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

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.24.2008 | 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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Dispatch from Jerusalem

Chris Meserole | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Jerusalem, Palestinian Bulldozer, Terrorism, Politics News

Why would two men willingly martyr themselves, knowing full well that their deaths would be politically meaningless?

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Obama the Zionist Journeys to Palestine

Steve Posner | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: West Bank, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Holocaust, Palestine, Peace, Jewish, Barack Obama, Zionism, Muslim, Mohammad Abbas, Arabs, Anti-Semitism, Ramallah, Zionist, Israel, Nazi, Refugees, Politics News

Obama understands that American presidents need to be Zionists if a White House brokered Mideast peace is to last.

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Obama Picks the Right Baggage for Visiting Israel

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Undivided Jerusalem, Abbas, Aipac, Mccain, Obama, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Barack Obama, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Politics News

Instead of skipping a visit to Ramallah for fear of losing Jewish votes, Obama's upcoming trip shows that he intends to talk to both Israelis and Palestinians, and that he's serious about working for peace.

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Palestinian Goes On Rampage In Jerusalem

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Israel, Palestinians, Jerusalem, Palestinian Rampage, Palestinian Bulldozer, Palestinian Attack Jerusalem, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Home News

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians ...

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Sarkozy To Israel: Share Jerusalem Or Else

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nicolas Sarkozy, French President, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Politics News

JERUSALEM — French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday there could be no Mideast peace unless Israel drops its refusal to cede sovereignty ove...

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Obama and AIPAC

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Jerusalem, Middle East, Israel, Palestine, Settlements, Aipac, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama AIPAC Speech, Obama AIPAC, Politics News

Obama's AIPAC speech would have been the perfect time for Obama, while upholding his commitment to Israel, to challenge AIPAC's militarism and national chauvinism.

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Obama Walks Back Jerusalem Remarks

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Aipac, John McCain, Jerusalem, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama and McCain's remarks at AIPAC have added to the widespread belief in the region that U.S. policy is beholden to the right-wing in Israel, and that there is no prospect of change on the horizon.

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Obama AIPAC Speech a Bad Beginning

Chris Nelson | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home

But Wait: a campaign adviser says Obama believes "Jerusalem is a final status issue, which means it has to be negotiated between the two parties" as part of "an agreement that they both can live with."

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Jerusalem: Can Obama Walk the Walk?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Middle East, Aipac, Jerusalem, Barack Obama, Israel, Condoleeza Rice, Ehud Olmert, Pandering, Politics News

For Obama, who prides himself on being a candidate for change, perhaps for a change he should stop pandering to interest groups and take a hard look at the facts on the ground.

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Obama at AIPAC: Some Doubts Eased, Others Created

James Zogby | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Aipac, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East Peace, Barack Obama, Politics News

Hard-line supporters of Israel have been pushing Obama, and for the most part, his speech pushed all the "right" buttons -- however, his reference to Jerusalem raises some concerns.

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Swift Boating Comes to Jerusalem

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iran, Barak Obama, John McCain, Lebanon., Jerusalem, Israel, Congress, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Hezbollah, Hamas, Biden, North Korea, Politics News

Because Bush has little to offer in the way of a new American Middle East strategy, he preyed on Israelis' worst fears. That's quite a birthday present to a nation that has endured so much.

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What's in a Headline?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Israel, Cnn, Hamas, Gaza, Jerusalem, Idf, Children Killed, Mideast Violence, Media News

When it comes to Palestinian children in Gaza, CNN is unable to put out a headline that reflects the reality of the situation on the ground.

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Ehud Olmert, Marwan Barghouti, and Zeno's Paradox Updated

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Marwan Barghouti, Terror, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, Irgun, Israel, Palestine, Checkpoints, Two-State Solution, Zeno's Paradox, Reconciliation, Politics News

I didn't expect to hear Ehud Olmert talking like a fiery Machsom Watch activist about the suffering of Palestinians at Israeli roadblocks.

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Christians Mark Easter in Jerusalem

AP | LAURIE COPANS | Posted 03.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Easter, Easter Sunday, Israel, Jerusalem, Easter Jerusalem, Jerusalem Christians, Christians Israel Easter, Home News

JERUSALEM — Christian pilgrims, undeterred by the recent violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, sang and prayed on Easter Sunday at the church b...

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John McCain Heads To Iraq, Jerusalem

Washington Times | Joseph Curl | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Jerusalem, Mccain General Election, McCain Frontrunner, War in Iraq, McCain Iraq, McCain Jerusalem, Politics News

With the Democratic presidential contenders crisscrossing Pennsylvania in a provincial battle for the nomination, presumptive Republican nominee Sen. ...

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Broken Promise Land: What I Saw In Israel

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Middle East Peace Talks, Jewish Seminary Attack, Jerusalem, Living News

The Israeli-Arab conflict is a disheartening and insurmountable debate. With all of this, I can't think of a more incredible part of the world -- or a more amazing place to visit.

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Hamas Backtracks on Attack Claim

AP | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hamas, Hamas Gaza, Israel Shootings, Israel-Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Shooting, Warwire, Politics News

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants in Gaza backtracked Friday on their claim of responsibility for an attack on a Jewish seminary in Jerusa...

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Hamas Claims Credit For Jersualem Shooting

Reuters | Adam Entous and Joseph Nasr | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem Shooting, Israel Shootings, Jerusalem, Hamas Gaza, Warwire, Hamas, Israel-Palestine, Politics News

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for the shooting attack in Jerusalem the previous evening in which a local ...

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Is Arab-Israeli Peace Possible? A New Report

James Zogby | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Middle East Peace Conference, Gaza Strip, Middle East, Politics News

It may be possible. But not by conducting "business as usual."

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Bush In Israel: End "Occupation" Of Arab Lands

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel-Palestine, Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem, President Bush, Israel-Palestine Dispute, Bush, Politics News

President Bush, summing up meetings with both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, said Thursday that a peace accord will require "painful politi...

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Bush: I Expect Palestinian State Before I Leave Office

USA Today | Richard Wolf | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: State of Israel, Palestine, West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Palestinian People, Israel, President George Bush, Politics News

USA TODAY's Richard Wolf reports that President Bush predicted today that a deal can be reached within a year to turn the West Bank and Gaza Strip int...

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The Pro-Israel Consensus Shifts

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Some of the more conservative American Jewish institutions are coming around to acceptance of the two-state solution, ending the occupation, and sharing Jerusalem.

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Annapolis: A Speech Not Given

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jerusalem, Middle East, Green Line, George W. Bush, Israel, Palestine, Hezbollah, Middle East Peace Talks, Foreign Policy, Politics News

"A Palestinian state, long overdue, can be born before the sun sets on this day. It must be a state that will live in peace and security with Israel."

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Senior Israeli Officials Openly Discuss Possibility Of Splitting Jerusalem

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home

Read More: Palestine, Israel, Jerusalem, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Home News

Two senior Israeli politicians, including the prime minister's closest ally, talked openly Monday about dividing Jerusalem, signaling a possible shift...

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