Top Netanyahu adviser: There is no Palestinian leadership

August 26th, 2009 Mitchell, Netanyahu say progress made at talksWASHINGTON — The Obama administration's Mideast peace envoy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they have "made good progress" at talks aimed at restarting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. A joint statement from former Sen.

July 13th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said that Palestine must recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and give up its demand to resettle the descendants of Palestinian refugees in Israel in order to attain peace. "The key to peace lies in explicit and unequivocal recognition of Israel as the Jewish state on the part of the Palestinians.

July 10th, 2009 Top Netanyahu aide: No Golan Heights pullout for peace JERUSALEM — Israel will not withdraw from the entire Golan Heights in return for a peace deal with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top policy adviser said in an interview published Friday, rejecting Syria's key demand for an agreement with Israel. The two countries could split the territory, suggested Uzi Arad, Netanyahu's national security adviser and the aide widely seen as closest to Netanyahu.

July 9th, 2009 Netanyahu aide: There is no Palestinian leadershipJERUSALEM — There is no Palestinian leadership, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest advisers declared in a report published Thursday, raising new questions about how Israel intends to proceed with efforts to renew stalled peace talks. Living with a nuclear Iran "is not an option," National Security Council chief Uzi Arad added in an interview with the Haaretz daily, proposing a naval blockade as a possible deterrent to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

June 15th, 2009 TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's terms for a two-state solution, has been rejected by Palestinian leaders, who felt the Middle East peace process would be further "sabotaged" if the terms are accepted. Netanyahu had said he would support the creation of a Palestinian state on two conditions - that it would be dimilitarised and two, that Palestinians would recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

June 15th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel Monday called on the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations immediately and without pre-conditions, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly endorsed the creation of a Palestine state. After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's public endorsement of Palestinian statehood in a key policy speech late Sunday, "the ball is now in play", his spokesman Mark Regev said.

June 15th, 2009 Netanyahu hopes for 'understanding'on settlementsWASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel cannot live side by side with a new Palestinian state if it must continually be in fear of attack. But Netanyahu repeated in a nationally broadcast interview his groundbreaking statement saying that he would accept a Palestinian state.

June 14th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may accept US President Barack Obama's key demand to publicly accept the idea of a Palestinian state. Despite American pressure, Netanyahu has not completely endorsed the concept of a two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict so far.

June 14th, 2009 Obama welcomes Netanyahu's two-state speechWASHINGTON — The White House is welcoming Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu's call for the creation of a Palestinian state. Netanyahu said in Jerusalem that he would support a Palestinian state as long it is demilitarized and guarantees Israel's security.

June 14th, 2009 Netanyahu to endorse Palestinian independenceJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time will endorse the notion of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, top aides said Sunday, giving in to heavy U.S. pressure to drop his long-standing opposition to Palestinian independence.

June 14th, 2009 Netanyahu accepts limited Palestinian stateJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday called for creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed. Netanyahu made the call during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions.

June 14th, 2009 Netanyahu appeals to Arabs for peaceJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling on Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations without preconditions. Netanyahu made the call during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions.

June 14th, 2009 Netanyahu appeals to Arab leaders for peaceJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday called on Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations without preconditions. Netanyahu made the call during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will hold his first talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this month on the Middle East peace process, the White House said Tuesday. Obama will meet with Netanyahu at the White House on May 18 followed by visits from Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on May 26 and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on May 28.

April 22nd, 2009 Abbas to meet Obama on May 28: AideRAMALLAH, West Bank — An aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he'll meet with President Barack Obama in Washington on May 28. Nabil Abu Rdeneh says Abbas wants the U.S.