George Mitchell

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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Ex-Senate Leaders Unveiling Health Care Compromise

AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Daschle, George MItchell, Health Care Compromise, Ex-Senate Leaders Health Care, Health Care, Senate Health Care Compromise, Bob Dole, Howard Baker, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Trying to prevent a repeat of the 1990s standoff over health care, four former Senate leaders are preparing a plan that combines id...

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Carter: Hamas Critical To Mideast Peace

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without invol...

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US Envoy Pushes For Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The United States seeks a "prompt resumption and early conclusion" of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Washington's specia...

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George Mitchell To Visit Syria, Lebanon: AP

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Detecting signs of hope for its Mideast peace initiatives in the defeat of a Hezbollah slate in Lebanon's weekend election, the Oba...

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US: Mideast Peace Talks Should Start Immediately

BBC News | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israel-Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United States, Middle East Peace, George MItchell, Mid-East Talks, Politics News

President Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, has said that the US wants immediate talks between Israel and the Palestinians....

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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

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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Let's Talk About Peace in the Mid-East

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Mexican-Flu, Avigdor Lieberman, Swine Flu Pandemic, George MItchell, Swine Flu, Israel, Palestine, Yom Ha'atzmaut, Benjamin Netanyahu, Peace, World News

Despite the stalled peace process, we shouldn't give up hope. Bold individuals are demonstrating their commitment to dialogue.

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US-Saudi Relations in a World Without Equilibrium

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

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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Obama and the King Push the Two-State Solution on Netanyahu's Court

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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The traditional US diplomatic approach has emphasized the "process" part of the "peace process."

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Connect Gaza and the West Bank Now

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Settlements, Gaza, George MItchell, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, West Bank, Barack Obama, Keith Dayton, World News

There is no excuse why Palestinians living in either part of Palestine should be barred from traveling to the other part of the occupied Palestinian territories.

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Netanyahu's Deal: Bushehr for Settlements

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Settlements, George MItchell, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Bushehr, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Avigador Lieberman, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, World News

It hasn't taken Benjamin Netanyahu long to show his true colors by creating new hoops for the Palestinians to jump through in order to resume peace ne...

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2-State Solution Only Option: US Official In Israel

Ynetnews | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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The message conveyed by American sources at the end of marathon talks held in Israel by US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, ...

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Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian After He Tried To Stab Residents

AP | TSAFRIR ABAYOV | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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BEIT HAGAI, West Bank — A Palestinian wielding a knife was shot and killed by Jewish settlers early Friday after he tried to attack residents of...

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US-Israeli Differences Over Palestinians Emerge

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Stark differences between U.S. and Israeli policy toward peace talks with the Palestinians emerged clearly Thursday in the first mee...

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Avigdor Lieberman Presses US Mideast Envoy For New Approach To Peace

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Stark differences between U.S. and Israeli policy toward peace talks with the Palestinians emerged clearly Thursday in the first mee...

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George Mitchell In Israel Begins New Round Of Mideast Diplomacy

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy began a new round of diplomacy Wednesday aimed at bridging the growing divide between a right...

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Uzi Arad, Netanyahu Aide, Visa In Question, Posing Early 'Test Of Wills' For New Governments

Inter Press Service | Stephen Green | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Apr 2 (IPS) - The first official test of wills between the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and the new Likud-led governme...

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Need for a New Paradigm: Obama and the Muslim World

John L. Esposito | Posted 04.29.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Middle East Policy, Obama, Muslim World, Aipac, George MItchell, Chas Freeman, World News

President Obama has the desire, vision and intelligence to reach out to the broader Muslim world. But will he do what no recent American president has done and take the political risk to resist pressures?

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Israel and Peace in the Middle East: Shlomo Ben Ami

Aldo Civico | Posted 04.29.2009 | Home

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With the formation of a new government in Israel, what are the chances for peace in the Middle East? Last Friday, as director of the Center for Intern...

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From Belfast to Jerusalem: Lessons from Northern Ireland for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

James Zogby | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: George MItchell, Middle East Peace, Us Diplomacy, Irish Peace Process, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ira, Israel, World News

On the day after St. Patrick's Day, a panel was convened on Capitol Hill to discuss the lessons learned from the Irish peace process, and reflect on their applicability to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Turkey's Delay Tactics in Opening the Border with Armenia

Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

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While some people are dismissing Pres. Obama's solemn campaign pledge to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, Turkish leaders have taken the president's promise very seriously.

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Treading an Ominous Path

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, George MItchell, Israel Election, Netanyahu, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel, Israel Gaza, World News

The Obama administration must remain unequivocal in its pursuit of the two-state solution to prevent a further escalation of the conflict with unpredictable regional implications.

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"It's The Occupation Stupid"

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Two-State Solution, One-State Solution, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli Occupation, Foreign Affairs, Barack Obama, George MItchell, Occupation, George Mitchell Israel, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Negotiations, Advocacy, World News

Instead of pleading with the Israelis to accept the two-state solution, the US should simply ask the Israelis to end their military control of Arab lands occupied in June 1967.

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George Mitchell, Netanyahu Meet Concerning Peace Efforts

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Israel's next leader sat face-to-face Thursday with a man whose vision of Israeli-Palestinian relations is radically different from ...

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