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Following in Rabin's Footsteps Toward Peace

Asaf Shariv | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Yasser Arafat, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, Yitzhak Rabin Assassination, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Jerusalem, World News
Asaf Shariv

Peace in the Mideast can be a reality. It's one that the late-Prime Minister Rabin sacrificed his life to achieve, and toward which every single Israeli Prime Minister thereafter has worked.

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What Is Going on Today in the Settlements?

Hagit Ofran | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Settlements, Israel, Middle East Peace, Peace Now, World News
Hagit Ofran

The talk and the press reports over the last few months about settlement construction and a settlement freeze have left many confused.

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Goldstone, Israel's Frankenstein Monster

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Goldstone Report, Benjamin Netanyahu, UN Human Rights Council, Israel, Bradley Burston, Un, Idf, Ehud Barak, World News
Bradley Burston

I put off reading the Goldstone report the same way I put off scheduling a colonoscopy. I now realize it was for many of the same reasons. You know it's going to be tremendously uncomfortable, you don't want to know what they're going to find, and the consequences could be life-threatening.

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Let France, Israel, the Saudis Deter Iran

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: France, Iran, Sarkozy, Charles Krauthammer, Saudi Arabia, Neoconservatives Iran, Israel, U.S., Obama, Chirac, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Ehud Barak, World News
Leon T. Hadar

By counting on the Americans to protect them against a nuclear Iran, the French, the Saudis and the Israelis are avoiding assuming the responsibility for their own security.

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The Hyposcrisy of "Universal Jurisdiction"

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ehud Barak, Israel, Moshe-Yaalon, World News
Alan Dershowitz

It is disgraceful that Israeli leaders cannot walk the streets of London safely, while Hamas and Hezbollah leaders are honored and celebrated.

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Israel Threatens Palestinian Phone Service Over War Crimes Claims

The Independent | Ben Lynfield | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Israel War Crimes, Wataniya, Israel Palestine, Ehud Barak, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Gaza War Crimes, Palestinian Phone Service, The Independent Israel Threatens, World News

Ben Lynfield | The Independent Israel is threatening to kill off a crucial West Bank economic project unless the Palestinian Authority withdraws a re...

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Ehud Barak Faces War Crimes Arrest Threat During UK Visit

The Guardian | Ian Black and Ian Cobain | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Israeli Minister Ehud Barak, Israel Palestine Conflict, War-Crimes-Arrest, Israel War Crimes, Ehud-Barak, Ehud Barak Israel, Israel, Ehud Barak, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza War Crimes, World News

Israel received an uncomfortable reminder of international anger over the Gaza war today when lawyers representing 16 Palestinians asked a London cour...

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Israel's Ehud Barak: Terrorism Pays At The UN

wsj.com | EHUD BARAK | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israel War Crimes, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, Ehud-Barak, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Ehud Barak, Hamas, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, World News

This week the United Nation's Human Rights Council produced a 600-page report alleging that Israel carried out war crimes in Gaza. The Goldstone Repor...

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Israel Diary: Hyper-Alert Security Guards, Hyper-Creative Tech Geeks, and an Upcoming Interview with President Peres

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Tel Aviv, Mahmoud Abbas, Tripartite Meeting, Shimon Peres, Avital Leibovich, Tel Aviv-Israel, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yossi Vardi, Israel, Meir Barel, Barack Obama, Sabby Mionis, Garagegeeks, World News
Arianna Huffington

JERUSALEM -- I arrived in Tel Aviv at 6:30 Sunday evening and went straight from the airport to a charming restaurant in Jaffa to have dinner with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, where I asked him to compare George W. Bush's leadership to Obama's when it comes to Israel. "I'm an ABB," he said. "Anyone But Bush. Obama is investing a lot of his political capital in the peace process, and it's important that we don't waste this moment." Wednesday morning I'm meeting with President Shimon Peres. Coming on the heels of yesterday's tripartite meeting between Obama, Netanyahu, and Abbas, we will discuss, among other things, the state of US/Israel relations, Israeli settlements on the West Bank, and Iran's nuclear program. If there is anything you'd like me to ask President Peres, please put your questions in the comments section.

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Sept. 7, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caster Semenya, Israeli Settlements, Obama Martha's Vineyard, Susan Atkins, Ehud Barak, Charlie Gibson, Cheney President, Obama Camp David, Diane Sawyer, Barack Obama, Obama School Speech, Afghanistan War, Brian Williams, Vanity Fair, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Health Care Reform, Israel, Afghan Election Fraud, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

Israeli government approves construction of hundreds of new homes in occupied West Bank. How do you say, "Up yours, Obama " in Hebrew?

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West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, White House, Construction Freeze, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Israeli Settlers, West Bank, Ehud Barak, Palestine, Shas Party, Hamas, Idf, Civil Rights, Middle East Peace, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Zionism, West Bank Settlements, Mideast Peace, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Likud, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel defied U.S. pressure to halt construction in its West Bank settlements Sunday, with key leaders speaking out in support of th...

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Fatah Moves Closer To Becoming A Political Party

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Marwan Barghouti, Pakistan, Ehud Barak, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Plo, Israeli Ocupation, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The Fatah movement, the key Palestinian guerrilla movement within the Palestine Liberation Organization moved one step closer to becoming a political party.

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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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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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Will Israel Grant Asylum to Fascism?

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Africa, Benjamin Netanyahu, Somalia, Avigdor Lieberman, Darfur, Israel, Bradley Burston, Sudan, Immigration, Jerusalem Post, Ehud Barak, World News
Bradley Burston

Fascism thrives on legality, it lawyers up every chance it gets, the better to use any institution of democracy to quietly and methodically corrupt and demolish every institution of democracy.

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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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Israel Not Talking To U.S. About Possible Iran Attack, Fearing Disapproval

The Washington Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Barack Obama, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Israel Us Relationship, Israeli Army, Ehud Barak, Iraqarmy, Obama, US Army, Iran, Biden, White House, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Air Force, Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Israel, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Politics News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top deputies have not formally asked for U.S. aid or permission for possible military strikes on Iran's nucl...

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Slapping Obama, or Please God, Keep Israel from Making Peace

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Khaled Meshal, Israel, Bradley Burston, Hamas, Settlers, Illegal Outposts, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Ehud Barak, World News
Bradley Burston

Everyone who lives here is a hostage. We know it, even if we are often surprised anew by the specific people who are currently holding us hostage, staving off progress toward a future peace.

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US, Israel Close To Settlement Deal: Ehud Barak

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Netanyahu Settlements, Obama Settlements, Us Israel Settlements, Sarkozy Lieberman, Israel Us, Ehud Barak, Israel, Sarkozy Avigdor Lieberman, Israel Settlements, Us Israel, World News

Before heading back to Israel from New York following his meeting with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday mo...

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Settlements: Israel May Compromise Amid Broader Peace Effort

nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, George MItchell, Ehud Mitchell, Ehud Barak, Settlements, Israel, Ethan Bronner, Israel Settlements, World News

JERUSALEM Israel would be open to a complete freeze of settlement building in the West Bank for three to six months as part of a broad Middle East pe...

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Israel Defies Obama's Settlement Demand, Authorizes Construction Of 300 New Homes In West Bank

Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Talmon Settlement, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israel Settlements, Israel Obama, Obama Settlements, Obama Israel, Israeli News, Israel and Obama, Obama, Israel, Israel News, The Israeli Settlement of Talmon, News About Israel, Obama and Israel, Settlements, Israel Defies Obama, World News

In defiance of President Obama's call for a halt to all settlement growth, Israel has authorized the construction of 300 new homes in the West Bank, H...

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What Arabs and Muslims Hope for From Obama Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Palestine, Israel, Cairo University, Speech to Muslim World, Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, Barack Obama, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Ehud Barak, World News
Ray Hanania

By going to Cairo University to give a speech to the Muslim World, Barack Obama is doing something his predecessors never really understood -- Obama "gets it."

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"Natural Growth": Netanyahu's Road Map to a Mid East Roadblock

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, The Middle East, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Settlement, West Bank, Road Map, President Obama, Obama Cairo, Palestine, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, Yasser Arafat, Gaza, George MItchell, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud, Hillary Clinton, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Unlike his predecessors, Obama appears no longer willing to engage in the vexing winking and nodding that has characterized American attitudes to Israeli settlement growth in the past.

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