Obama Israel Settlements

Nobel Winner Obama Owes the World Courageous Act for Peace

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.12.2011

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Daoud Kuttab

President Obama needs to match tough military decisions with equally tough political ones that are not popular with some constituencies but are very much in the American national interest.

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Why Isn't J Street Supporting Bibi?

David Suissa | Posted 09.13.2011

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David Suissa

It is absurd and unjust that the only party under pressure to accept preconditions to peace talks is the one party that has already said it is willing to return to peace talks "tomorrow morning."

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Bus Bombing: US Must Impose Peace Now

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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MJ Rosenberg

Obama is the one person who can turn this situation around. History will not forgive him if, in the name of political expediency, he looks away.

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U.S. Drops Demand For Israeli Settlement Freeze

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has abandoned attempts to persuade Israel to slow West Bank settlement activity, officials said Tuesday, dea...

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Palestinians Call For UN Session On Israeli Settlements

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president wants a U.N. Security Council session to discuss Israeli settlement construction, the official P...

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Netanyahu Pushes For Israel Settlement Freeze After U.S. Offers Incentives

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Washington's new proposal for reviving Mideast talks, presented Sunday to Israel's Cabinet, rests on the bold expectation that Israe...

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Obama Leads Criticism Of Israel Settlement Announcement From Indonesia

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaking from Indonesia, Obama told reporters that he was "concerned" over Israel's decision to build 1,300 new settlement homes in east Jerusalem, a ...

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Israeli Settlements Keep Growing As Peace Talks Come And Go

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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REVAVA, West Bank — The American president was pushing hard for a Mideast peace agreement when six Jewish families arrived on this West Bank hilltop...

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A Dangerous Silence

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Koch

When will we stand up for our brothers and sisters living in the Jewish state of Israel?

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Why Netanyahu Canceled His DC Visit, and Why the GOP Is Applauding

Daniel Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Levy

Ever since Netanyahu's government took office, there has been a never-ending stream of stories from unnamed sources taking shots at the Obama administration, trying to undermine its standing with the Israeli public.

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Never Again Should We Be Silent

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Koch

President Obama's abysmal attitude toward the State of Israel and his humiliating treatment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shocking.

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Jerusalem and Washington: On Stage/Backstage

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Brenner

Theatre provides the most apt metaphors for understanding what is happening between Washington and Jerusalem. For it is more about a script gone awry than a conflict over objectives and interests.

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What Obama Is Actually Trying To Do in Israel

The Atlantic | Jeffrey Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is much speculation that this kerfluffle over 1,600 theoretical apartments on the wrong side of the green line in Jerusalem will lead to a ruptu...

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Eyeless in Gaza: Obama's Palestine Flop

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Brenner

Obama is a man of personal audacity, but little courage. His instinctive avoidance of head-on confrontations will leave him unprepared, psychologically and politically, for the requisite arm twisting of Israel.

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US Settlements Stance Inconsistent With Past Agreements: Israeli Official

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel's deputy prime minister said Tuesday the Obama administration's call to freeze West Bank settlement construction undermines p...

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Foxman: Obama Putting Too Much Weight On Solving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), gives an account of his meeting this week with President Barack Obama and other Jewish g...

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23 Israeli Settlements To Be Evacuated Soon: Ehud Barak

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a sign that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and US Middle East envoy George Mitchell are making headway in their London talks over the Middle E...

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Lieberman: As Settler, Will Stay Out Of West Bank Negotiations

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that he had deliberately chosen to avoid taking part in the debate over West Bank settlement, as his ow...

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Obama Settlement Stance Draws Fire From All Directions

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though President Obama is reported to be taking an unprecedentedly harder line on Israel's settlement activities, expressed through statements by rank...

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Sam Stein

Jewish Dem Talking Points Link Obama To Bush On Settlements

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Talking points, distributed by one of the nation's largest Jewish Democratic organizations, seek to improve perceptions of President Barack Obama's po...

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Israeli Settlements: Majority Of Israelis Against Obama's Demand To Freeze All Construction: Poll

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly six of every 10 Israelis think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should resist U.S. demands to completely freeze construction in Jewish West Ba...

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Hamas Endorses Obama's Israeli Settlement Demands

AP | SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — The top leader of the militant Hamas group said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's pressure on Israel to freeze construction in West ...

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Obama Coordinates Attack Against Israeli Settlements

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taegan Goddard reports that President Obama has succeeded in coordinating pressure on Israel to stop building settlements. For once, lawmakers on Cap...

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Israel East Jerusalem Expansion Angers US Officials

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel plans to build a 200-room hotel next to the Old City of Jerusalem, the Interior Ministry announced Tuesday, drawing a mild pr...

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Israeli Settlers Reject Obama Call To Halt Building

Reuters | Ori Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Jewish settler leaders on Tuesday shrugged off President Barack Obama's call for Israel to halt settlement building in the occu...

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