SEP 26, 2023 Forget the pipelines. The growing détente between Eastern Mediterranean neighbors Israel, Cyprus, and Greece is being leveraged mainly to counter Turkish influence and expand Washington’s presence in the region. Mohamad Hasan Sweidan On 4 September, Israel, Greece, and Cyprus met at their ninth tripartite summit to endorse the wave of Arab normalization with […]
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Middle East Quartet ‘deeply concerned’ over Israeli settlements, West Bank violence
The Middle East Quartet has said it is “deeply concerned” over Israel’s growing settlements in Palestinian territories and ongoing violence in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reports. Envoys of the group, which comprises the UN, US, EU and Russia, issued a joint statement on Thursday after a meeting in Norway’s capital, Oslo, earlier […]
Abbas heading to Russia soon to revive International Quartet
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is heading to Moscow soon in an attempt to revive the International Quartet for the peace process, spokesperson Nabeel Abu Rudeineh said yesterday. According to the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Abbas hopes that Russia will work on reviving the International Quartet. Sama news agency reported Abu Rudeineh saying that […]
Mideast Quartet urges ‘meaningful’ dialogue to reach two-state solution
AFP — The four members of the so-called Middle East quartet discussed the resumption of “meaningful negotiations” to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in their first meeting since US President Joe Biden took office. The body, which comprises the US, Russia, the EU and the UN, met virtually on Tuesday, a UN statement said. “The Envoys… […]
Mideast Quartet Discusses Reviving ‘Meaningful’ Israel, Palestinian Peace Talks
The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The Middle East quartet of mediators — the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations — discussed on Tuesday reviving “meaningful negotiations” between Israel and the […]
Qatar slams quartet of blockaders for making ‘conflicting statements’
Press TV- Qatar has slammed the Saudi-led quartet of boycotters for their “disorganized” conduct and “conflicting statements” after they apparently backed down from a number of the terms on their list of demands aimed at ending the dispute with Doha. On Wednesday, Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani, director of Qatar’s government communications office, told The Associated […]
Israeli Army Invades Huwwara, Imposes Curfew
IMEMC : Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday evening, the town of Huwwara, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew, forcing the entire town under house arrest until further notice. The head of Huwwara Local Council Nasser al-Huwwari, said the soldiers claimed some Palestinian youngsters hurled stones of settlers’ […]
Opposition’s Capriles Wants “Padlock” Law to Halt International Oil Treaties
Rachel Boothroyd Rojas (VA) : Venezuelan opposition politician Henrique Capriles Radonski has confirmed to press that he has proposed a “padlock law” to the incoming majority opposition parliamentary bloc in the country’s National Assembly. According statements made by the two-time opposition presidential candidate, the law would “put an end to oil diplomacy” and “stop the […]
Quartet Anti-Palestinian Statehood Proposal
by Stephen Lendman Quartet representatives UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Middle East envoy Tony Blair, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy High Representative Catherine Aston explained its elements. On September 21, an initial statement “expressed its strong support for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian […]