René Backmann
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René Backmann is an international affairs columnist at Le Nouvel Observateur foreign desk. A veteran journalist of 40 years, he has spent 25 years covering the Middle East and, in 1991, was awarded the Prix Mumm, France’s highest honor for journalism. His most recent book is A Wall in Palestine (Picador, 2010).

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Security Barrier -- AKA a Wall -- in Palestine

Posted February 19, 2010 | 14:28:52 (EST)

For the past several weeks, Mahmoud Abbas has waited for clarification from Hilary Clinton regarding the conditions to reopen peace talks with Israel. Where exactly does America stand? According to Clinton, "settlement activity is illegitimate" and the future borders between Israel and the Palestinian state will be based "on the...

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