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West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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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Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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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Netanyahu's Failed Attempt to Emulate Obama

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Netanyahu, Likud, Greater Israel, Palestinian, Palestine, Israel, Obama, Zionism, Pre 67 Borders, World News

Netanyahu is no Obama and his speech had nothing of the depth, sincerity and empathy that the American president showed to the Arab and Muslim worlds in his Cairo speech.

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Israeli Sanctions On US Proposed By Likud Minister Yossi Peled

Jerusalem Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Israeli Sanctions, Peled Yossi, Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Party, Israel, Israel Likud Party, Obama Israel, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News

In a sign of growing concern in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government over US President Barack Obama's Middle East policies, Minister-without...

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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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Kadima 'Shadow Government' Formed Under Livni

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Kadima Party, Likud, Kadima Shadow Government, Tzipi Livni Israel, Foreign Affairs, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Government, Israel, Israel Likud Party, Kadima, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

Kadima leader Tzipi Livni finally formed a "government" on Monday, seven months after failing to build a real coalition when she had the opportunity t...

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The Israeli Center Cannot Hold

Ethan Pack | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Kadima Party, Likud, Israeli Politics, Israeli Labor Party, Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, World News

Third parties diverted key fragments of the Israeli mainstream from the two largest parties, leading to coalition governments guaranteed to collapse before they could address Israel's most pressing concerns.

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Netanyahu 'Easily Blackmailed:' Livni

Haaretz | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Kadima Party, Likud, Tzipi Livni Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Affairs, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Advocacy, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni blasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as being "easily blackmailed" in light of the many cabinet posts he handed out...

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Netanyahu Pledges Support For Peace Effort: Will Do All Within His Power

Jerusalem Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, Israel-Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Hamas, Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud, Egypt, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Syria, Advocacy, World News

Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon commended his soon-to-be predecessor Ehud Olmert for his peace efforts and said the Li...

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Netanyahu Vows To Resume Peace Talks With Palestinians

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Likud, Israeli Politics, Netanyahu, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Peace Talks, Netanyahu Palestinians, Netanyahu Peace Talks, Binyamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem-Israel, Palestinian Authority, Jordan, World News

JERUSALEM — Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his government will be a "partner for peace with the Palestinians," the la...

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Israel: Barak, Netanyahu Agreement Emerges Over Coalition Government

Jerusalem Post | GIL HOFFMAN and JPOST STAFF | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Israeli Politics, Labor, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel, Ehud Barak, Netanyahu Government, Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Affairs, Labor Likud, Netanyahu Coalition, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News

Defense Minister and Labor Chairman Ehud Barak and Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu met early Tuesday morning and came to an agreement on a...

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Netanyahu Given 14-Day Extension To Form Israeli Government

Haaretz | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

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President Shimon Peres on Friday accorded Prime Minister-designate a 14-day extension to form a government. ...

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Avigdor Lieberman To Become Foreign Minister As Likud, Israel Beiteinu Sign Deal

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Israeli Politics, Likud Israel Beiteinu Deal, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel Beiteinu, Likud Israel Beiteinu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel, Israel, World News

Likud signed its first coalition deal Sunday, with Avigdor Lieberman's Israel Beiteinu. According to the deal, party chairman Lieberman is to be appoi...

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Joe Lieberman Meets Israel's Lieberman, Netanyahu

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF, GIL HOFFMAN and AP | Posted 03.25.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Tzipi Livni, Israel Election, Avigdor Lieberman, Lieberman Netanyahu, Israel, Joe Lieberman Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Lieberman, Kadima, Joe Lieberman Netanyahu, World News

Joining a Likud government would be a breach of Kadima voters' trust and an act of self-delusion, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni said on Sunday evening ahe...

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65% Of Israelis Want Likud, Kadima To Form Unity Gov't: Poll

Jerusalem Post | SHELLY PAZ | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Tzipi Livni, Israel Unity Government, Israel Election, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israeli Election, Kadima, Netanyahu Livni, World News

Nearly two-thirds of Israelis would like Kadima and the Likud to form a unity government, a survey conducted by Market Watch the day after last week's...

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Avigdor Lieberman, Kingmaker Of Israel's Right, Courted By Rivals

The Independent | By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Tzipi Livni, Israel Election, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shas, Israel, World News

Both claiming to have won Israel's general election, foreign minister Tzipi Livni and Likud opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday each began ...

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Israeli Election: Inconclusive Results Puts Israel, Peace In Limbo

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

JERUSALEM — Israel's new coalition government _ whether led by hard-line Benjamin Netanyahu or his moderate rival Tzipi Livni _ is likely to tak...

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ISRAELI ELECTION RESULTS: Both Livni, Netanyahu Declare Victory

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Labor, Israel Election, Tzipi Livni, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israeli Election, Kadima, Livni, Netanyahu, World News

JERUSALEM — Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line rival Benjamin Netanyahu both claimed victory Tuesday in Israel's parliamentary election,...

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The Next Prime Minister's Domestic and International Challenges

Lazar Berman | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Likud, Labor, Israel Election, Israel Election 2009, Israel Corruption, Israel, Kadima, Israel Politics, World News

As Israelis go to the polls tomorrow, observers around the world will be watching the results eagerly. They will largely ask the same question: "How w...

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Another Israeli Election Down to the Wire

David Makovsky | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Likud, Israel Elections, Israel Election, Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Kadima, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, World News

On February 10, Israelis will go to the polls to choose a new government, and the election campaigning -- curtailed by Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip -- has resumed in earnest.

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Livni and Barak's Gaza Calculus

Jim Arkedis | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yasser Arafat, Likud, Labor, Gaza, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel, Kadima, Foreign Policy, World News

If hundreds of innocent deaths helps secure a real security mandate for the moderate-to-dovish Kadima/Labor and Israeli-Palestinian peace, that's political calculus Livni and Barak were willing to take.

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Hamas Alters Israeli Politics, Hawks Losing Ground

The Christian Science Monitor | Joshua Mitnick | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza Israel, Gaza, Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, Gaza Affects on Israel Politics, Israeli Politics Gaza, Hamas, Israel Centrist, Israel Hawks, Israeli Politics, Likud, Tzipi Livni, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Gaza, Kadima, World News

Tel Aviv -- While war between Israel and Hamas reverberates from Gaza City to southern Israel and to Arab capitals, the fallout will also be felt with...

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