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Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Jewish Community, George Mitchell. Majmoud Ahmadinejad, Dennis Ross, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mossad, Ehud Barak, Iran, Bibi Netanyahu, Likud, Bob Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Cairo, Jim Jones, Nouri Al-Maliki, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, West Bank Settlements, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Syria, World News
William Bradley

It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?

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Extending Bridge Hours A Bittersweet Victory

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Allenby, Al Aqsa Intifada, Road Map, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, King Hussein Bridge, Dennis Ross, Robert Gates, George MItchell, James Jones, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.

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Obama Administration Forms Iran Policy To 'Inject A Degree Of Rationality Into The Relationship'

New York Times | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran, Dennis Ross, Obama Dennis Ross, War With Iran, Foreign Affairs, Obama Iran Policy, Obama Administration, Obama Iran Message, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Protests, Barack Obama Iran, Obama Iran Engagement, Iran Nuclear Program, Advocacy, World News

The silent protest began in Imam Khomeini Square in front of the forbidding Ministry of Telecommunications, which was busy cutting off cellphones but ...

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Excerpt from Myths, Illusions and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East

David Makovsky | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Politics, Dennis Ross, u.s. Foreign Policy, Middle East, Books, David Makovsky, Israel, World News
David Makovsky

Past American presidents have often thought they could reshape the Middle East, believing that our preoccupations and fears were shared by those in the area.

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Is Katherine Harris in Tehran?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Dennis Ross, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Middle East, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Barack Obama, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

While Iranians yearn for an end to their isolation, what has driven hundreds of thousands to the polls and subsequently into the streets is the boiling resentment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Dennis Ross To Move To NSC: U.S. Officials

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's pointman on Iran is moving from the State Department to the White House to better coordinate inter-agenc...

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Dennis Ross To Be Relieved Of Iran Post: Haaretz

Haaretz | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle Eaast, Dennis Ross, State Department, Obama Administration, Middle East, Middle East Envoy, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel, Politics News

Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be relieved of his duties, sources in Washington told...

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Obama's Doublespeak on Iran

Ismael Hossein-zadeh | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dennis Ross, Obama Iran, Suicide Bombers, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Us Israel Policy, US-Iran Relations, Iran, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Hilary Clinton, Dennis-Ross-Iran, Saddam Hussein, Zionism, National Security Council, Israel Iran, World News
Ismael Hossein-zadeh

In terms of actual policy measures, President Obama and his foreign policy team have not taken any steps to reverse or mitigate the hostile policies their predecessors put into effect against Iran.

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Dennis Ross Must Overcome Pro-Israel Label To Succeed WIth Iran Policy

washingtonpost.com | Glenn Kessler | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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Diplomatic troubleshooter Dennis Ross is a legendary talker, a specialist in developing peace processes -- long ones. For 12 years, in the first Bush ...

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Dear President Obama

David Suissa | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dennis Ross, Israel Settlement, Gaza, West Bank, Muhmoud Abbas, Middle East, Washington Post, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Middle East Peace, World News
David Suissa

Now that you have brought your can-do spirit and sense of optimism to that most intractable of conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, I thought ...

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A Fictional Iran Intel Account of the Obama-Netanyahu Summit

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Holy Imam: The following report summarizes our Washington intelligence unit's assessment of Monday's summit meeting between the Zionist leader (Prime Minister Netanyahu) and the American President Barack Obama.

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Decision 2009 -- Iran's June 12 Elections

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Dennis Ross, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Centrifuges, Mehdi Karroubi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tehran, Israel, Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaei, Beshehr, Natanz, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

As President Obama calibrates his engagement policy with Iran and plans his next steps with the vexing Islamic Republic, that nation will go to the polls on June 12 to elect a president.

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US-Saudi Relations in a World Without Equilibrium

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, Edward Luce, Pakistan, George MItchell, Palestine, Imf, Iraq, William J. Burns, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, International Economic Policy, Anne-Marie Slaugher, Iran, Middle East, Jane Sasseen, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, US-Saudi Relations, Politics News
Steve Clemons

On Monday, 27 April, I will be co-chairing a major national policy forum on US-Saudi economic and strategic perspectives on the Middle East and global...

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Dennis Ross Back at State? Has He Been Vetted for Conflicts of Interest?

Robert Naiman | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

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Robert Naiman

Before the papers are signed for Ross' new employment with the US government, he should be asked a few questions about his relationship with the "Jewish People Policy Planning Institute."

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The Letter to Iran

The Real News | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Dennis Ross, Pepe Escobar, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Arabs, John Mearsheimer, Mike Mullen, Iran, Israel, Muslim, Democrats, Jerusalem Post, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Republicans, World, Video, World News
The Real News

How long will Obama's self-declared mutual understanding between the U.S. and the Muslim world last? Political commentator Pepe Escobar discusses the possibilities.

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Would Dennis Ross Set the Stage for War with Iran?

Robert Naiman | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Iran, Dennis Ross, Senate Races, Israel, Obama Transition, Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

The threat that the United States would launch a military attack on Iran has never been "taken off the table," but you'd be hard pressed to find many ...

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Dennis Ross is Not the Change We Can Believe In

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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Daoud Kuttab

In a speech Dennis Ross gave to the Seeds for Peace organization, he refused to use the universally accepted word "occupation".

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Dennis Ross Will Be Obama's 'Ambassador-at-Large' For The Middle East

Financial Times | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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Obama's Foreign Emissaries Named

Marc Ambinder | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Transition officials confirm that President-elect Obama has asked Dennis Ross, Richard Haass, and Richard Holbrooke, to serve as his chief emissaries ...

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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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For Middle East Peace, Dennis Ross is Not the Change We Seek

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Dennis Ross, Iran, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Palestine, Bill Clinton, Middle East, Obama Administration, Larry Summers, Politics News
Robert Naiman

A campaign by folks concerned about peace in the Middle East could help remove Dennis Ross from short lists for top positions supervising our diplomacy in the Middle East.

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Does Emanuel Appointment Signal Obama Pro-Israel Tilt?

Richard Silverstein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Richard Silverstein

Dick Cheney was able to perpetrate his outrages due to a president who had no sense of political self. That isn't the case with Obama. No one is going to take this man for a ride, political or otherwise.

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Distorting Obama's Views on Israel

Stephen Zunes | Posted 11.21.2008 | 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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