Ramallah: The Palestinians are ready to end all historic claims against Israel once they establish their state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

The future of West Asia direct peace talks appeared to be in jeopardy after Israel refused to extend a ban on West Bank settlements, a media report said.

Israel is ready to reach a "compromise agreement" on extending a partial moratorium on settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, a senior government official told AFP on Friday.

Sept. 12: US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton is shepherding West Asia talks this week that she says may be the last chance for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Ms Clinton and former

The Obama administration wants Israel and Palestine to start direct negotiations as soon as possible and hopes that their leaders would soon take a decision in this regard.

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Friday hit Israel’s fifth largest city of Ashkelon, a day after the Arab League gave green signal to resume direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).

July 18: Gaza’s Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, calling it a practice that destroys marriages and sullies the image of the Palestinian people.

The ban marks the Isl