Obama envoy hopes for early relaunch of Mideast peace talksOctober 8th, 2009 JERUSALEM - US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East said Thursday he hoped his latest shuttle mission in the region would edge Israelis and Palestinians closer toward reviving long-stalled peace talks soon. "We're going to continue with our efforts to achieve an early relaunch of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians," Senator George Mitchell told reporters before a private meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.
US envoy presses on with efforts to revive Mideast peace talks, meets Israeli PMSeptember 18th, 2009 US envoy in new try to revive Mideast peace talksJERUSALEM — The U.S. Mideast envoy is pressing on with efforts to revive Mideast peace talks and extract Israeli concessions on settlements.
Palestinian official: US Mideast envoy ends shuttle without deal on terms for new peace talksSeptember 18th, 2009 Palestinian official: US envoy ends shuttleRAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian official says the U.S. Mideast envoy has ended his latest shuttle without agreement on terms for renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
US envoy fails to wrest Israel concession on settlements, will press Israeli PM more this weekSeptember 16th, 2009 US envoy to press Israel yet again on settlementsJERUSALEM — Washington's special envoy to the Mideast on Wednesday wrapped up his second meeting this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without reaching an agreement on curtailing Israeli settlement construction. U.S. official George Mitchell will sit down with Netanyahu for a third time on Friday, Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
2nd round of US envoy-Israeli PM talks over with no progress reported, 3rd meeting on FridaySeptember 16th, 2009 2nd round of US-Israeli talks over; no progressJERUSALEM — Washington's special envoy to the Mideast and Israel's prime minister ended a second round of talks without reaching a compromise on their showdown over Israeli settlements. U.S. official George Mitchell and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for two hours on Wednesday.
US envoy Mitchell to meet with Israeli, Palestinian leaders, hoping to revive peace talksSeptember 15th, 2009 Mitchell to meet with Netanyahu, AbbasJERUSALEM — The Obama administration's special Mideast envoy will be huddling with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping to wring an agreement on Jewish West Bank settlements that would get moribund peace talks back on track. George Mitchell's first meeting on Tuesday will be with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mitchell, Netanyahu report 'good progress' in resuming Mideast peace talksAugust 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.
State Department: US getting closer to an arrangement for resuming Israel-Palestinian talksAugust 24th, 2009 US says resumption of Mideast peace talks closerWASHINGTON — The State Department says its Mideast peace envoy is getting closer to winning agreement by the Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks. Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Monday that scheduled talks Wednesday in London between peace envoy George Mitchell and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not necessarily produce a breakthrough.
Israel's Netanyahu, US envoy try to end spat over settlements in Jerusalem meetingJuly 28th, 2009 Netanyahu, US envoy try to resolve settlement spatJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell are trying to resolve a public dispute over Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Israeli defense minister to meet US Mideast envoy for more talks on settlementsJuly 4th, 2009 Barak, Mitchell to meet again on settlementsJERUSALEM — An Israeli defense official says Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell next week in an effort to resolve differences between the two sides on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Israeli defense minister to meet US Mideast envoy again for more talks on settlementsJuly 4th, 2009 Israeli defense minister, Mitchell to meet againJERUSALEM — An Israeli defense official says Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell next week in an effort to resolve differences between the two sides on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Israel's Netanyahu postpones meeting with Obama's Mideast envoyJune 23rd, 2009 Israeli prime minister postpones Mitchell meetingROME — A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama's special Middle East peace envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell, has been postponed.
AP sources: Obama sending Mideast peace envoy to Europe for talks with Israeli prime ministerJune 16th, 2009 AP sources: Obama envoy to meet Israeli leaderWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sending his special Middle East peace envoy to Europe next week for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at quickly restarting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
US envoy Mitchell in Ramallah for talks with AbbasJune 10th, 2009 JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Visiting US peace envoy George Mitchell arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on the second day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Mitchell met Tuesday with Israeli leaders, including a four-hour-long parley with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the evening.
Hamas, Palestinian Authority refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish stateApril 19th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority and the Hamas have rejected Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's precondition for peace talks that the Palestinians recognize his country as a Jewish state. Netanyahu made the demand during a meeting with US special Middle East envoy George Mitchell.
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