The two old friends were both middle-aged, both barbers, and both sons of Palestinian refugee parents who were forced to flee the same village outside Jaffa in the war of 1948. Each had an entirely different take yesterday on this week's high-profile start to the new round of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Tomorrow evening, at the House of Commons, we will be launching a new organisation, Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. This group aims to give a voice to the thousands of Labour Party members and supporters who want to see more robust support of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel and stronger criticism of Israel's conduct of the war on Gaza as excessive...

Tomorrow, at the House of Commons, we will launch a new organisation, Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East, giving a voice to Labour Party representatives, members and supporters who want to see an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. We view Israel’s conduct of the war on Gaza as excessive, inhumane and counter-productive . We will ask the Government to...

But first, an explanation of peace in the Middle East from the same two that tried to explain quantitative easing: Thanks to 9/11: Do more than never forget for the video Does the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Mahmoud Abbas also control Palestinian T.V.? If so, then do videos like the one below indicate any desire for peace with Israel? Abbas on Monday said that Israeli settlements have become...

The Middle East Forum is a US based think tank which seeks to promote a stronger American policy in the Middle East. Its stated aims include 'working for Palestinian acceptance of Israel and fighting Islamic extremism in the Middle East'. The website includes information on the aims, membership and recent activities of the group. It includes free access to press releases, blog postings f...

from Xinhua The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will soon mull whether it should ask the International Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East to fire its envoy Tony Blair, the former minister of Britain, a well-informed Palestinian source said Sunday. A senior well-informed Palestinian source, speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, said that several Palestinian

The Palestinian Authority has denied it plans to make a formal request to remove Tony Blair from his position as a Middle East envoy.

The European Union's new foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, will travel to the Middle East early next year, putting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict high on the EU's agenda.

Former PM tells foreign affairs committee that efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are entering a 'critical' phase Tony Blair said today he expected the Middle East peace process to find "a way forward" in the next few weeks. In a rare return to Westminster, the former prime minister said the month of June would be "critical" to efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian ...

Palestinian and Israeli leaders will, over the coming months, be spending a great deal of time with a remarkable man who possesses the essential qualities if a real push for peace is to be made in the Middle East. George Mitchell – the former Democratic Senate majority leader who has been appointed by Barack Obama as his Middle East peace envoy – spent years working painstakingly to sh...