President Mahmoud Abbas and George Mitchell the U.S. envoy to the Middle East, discuss stalled talks in night-time phone conversation. U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a joint meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian...

Reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions set to resume next week in Egypt have been delayed again for another month, Egypt's official Mena news agency reported Sunday. The talks are now set to take place in late September, after Eid Al-Fitr,...

The head of a delegation of U.S. Democratic members of Congress blamed the Palestinians on Thursday for failing to hold talks with Israel. "I think the largest thing impeding the negotiations at this point is simply the unwillingness of (Palestinian leader...