in two West Bank settlements.

Israeli deputy Defense Minister, Member of Knesset (MK) Danny Danon, said that there will never be a Palestinian State, and that the Palestinians are "settlers", should be part of Jordan.

The Government of Jordan officially confirmed that Israeli Ambassador to Jordan Daniel Nevo has been expelled due to Israeli violations and aggression committed against Al Aqsa Mosque and in the occupied territories. Several MPs are now calling for annulling the 1994 "Wadi Araba" peace treaty between Jordan and Israel.

Israel expected the donor countries to finance the Apartheid road system that was intended to ensure the success of Israel’s plan to strengthen its hold on the West Bank. The donor countries provided the funds requested by Israel to strengthen its hold on Palestinian lands and leave the settlements intact.