George Mitchell

George Mitchell's Lessons for Darfur

John Prendergast | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


John Prendergast

In my own experience working on various African peace processes, protracted negotiations are required for breakthroughs; breakthroughs almost never precede protracted negotiations.

To Do Nothing Is an Insane Policy

David Halperin | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


David Halperin

It's hard to see how abandoning the Mideast conflict -- potentially sparking exactly the kind of violence we hope to avoid -- could be in our interests. And yet, that's what Thomas Friedman proposes we do.

Avigdor Lieberman: No Chance For Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy finds himself increasingly hamstrung, with Israel's foreign minister on Thursday all but ruli...

Putting Lipstick on a Middle East Pig

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.22.2009 | World


Steve Clemons

What is clear from his statement following the "trilateral" with Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu is that Obama did not get the settlement freeze he called for from Israel.

George Mitchell In Israel Secures No deal On Resuming Peace Talks: Palestinian Negotiator

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


RAMALLAH, West Bank — The United States' top Mideast envoy failed to bridge wide gaps between Israelis and Palestinians as he ended his most int...

George Mitchell To Press Netanyahu Yet Again On Settlements

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Washington's special envoy to the Mideast on Wednesday wrapped up his second meeting this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

West Bank Settlers Will Resist Evacuation But Unlikely To Fight Israeli Army

nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER and ISABEL KERSHNER | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


HAVAT GILAD, West Bank Of the hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, those who live in unauthorized hilltop outposts like this on...

Netanyahu Strikes Defiant Tone Before Meeting U.S. Envoy George Mitchell

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected U.S. calls to freeze all settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jeru...

U.S. Envoy Arrives In Israel To Kick Start Mideast Peace Talks

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell is in Israel to try and kick start Israeli-Palestinian talks before the two sides meet at t...

A Peace Process Momentum Plan to Move Quickly to Actual Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Ambs. Samuel Lewis and Edward Walker | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Ambs. Samuel Lewis and Edward Walker

The momentum toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, stability and security must now be strengthened and serious negotiations begun by mid-fall, if not sooner.

Settlement Freeze: Been There, Done That

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

Israel's ever-expanding network of settlements is viewed by many members of the international community as the most significant obstacle to the creation of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state.

Netanyahu With Mitchell: Peace Negotiations To Resume "Shortly"

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


BERLIN — The Israeli and Palestinian leaders are likely to hold their first meeting in the coming weeks, both sides indicated Wednesday, in what...

The Chutzpah of Obama's Jewish Critics

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


Marc R. Stanley

No one can credibly claim that Obama and his administration are not talking with Israel. The fact is that the Obama administration is not only talking with Israelis, they are intensely collaborating.

A Strategic Necessity

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Alon Ben-Meir

If Israel has full American backing in security and defense, it will have more flexibility to concede the occupied territories because ultimately ensuring Israel's security takes away its main rational for keeping Palestinian and Syrian territories.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart pe...

Extending Bridge Hours A Bittersweet Victory

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


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.

Yitzhak Rabin's Killers Target Obama (VIDEO)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


Max Blumenthal

Who are the Israeli Prime Minister's real friends? The settlers who cheered Rabin's murder and now inveigh violently against Obama, or the American administration that has pledged to help his country?

US Syria Sanctions To Be Eased 'Case-By-Case'

New York Times | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


The Obama administration said Tuesday that it would take new steps to ease American sanctions against Syria on a case-by-case basis, the latest sign o...

Obama's Peace Offensive (Part 2)

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Alon Ben-Meir

Ending the settlements expansion is one of the most critical elements in changing the dynamic of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Obama's Peace Offensive (Part 1)

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Alon Ben-Meir

On a recent trip to the Middle East I had the opportunity to meet with Israelis and Palestinians from all walks of life. What I saw reconfirmed the lack of political cohesiveness within both communities.

Mitchell Presses Israel On Settlements

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister and the top U.S. Mideast envoy said they made progress Tuesday on their dispute over West Bank settlements, ...

Obama Called "Racist" By Israeli Rabbi

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


A settler rabbi in Jerusalem has labelled Obama a 'racist' at a rally to protest the United States' call for a total freeze on Israeli settlement cons...

George Mitchell In Syria: Obama Determined To See "Truly Comprehensive" Mideast Peace

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 08.26.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy called on the Arab world to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, and Israel's...

Avigdor Lieberman To Miss Mitchell, Gates Israel Visit

Jerusalem Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


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...

23 Israeli Settlements To Be Evacuated Soon: Ehud Barak

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


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...