Arab Israeli Conflict

Obama's Daunting Middle East Challenge

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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Alon Ben-Meir

For the Obama administration to help orchestrate an Arab-Israeli peace agreement, it must accept the premise that America's active and direct role is indispensable.

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McCain/Palin - R.I.P. Courtesy of the Middle East

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Al Qaeda, Palestine, Iraq, Obama, Mccain, Lebanon, Barack Obama, Biden, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Iran, Presidential Election, Shimon Peres, Middle East, Palin, Israel, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Having just gotten off the plane from the Middle East, one thing is for certain: whether you are pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian or pro-whatever, there is hardly a soul who is not rooting for a big Obama victory.

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Distorting Obama's Views on Israel

Stephen Zunes | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Zunes

Rather than being necessary for getting him to the White House, Obama's right-wing positions regarding Israel and its neighbors are actually hurting him.

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Hamas Control Of Gaza 'Virtually Complete'

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas' control of the Gaza Strip is now virtually complete. Since the summer, the Islamic militants have silenced and d...

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Olmert: Israel Must Withdraw From West Bank

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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JERUSALEM — Israel will have to give up virtually all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem if it wants peace with the Palestinians, Prime Ministe...

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Imagine That: Community Organizing Could be the Key to Peace and Prosperity in Israel

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Raymond Leon Roker

While Palin intended her jab to belittle Obama's experience, it in fact helped galvanize those of us who know just how critical, challenging and imperative a role community organizers play.

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Israel Approves Release Of 200 Palestinian Prisoners

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 08.17.2008 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of some 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the government of Palesti...

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Freed Lebanese Militants Vow To Continue Fighting Israel

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Five militants freed in a prisoner swap with Israel prayed and laid wreaths at the grave of a slain Hezbollah commander Thursd...

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Israel Releases 5 Lebanese Militants After Hezbollah Returns 2 Israeli Soldiers' Bodies

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN and ARON HELLER | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — Critics of Israel's lopsided prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas said Wednesday that such deals only encourage more hostage-t...

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Israeli Cabinet Approves Prisoner Swap With Hezbollah

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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NAHARIYA, Israel — Moshe Sasson felt the gun pressed against his head, a Lebanese assailant poised to shoot, when the lights in the hall of his ...

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The Dalai Lama vs. Palestine?

David A. Andelman | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dalai Lama, China Tibet, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Israel, China, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestine, Israeli Settlements, Hamas, Politics News
David A. Andelman

For many American Jews there is the apparent moral conundrum -- how do you support Tibet over China without supporting Palestine over Israel?

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Israel Signs Prisoner Swap Agreement With Hezbollah

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — Israel's military said it began digging up the bodies of Lebanese fighters Monday after the government struck a deal with Hezbollah ...

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Demeaning Jewish Victims of Terrorism

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Alan Dershowitz

Following the terrorist attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday which killed at least 3 Israelis, discredited academic Norman Finkelstein sunk to a new low.

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How to Avoid an Israeli-Iranian War

Trita Parsi | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Iran Nuclear Program, Israel Iran, War With Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Politics News
Trita Parsi

A military attack on Iran would not only lead to Iran opting out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it would kill the Iranian pro-democracy movement.

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Palestinian Goes On Rampage In Jerusalem

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

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JERUSALEM — A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians ...

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Israel's Exchange and Obama's Enemies

Steve Posner | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Steve Posner

Amid the cheers arising in Hezbollah's Beirut and the Gaza of Hamas, the sound of Obama's defense of Israel may also be heard.

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Israel's Nukes: A Response

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

I consider Israel's commitment not to be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East as sheer PR. However, Israel's offer to give up all nukes should not be ignored.

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Israel-Hamas Truce Holds, Gaza Receives Badly-Needed Goods

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel allowed dozens of trucks to deliver food, diapers and clothes to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, boosting the flow of b...

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Gaza: Truce Without Hope

Richard Silverstein | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Richard Silverstein

Some Israeli officials have suggested that the purpose of the ceasefire is to give legitimacy to a future military offensive, so that Israeli leaders could claim they had exhausted all other possibilities first.

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Major Israeli Military Exercise Seems Directed At Iran, US Says

New York Times | MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack...

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Signs Of Progress In Arab-Israeli Relations

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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The war in Iraq can dominate media coverage of the Middle East, which may be why some interesting developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict have have ...

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Israel-Hamas Truce Confirmed By Israel

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — A long-sought truce between Israel and Gaza militants went into effect early Thursday, with the aim of halting militant attacks and ...

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Israel-Hamas Truce To Begin Thursday: Report

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — The Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group said Tuesday it has reached a cease-fire with Israel meant to halt a cycle of deadly Pa...

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Obama AIPAC Speech a Bad Beginning

Chris Nelson | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home

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Chris Nelson

But Wait: a campaign adviser says Obama believes "Jerusalem is a final status issue, which means it has to be negotiated between the two parties" as part of "an agreement that they both can live with."

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Bush's Washington Moves to Off-Off Broadway on Middle East Peace

Daniel Levy | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Levy

Yesterday could not have presented a more stunning portrayal of the self-marginalization of America as an actor in Israeli-Arab conflict resolution under the Bush administration.

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