Tens of thousands of Yemenis have demonstrated in the capital Sanaa, calling on Ali Abdullah Saleh, president for 30 years, to step down. This comes after mass protests in Egypt and a popular uprising in Tunisia that ousted its long-time leader. Yemeni opposition members and youth activists gathered in four parts of the city, including Sanaa University, chanting anti-government …

The PA's chief negotiator suggested unprecedented compromises on the division of Jerusalem and its holy sites. Erekat proposed a "creative" solution for the Haram al-Sharif in a private meeting with US envoy George Mitchell.     Saeb Erekat, the chief negotiator of the Palestinian Authority (PA), had suggested unprecedented compromises on the division of Jerusalem and its holy sites, the …

Obama administration told Palestinian Authority its leaders must remain in office if it wants to retain US financial backing The Obama administration has privately made clear that it will not allow any change of Palestinian leadership in the West Bank, the leaked papers reveal, let alone any repetition of the Hamas election victory that briefly gave the Islamists control of the Palestinian …

  The Palestine Papers include a rendering of the Israeli land swap map presented in mid-2008 to Mahmoud Abbas.   The Palestinian Authority proposed an unprecedented land swap to the Israeli government, offering to annex virtually all of the illegal Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem.   Not only did the Israeli government offer no concessions in return, but – as …