United NationReaffirming its support to the Palestinian cause, Pakistan has asked Israel to cease all settlement activity on occupied Palestinian territories so as to promote peace in the Middle East."Settlement activity must stop, Palestinian detainees must be released, religious freedom should be ...

jerusalemIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on tenders for new West Bank settler homes, a report said Tuesday, with a rights group confirming not a single tender has been issued in months.The decision was taken in a bid to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks ...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Friday that there would be no dismantlement of any Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins a general election next week. Asked in an interview with the Maariv newspaper: “Can you promise that during the next four ...

The United States, wielding its veto power, quashed a UN Security Council resolution calling Israels settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem "illegal", a move that is certain to anger the Muslim world. The vote in the 15-member Council was 14-1. It was the Obama administrations ...

Pakistan has called on the UN Security Council to discharge it's responsibilities by demanding that Israel unconditionally cease building Jewish settlements in occupied territories and resume direct peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. "Settlement activity is a clear violation of ...

In a major turnaround, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus stance on settlement constructions in the occupied West Bank as unprecedented. The surprising statement comes after the United States had previously asked Israel to halt all settlement ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Israel in unusually blunt terms Wednesday to completely halt settlements on land that Palestinians claim as part of a future state of their own. In remarks to reporters at the State Department, Clinton said President Barack Obama had made clear ...