In a wide-ranging speech on the Middle East, President Obama has made his clearest statement yet of support for a Palestinian state, based on the 1967 borders with Israel. He emphasised the importance of secure and recognised borders and said mutually-agreed land swaps would be needed. But the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who [...]
Protesters interrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a prominent American Jewish group Monday, the same day his government said it would move ahead with hundreds of new housing units in disputed east Jerusalem.
Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told AIPAC activists that “Jerusalem is not a settlement,” and also depicted the Palestinian Authority as not taking steps for peace.