United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (file photo)

UN worried about health of hunger-striking Palestinian detainees

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns on Friday about the worsening health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention and demanded that they either be formally charged or released immediately. Several dozen Palestinians on hunger strike, protesting Israel's use of administrative detention to keep them behind bars, have been taken to hospital. "The Secretary-General is concerned about...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 26, 2014.

Netanyahu: Israel wants peace talks but 'not at any price'

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel was willing to continue US-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians but not "at any price".  Speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said Israel would respond with steps of its own if the Palestinians pressed ahead with unilateral actions toward statehood. He did not elaborate. Attempts by US Secretary of...