JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, officials said on Thursday, moves that could complicate U.S. efforts to persuade Palestinians, seeking a construction freeze, to return to peace talks.Full story
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main challenges will be reaching a power-sharing deal with the Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza. Full story
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named a new prime minister to replace Western-favored economist Salam Fayyad who quit in April and formally leaves office this month, a Palestinian official told Reuters on Sunday. Full story
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stands next to Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah stands with President Mahmoud Abbas during a swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 6, 2013. Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main challenges will be reaching
China's President Xi Jinping waits for his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas before a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in this May 6, 2013 file photo. To match Special Report CHINA-TIBET/MOTHERS REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/Files (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)
Rami Hamdallah, president of al-Najah National University, speaks during a meeting at the university in the West Bank city of Nablus February 14, 2010. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named British-educated political independent Hamdallah as new prime minister on June 2, 2013, a move that was im
Rami Hamdallah, president of al-Najah National University, speaks during a meeting at the university in the West Bank city of Nablus February 14, 2010. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named British-educated political independent Hamdallah as new prime minister on June 2, 2013, a move that was im
Rami Hamdallah, President of al-Najah National University, speaks during a graduation ceremony at the university in the West Bank city of Nablus June 16, 2011. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named British-educated political independent Hamdallah as new prime minister on June 2, 2013, a move tha
