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Israel Traps Itself: How Netanyahu's Israel is Less Safe

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 12.15.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Middle East, Netanyahu, Israel, Peace, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Hani Almadhoun

The right wing Israeli government is in bad shape right now. At least that's what a close look at the political arena reveals. The Palestinian leadership isn't looking too great right now, either though.

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The Race Against Israeli Expansionism: Can the Two-State Solution be Saved?

Omar Baddar | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Two-State Solution, Israel, World News
Omar Baddar

U.S. policy is fully opposed to Israel's settlement expansion. Nonetheless, the U.S. continues to provided Israel with massive military aid and diplomatic support that undermines any chance for peace.

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Prisoner Exchange A Reflection On Mideast Disagreements

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Israelis, President Obama, Fatah, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shalit, Hamas, Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

If there were a case that could illustrate the disagreement between Israel and the Palestinians, the Shalit prisoner exchange deal could be the one.

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Palestine After Abbas

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

Read More: Oslo Accords, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Marwan Barghouti, West Bank, Plo, Israel, Pa, Naser Qudwa, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The coming months will reveal whether we are, indeed, witnessing the dawn of the post-Oslo era in Palestinian politics, and whether a new leader will be required to revive the Palestinian cause.

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Palestine 1001 Nights

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Oslo Accords, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Road Map, Gilo, Jamal Dajani, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mofaz, Israel, Israeli Settlement, Barack Obama, World News
Jamal Dajani

If Hamas is no longer Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority is no longer an authority, what options do the Palestinians have?

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Palestinians To Appeal To UN For State, As Peace Talks Stall

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Paestine, Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, West Bank, Abbas, Palestinian Refugees, Palestinians, Settlements, Palestinian Diaspora, UN Security Council, Settlers, Palestinian State, Barack Obama, Gaza, Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, 2 State Solution, Gaza Strip, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Hillary Clinton, Us, Un, Home News

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appear...

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Mahmoud Abbas: Would He Quit This Time?

Peace Process | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, President Abbas, Israel, World News

JERUSALEM -- Sometimes a quitter really does quit for good. The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced last week that he wouldn't...

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Palestinians Recommend Calling Off Upcoming Vote

Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Abbas, Palestine-Elections, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Palestinian Vote, Israel-Palestine, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian election officials on Thursday recommended calling off January's presidential vote, a step that could result in emb...

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Mahmoud Abbas Resists U.S. Pressure To Resume Peace Talks

Reuters | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating h...

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Interview: Hezbollah And Hamas on Obama, Netanyahu, Terrorism ... And Oprah

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Al Qaeda, Mahmoud Abbas, Barak, Emir of Qatar, Islamists, Extremism, Ammar Mousawi, Peace Process, Bernard Kouchner, Palestine, Lebanon, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Shiite, Lieberman, US State Department, Middle East, Usama Hamdan, Cairo, Oprah, Taliban, Khaled Meshaal, Israel, US President, Resistance, Abu Mazen, Hassan Nasrallah, Us, Terrorism, Sunni, World News
Sharmine Narwani

While both groups embrace Islamic values as their core ideology and driving principle, their political actions appear to be driven more by realpolitik than Quranic mandate.

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Abbas's Decison Signals Need for Implementation Not Negotiations for Two State Solution

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, President Abbas, Palestine, Israel, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The Israelis, the Americans, the international community and any proponent of a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict couldn't dream of finding a better Palestinian leader.

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Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

New York Times | Ethan Bronner and Mark Landler | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration's drive...

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Abbas Not To Seek Re-Election, Say Palestinian Officials

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas Fatah, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, World News

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election when elections are held in January, Palestinian officials said. "Th...

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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Gaza, Abbas, Palestine, Settlements, Two State Talks, Settlers, Peace, Palestinians, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Jerusalem, Arabs, Clinton, Mideast Peace, Two State Solution, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, World News

CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Will Elections Help or Hurt Palestinian Reconciliation

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Fateh, Ramallah, Obama, Hamas, Israel, Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

It remains to be seen whether the elections will take place on time or, if they do, whether they will be held in Gaza as well as the West Bank.

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Netanyahu, Clinton, Palestinian Refugees, Palestinians, Settlements, Obama, Settlers, Refugee Camps, Mahmoud Abbas, Two State, West Bank, Jerusalem, Peace Plan, White House, Gaza Strip, Peace Talks, Benjamin Netanyahu, Un, Mideast, Israel, Refugees, Hillary Clinton, Illegal Settlements, World News

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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Palestinian Memo: Hopes In Obama "Evaporated" After "Zionist Lobby" Pressure

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House o...

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The Vichy Government of Palestine

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Vichy Government, Gaza, Middle East, Goldstone Report, United Nations, Fatah, Hamas, Al Jazeera, World News
Jamal Dajani

Palestinians from all wakes of life have been stunned and disappointed by Abbas, who withdrew support for a vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council to have the Goldstone report sent to the General Assembly.

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Obama's Next Middle East Challenge

James Zogby | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, The Middle East, Middle East Politics, Obama Middle East, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Peace, Barack Obama, Middle East Peace, Binyamin Netanyahu, Middle East, Middle East Peace Process, Obama Middle East Policy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, World News
James Zogby

With the dust having settled following Obama's New York meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas, a sober assessment of what actually happened, and what may happen next, is in order.

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Eyeless in Gaza: Obama's Palestine Flop

Michael Brenner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Israel Settlements, Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Politics News
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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Obama's Summiteering: High Altitude Headaches and Rumors of War

William Bradley | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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William Bradley

Iran went front and center today, with war a real possibility in the wake of this morning's revelation of a secret nuclear facility.

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Has Israel Become Dependent on Terrorism?

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Terrorism, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bradley Burston, Idf, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

Terrorism remains central to Israel's explanations of many of the most morally problematic of its policies, including the siege of Gaza and restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Israel Diary: Shimon Peres on Peace, Obama's Tough Love, and Working in the Shadows

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Shimon Peres, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Two-State Solution, Arianna Huffington Shimon Peres, Barack Obama, World News
Arianna Huffington

It's hard to spend any time with Israeli President Shimon Peres and remain pessimistic about the possibility of peace.

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Obama and the Peace Process

Marwan Bishara | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Obama Israel Policy, Middle East Peace Process, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Obama Israel, World News
Marwan Bishara

I could only shake my head in amazement as I listened to President Obama at the U.N. trying to put a brave face on his administration's failure to convince Israel to freeze all settlement activities.

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Ask and Tell, Mr. President (VIDEO)

Craig Crawford | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Climate Change, Israel, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Craig Crawford

Maybe it's time for Obama to do less asking and instead let underlings work out agreements, so that when he finally does do the asking he gets the answers that he wants to hear.

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