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Historical Revisionism on the Temple Mount

Daniel Levin | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Historical Revisionism, Jerusalem, Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Fatah, Waqf Authority, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Temple Mount, World News
Daniel Levin

A recent rejection of any Judeo-Christian connection to Jerusalem has become a growing force in Palestinian nationalism that may permanently endanger Jerusalem's ancient and modern past.

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Aristotle Negotiates the Middle East

Mitchell Cohen | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Gaza, Aristotle, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, Benjamin Netanyahu, Settlements, Hamas, Israel, Israel Hamas, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News
Mitchell Cohen

Can we learn something from Aristotle about Israeli-Palestinian arguments? Who can persuade whom of what?

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Obama's Next Middle East Challenge

James Zogby | Posted 10.02.2009 | 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 09.30.2009 | 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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Much Ado About Almost Nothing

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: G-20-Financial-Crisis, Obama G-20, G-20 Summit, Financial Regulation, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Binyamin Netanyahu, Politics News
Michael Brenner

That's it, folks -- there ain't no more from the G-20 summit. The blood oaths of November and April to tackle head-on the practices that brought us to the brink of disaster are evidently gone with the wind.

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Hello World: Obama Needs Your Help with Israel!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Gaza, West Bank, Israel-Nuclear-Weapons, Occupation, West Bank Settlements, US Foreign Aid, Israel, Obama, US Foreign Policy, Iran Nuclear Program, Middle East Peace, Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestin, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

While Israel pretends not to have the nuclear bomb, Iran says its not making one, while Israel continues to displace Palestinians, Iran continues to imprison opposition.

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Taking Yes for an Answer

Amjad Atallah | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Mitchell, Iran, Ehud Barak, Steve Clemons, Obama Middle East, Fred Hof, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News
Amjad Atallah

Noah Efron: "To be a secular Israeli in 2009 is a demoralizing and demoralized affair... We are tired of the bombs... Of UN and EU condemnations... Of our lives and tired of ourselves."

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Avigdor Lieberman To Miss Mitchell, Gates Israel Visit

Jerusalem Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Israeli Settlements, Robert Gates, George MItchell, George Mitchell Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Affairs, Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Advocacy, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will be out of the country for most of next week when two major US policy makers, Middle East envoy George Mitchell...

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Israel's East Jerusalem Construction To Proceed Despite US Wishes

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, East Jerusalem, East Jerusalem Expansion, Israeli Settlements, Settlements, Israel Settlements, Settlements in Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday rejected a U.S. demand to suspend a planned housing project in east Jerusalem, threatening to further complicate an...

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Bush Legacy: FP's 5 World Leaders Who Miss George W. Bush

Foreign Policy | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Hugo Chavez, Silvio Berlusconi, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Alvaro Uribe, Benjamin Netanyahu, Lech Kaczynski, Advocacy, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News

Barack Obama might still be overwhelmingly popular around the world, but here are five heads of state who probably wish they could have the old guy ba...

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2,500 Israeli Settlement Housing Units Approved By US: Israeli Newspaper

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Foreign Affairs, Settlements, Ma'ariv, Settlers, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, Settlements in Palestine, Obama Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Advocacy, World News

Despite consistent US efforts to convince Israel to freeze all settlement activities in the West Bank, in accordance with the 2003 Road Map, US offici...

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23 Israeli Settlements To Be Evacuated Soon: Ehud Barak

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Settlement, George MItchell, Foreign Affairs, Obama Israel Settlements, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Settlers, Israel, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

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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Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, US-Iran Relations, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Joe Biden, Qatar, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Binyamin Netanyahu, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ali Larijani, Us Israel Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Israel, Israel Iran, Advocacy, Us Israel, Israel News, Biden Israel Iran, Biden Israel, Biden, Obama Israel Iran, Israel Biden, Israel on Iran, Israel Iran News, Obama Biden Israel, Israel Iran Conflict, Vp Biden's Recent Statements, Obama Biden Israel Iran, Biden Israel Comment, World News

The effects of Vice President Joe Biden's recent remarks during an interview with ABC's "This Week"--where he implied that Israel has a sovereign righ...

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Saudi Arabia, Israel Talks For Shared Airspace Against Iran Denied By Saudis

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Biden Israel, Foreign Affairs, Israel Iran Strike Video, Iran, Joe Biden, Binyamin Netanyahu, Trita Parsi, Treacherous Alliance, Biden Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Iran, Israel Iran Airstrike, Advocacy, World News

Following Vice President Joe Biden's statements in an interview on ABC's "The Week"--which many believe to amount to a tacit condoning of a hypothetic...

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Obama Settlement Stance Draws Fire From All Directions

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Netanyahu, Foreign Affairs, Alan Dershowitz, Iran, Settlements, Settlers, Barack Obama, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, Settlements in Palestine, Obama Settlements, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Israel Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

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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Israel Supreme Court Rules Against Army In Palestinian Abuse Case

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem won a victory over the army in Israel's Supreme court Wednesday when a stronger indictment was unanimously ord...

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Sarkozy To Netanyahu: Fire Avigdor Lieberman

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman, Lieberman, Israel France, Sarkozy Netanyahu, Israel Beiteinu's Avigdor Lieberman, Sarkozy Lieberman, Sarkozy Avigdor, World News

JERUSALEM — French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged the Israeli prime minister to fire his foreign minister _ a hard-liner whose party tried to f...

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Netanyahu Rejects Sarkozy's Call To Freeze Settlements

Al Jazeera English | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

Read More: West Bank Settlements, Netanyahu, Netanyahu and Sarkozy, Sarkozy on West Bank, Israel, Netanyahu Refuses, Sarkozy on Settlements, Sarkozy and Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel Refuses, World News

Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has rejected a call by the French president to halt settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. ...

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Mubarak Stresses Egypt's Peace Role in the Arab World

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.22.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab World, Egypt, Arab Peace Initiative, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Palestine, Arab League, Egypt Israel Gaza, Obama, Settlements, Wye River, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Tel Aviv, Israeli Settlements, Oslo, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish Settlements, Anwar El-Sadat, Anwar Sadat, World News
Firas Al-Atraqchi

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has positioned himself -- and Egypt's diplomatic initiatives -- at the head of the Arab camp's efforts to bring peace to the region.

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Israstine or Israel and Palestine: Tweeters Want to Know!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Avigdor Lieberman, President Obama, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Middle East Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Binyamin Netanyahu, Politics News
Patricia DeGennaro

It is time for the Israeli leadership to grasp this opportunity. They can continue to argue over who is worse than whom or they can start moving one step at a time toward a greater Middle East peace.

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Mubarak Op-Ed: Egyptian President On Obama's Speech, Mideast Peace

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Hamas, Israel, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

President Barack Obama's seminal address in Cairo marked a turning point in America's relations with the Muslim world. His message was clear and incon...

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Bill Clinton: Netanyahu Speech Is Just Opening Act

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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UNITED NATIONS — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's tough terms for a Palestinian p...

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Netanyahu Speech May Endorse Palestinian State: AP

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to narrow a growing divide with the Obama administration when he delivers a m...

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Israeli Sanctions On US Proposed By Likud Minister Yossi Peled

Jerusalem Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

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In a sign of growing concern in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government over US President Barack Obama's Middle East policies, Minister-without...

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Israel East Jerusalem Expansion Angers US Officials

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem-Israel, Israel Settlement, Foreign Affairs, East Jerusalem, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem Expansion, Obama Israel Settlements, Israel Expansion, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Advocacy, World News

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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