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Prisoner Exchange A Reflection On Mideast Disagreements

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Israelis, President Obama, Fatah, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shalit, Hamas, Palestinians, World News

If there were a case that could illustrate the disagreement between Israel and the Palestinians, the Shalit prisoner exchange deal could be the one.

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Re-Energizing The Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Two States, West Bank, Israelis, One-State Solution, President Mahmoud Abbas, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Palestine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza Strip, Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel-Palestine, Hamas, End of Violence in Israel, Israel Palestine Compromise, Two-State Solution, World News

Yes, I'm running for President of Palestine in the next election. No, I don't expect to win. My goal is to get the real leaders to do their jobs and stop putzing around.

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Netanyahu's Challenge to the UN -- And My Challenge to Liberals -- For Moral Consistency

Lanny Davis | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Human Rights Council, Human Rights, Terrorism, Israelis, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian State, United Nations, World News

Based on these core principles, liberals should overwhelmingly demand that the Palestinians accept Israel's minimal request to bring peace.

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Tony Blair Assailed At Palestinian Mosque, Called A 'Terrorist' (VIDEO)

Reuters | Sangwon Yoon | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Arabs, Palestinian Mosque, West Bank, Terrorism, Israelis, Tony Blair, Terrorist, Hebron, Palestine, Palestinians, Middle East Envoy, European Union, World News

Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the "Quartet" of powers - the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, was assailed by ...

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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An Analysis of Obama's Precedent-Setting Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Obama is stating what many of his predecessors stated but with more substance and a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the Arab and Muslim World.

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Remembering Palestine

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

Read More: Christians, Jews, 1948, Two States, Israelis, President Obama, Muslims, Benjamin Netanyahu, 1967, Palestine, Peace, World News

Why should Palestinians stop fighting for that land when their role models are the very Israelis who said they wanted their homeland back too? They waited 2,000 years. It's been only 61 for us.

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Black Hebrew Polygamists Begin To Gain Acceptance In Israel

GlobalPost | Stephanie Rice | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Veganism, Polygamy, Black Hebrew Polygamists, Black Hebrews, Israelis, Vegans, Foreign Affairs, Vegan, Israel, Polygamists, Advocacy, World News

By Stephanie Rice DIMONA, Israel -- As a young African-American man in late 1970s Chicago, Atur Yirmeyahu was contemplating the fairly standard dile...

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Two Meals, One Story: A Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from an American Abroad

Amy York Rubin | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Russia, Jews, Holocaust, Gaza, France, Israelis, Homeland, Palestinians, Jewish Culture, Barack Obama, Obama Jews, Israelis Palestinians, Exile, Religion, Shabbat Dinner, Austria, Soldiers, Egypt, Germany, Muslims, Religion and Politics, Israel, Sweden, World News

From their merging of religious tradition with daily life to their personal and historical narratives, the similarities between Muslims and Jews living in Israel is almost tragically comical.

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Keeping Civilians Away From Violence

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Israelis, Obama, George MItchell, Gaza, Middle East, George Mitchell Israel, Middle East Politics, Violence, Hamas, Israel, Israel Hamas, Obama George Mitchell, World News

Israel's latest assault on Gaza showed a very weak attempt at avoiding civilian deaths and injuries or the destruction of infrastructure. Similarly, Hamas rockets showed lack of concern for Israeli civilians.

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A Hundred Eyes for an Eye

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Gandhi, Israelis, Human Rights, Gaza, Arabs, Phyllis Bennis, Israel, Institute for Policy Studies, Geneva Conventions, Palestinians, I. F. Stone, World News

Routinely, the politicians and pundits of Washington can't summon minimal decency in themselves or each other on the subject of Israel and Palestinians.

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What Barack Obama Can Do To Help Achieve Middle East Peace

Ray Hanania | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Middle East Peace, Israelis, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Terrorism, United States Relations With Isreal, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, US Foreign Policy, Religious Fanaticism, Extremism, World News

President-elect Barack Obama has a real opportunity to help Palestinians and Israelis achieve a real peace, and then begin a real war on terrorism tha...

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Britain To Hold Separate Talks With Israelis And Palestinians

Reuters | Adrian Croft and Richard Balmforth | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will hold separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in London this month on the political and economic situation ...

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Obama Hits All of the Basics in Middle East but Can Do More

Ray Hanania | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yasser Arafat, Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Israelis, Jerusalem, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Violence, Palestine, Palestine State, Aipac, Peace Accord, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Politics News

Obama did all the "right" things during his tour of the Middle East. But doing the "right things" might not be enough to actually achieve Middle East peace. Obama needs to do more.

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"Undivided" Allegiance: The Meaning of Obama's AIPAC Moment

Sandy Tolan | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

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Obama's pledge that "Jerusalem must remain undivided" is a smackdown to decades of Palestinians' dreams and demands that East Jerusalem be the capital of their own state.

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