The Obama administration is now attempting to win from Israel a two month re-imposition of the moratorium in order to convince PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas…

The settlement moratorium is set to expire on September 27, 2010. While existing restrictions on settlement construction have had no lasting impact, their extension beyond…

The formal inauguration of proximity talks between Israel and the PLO signifies the high-water mark of 17 months of diplomacy conducted by the Obama administration.…

The announcement of a routine planning approval for 1,600 dwellings in the East Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo precipitated a crisis in relations that…

After a year of well-intentioned but counterproductive diplomatic effort, President Barack Obama’s interest in and ability to achieve a diplomatic solution to the conflict between…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has adopted what he describes as “a policy of restraint regarding settlements which will include a suspension of new permits and…

Washington hopes that a tripartite fall meeting of President Barack Obama, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas will mark the inauguration…

Never in the forty-two years that Israel has been occupying and settling the West Bank has an Israeli prime minister taken seriously, let alone implemented,…

Israel’s ever-expanding network of civilian settlements in the occupied territories is viewed by its partisans and opponents alike as the most significant obstacle to the…

George Mitchell’s appointment as Middle East peace envoy has strengthened expectations that President Barack Obama will revitalize American diplomatic leadership committed to making peace between…