US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to present the framework of a Palestinian-Israeli deal soon.  The contents of the framework have been made public.

Implicit in the statements made by some senior members of the Cabinet is that the government feels that it is just about time a new electoral law should be enacted. It is early to celebrate, though.

Under intense American pressure, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces decided to participate in tomorrow’s Geneva talks in a bid to end the deadly conflict in Syria. The American pressure on the opposition to attend the conference is a

Long-time observers of Palestinian politics suspect that President Mahmoud Abbas may have already opened a back channel with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a peace deal. While sources close to Abbas rule out such “rumours”, Abbas’ record