Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met  in Cairo yesterday with Hamas political chief Kahled Meshal for the latest round of reconciliation talks and the first face-to-face meeting between the two parties in over a year.  Both Hamas and Fatah were invited to Cairo ...

On January 4, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)  introduced a bill, "Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should provide, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least one percent of United States gross domestic product (GDP) for nonmilitary ...

To mark the 2nd anniversary of the Arab Spring, the Woodrow Wilson Center released a report, titled "Has the Arab Spring Lived up to Expectations?" The report features opinions from 39 experts from the Middle East, North Africa, ...

The Arab League Ministerial Council concluded its meeting in Doha without reaching a conclusion to the Arab Peace Initiative or the reevaluation of the peace process. Qatar's Prime Minister, Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, said the initiative would "not ...

Khaled Meshaal is due to make his first ever visit to the Gaza Strip. He will join celebrations for Hamas’s 25th anniversary and meet members of different Palestinian movements, "as well as representatives of the families of martyrs, prisoners and those ...

King Abdullah II of Jordan has alluded to a postponement of the upcoming parliamentary elections. During a government banquet, Abdullah said “The elections will be held on time, unless something new or urgent takes place.” Additionally, the widening ...

The United Nations General Assembly approved the upgrade of Palestine to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations on Thursday, with 138 votes in favor, nine opposed, and 41 abstentions. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Indirect negotiations began today between Israeli and Hamas representatives in Egypt, mediated by Egyptian General Intelligence Service officials. If Israel "commits to a ceasefire, we will respect it," said Mussa Abu Marzuk of Hamas. The talks will focus on extending the current cease-fire, ...

A bomb exploded in Tel Aviv on Wednesday near Israel's military headquarters, wounding 10 people. Police believe the device was left on a bus that was driving past the military headquarters, but denied reports of a suicide attack. ...

After days of negotiations, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he expected a ceasefire agreement to take effect late Tuesday night. Hamas official Ayman Taha reported that, "An agreement for calm has been reached. It will be declared ...

As the Egyptian constitution heads toward a vote of approval, members of the Constitutional Assembly are increasingly at odds over the final draft. A recent article detailed the positions of several parties involved in the process, explaining why there ...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was asked in a recent interview on Israeli television, "Would you like to go to Safed?" Abbas responded, "I want to see Safed. It's my right to see it but not to live there." The ...

The arrival of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani was welcomed by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh who thanked the Emir for his visit saying, “Today you have officially broken the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip by ...

Last night's foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney focused on numerous Middle East foreign policy issues, including Libya, Syria, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. approach to the Arab Spring. Both contenders agreed ...