Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks in Cairo on Tuesday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on US efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace negotiations. Neither leader spoke after the meeting although Netanyahu's office said afterwards that "the talks were in-depth and friendly." "The two leaders discussed ways to kickstart the peace process with the Palestinians and the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on US efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace negotiations. But the talks were overshadowed by Israel's announcement that it had invited tenders for the construction of hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, which drew an ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak amid US efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace talks. The discussions were to focus on "ways to advance peace efforts," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said. "We will listen to his points of view and we will inform him that a ...

MP Yossi Beilin, the dovish former head of the left-wing Meretz party, will retire from political life after the Israeli elections in February, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday. She declined to give details on what he will be doing after retirement but said he remained committed to advancing the Geneva Peace Initiative he developed in 2003 with former Palestinian minister ...