Palestine - Jerusalem Post, August 26th - “Abbas meets Beilin and he is ready to start negotiations again” by Sheera Claire Frenkel.

On Saturday, during a meeting with the President of the Meretz, Yossi Beilin, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas said that he was encouraged by recent votes showing that the Israeli had rather go for negotiations and bilateral steps...

Iran - Haaretz, August 25th - From the editorial:” Now is the time for sanctions”
Iran wants to buy time through its efforts to fend off the pressure of France, Britain, Germany, Russia, China and the U.S. It camouflages its refusal to cease uranium enrichment in an offer for “dialogue”. Iran is behaving as if it is not concerned by their deadline set on August 31st...