US Secretary of State John Kerry extolled the possibilities for peace in the Middle East at a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem Monday, as he insisted that whilst he has “no illusions about difficulties... you have to believe in the possibilities to be able to get there.”
US has strongly opposed Abbas's attempts to join forces with Hamas, but senior adviser to PA president says resistance has faded; Abbas set to meet with Mashaal amid reports that Fayyad planning to resign.
Iran and six world powers (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States), who met in Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan, failed to reach agreement Saturday on how to address the international community's fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons.
Israel started Sunday night a 24-hour commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a state ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.