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Israel Diary: Hyper-Alert Security Guards, Hyper-Creative Tech Geeks, and an Upcoming Interview with President Peres

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Tel Aviv, Mahmoud Abbas, Tripartite Meeting, Shimon Peres, Avital Leibovich, Tel Aviv-Israel, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yossi Vardi, Israel, Meir Barel, Barack Obama, Sabby Mionis, Garagegeeks, World News
Arianna Huffington

JERUSALEM -- I arrived in Tel Aviv at 6:30 Sunday evening and went straight from the airport to a charming restaurant in Jaffa to have dinner with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, where I asked him to compare George W. Bush's leadership to Obama's when it comes to Israel. "I'm an ABB," he said. "Anyone But Bush. Obama is investing a lot of his political capital in the peace process, and it's important that we don't waste this moment." Wednesday morning I'm meeting with President Shimon Peres. Coming on the heels of yesterday's tripartite meeting between Obama, Netanyahu, and Abbas, we will discuss, among other things, the state of US/Israel relations, Israeli settlements on the West Bank, and Iran's nuclear program. If there is anything you'd like me to ask President Peres, please put your questions in the comments section.

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A Middle East Peace for Americans

Amjad Atallah | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Evangelical Christians, Arab-Americans, United Nations, Israel, Muslim-Americans, Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish-Americans, Tri-Lateral Meeting, Letter in Support of a Comprehensive Middle East Peace, World News
Amjad Atallah

Obama's struggle for Middle East peace, through an end to the occupation, can actually end up being another unifying factor among diverse groups of Americans.

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Putting Lipstick on a Middle East Pig

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Israel, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, Barack Obama, George MItchell, Obama Middle East, Obama Middle East Summit, World News
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.

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For Israel, a New Year, and a New Left

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Bradley Burston, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

Seldom have the vital signs of Arab-Israeli diplomacy read more bleak. Is a permanently broken peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians a foregone conclusion?

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West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, White House, Construction Freeze, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Israeli Settlers, West Bank, Ehud Barak, Palestine, Shas Party, Hamas, Idf, Civil Rights, Middle East Peace, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Zionism, West Bank Settlements, Mideast Peace, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Likud, World News

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 Expected To Moderate Meeting Between Netanyahu, Abbas

foxnews.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Obama Israel-Palestinian, Palestinian President, Israel-Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Prime Minister, World News

President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late Se...

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Mahmoud Abbas: No Peace Talks Until Israel Freezes Settlement Construction

Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Settlements in Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Settlements, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel-Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Abbas, Israel, Israeli Settlement, World News

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that peace talks with Israel will not resume until Israel completely freezes construction in the ...

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Fatah Moves Closer To Becoming A Political Party

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Marwan Barghouti, Pakistan, Ehud Barak, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Plo, Israeli Ocupation, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The Fatah movement, the key Palestinian guerrilla movement within the Palestine Liberation Organization moved one step closer to becoming a political party.

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New Guard Replaces Old in Fatah

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Plo, Fateh, Fatah, Cartoon, Political Cartoons, Alquds, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As long as Fatah had leaders in various Arab countries, they were susceptible to pressures from those hosts. That has all but disappeared with the majority of its leadership now based inside Palestine.

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Fatah Conference Rocked By Infighting

Al Jazeera | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah Conference 2009, Fatah Conference, Fatah, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, World News

The first Fatah party conference in 20 years has been extended amid infighting between delegates. The meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abba...

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Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Threatened By Fatah Divisions

Inter Press Service | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Foreign Affairs, Fatah Hamas, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Israel, Advocacy, Inter Press Service, World News

By Mel Frykberg | Inter Press Service BETHLEHEM, Aug 5 (IPS) - Fatah, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), is fighti...

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Abbas Launches First Fatah Conference In Decades

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah Conference, West Bank, Abbas, Fatah, World News

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday urged members of his aging and rivalry-ridden Fatah movement – meeti...

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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Included In Fatah Party Draft

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Fatah, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah Convention, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The proposed new platform of the Palestinians' moderate Fatah party marginalizes the once central theme of "armed struggle...

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Fatah Activists Escape Gaza By Donning Islamic Garb

AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah Convention, Gaza War, Fatah Activists, Fatah Hamas, Fatah Gaza, Hamas, Hamas Gaza, World News

Associate Press Fatah says 57 of its activists have sneaked out of Hamas-ruled Gaza in recent days to reach the West Bank for a key party convention....

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Who Speaks for Palestine?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Farouq El Qadoumi, Mahmoud Abbas, Plo, Fateh, Fatah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel, Midddle East, World News
Jamal Dajani

Fateh, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, will meet next week in an atmosphere mired with internal divisions, charges of corruption, and tales of espionage and betrayal fit for a John Le Carré novel.

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Fatah Vs Fatah: The Real Power Struggle Among Palestinians

Newsweek | Mohammed Herzallah | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, The West Bank, Gaza, Palestinian Leadership, Fatah, Israel, Hamas, Yasir Arafat, Palestinians, World News

Every once in a while, a kidnapping or a firefight reminds the world that the two parties governing the Palestinians really don't get along. Hamas won...

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Obama Having Beer Blasts at the White House

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 08.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: King Chong-Il, Mahmoud Abbas, Ismail Hanyea, Perez Hilton, Lee Myung-Bak, George W. Bush, James Crowley, Tori Spelling, Henry Louis Gates, Will.I.Am, Barack Obama, Scooter Libby, Sarah Palin, Candy Spelling, Dick Cheney, David Letterman, Comedy News
Sybil Adelman Sage

If this works, look for Obama to schedule Octoberfests to mediate a truce between Candy and Tori Spelling.

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The Arabs Need a Nelson Mandela, Who Knows When to Go

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanon, Yemen, Gamal-Abdel-Nasser, Algeria, Morocco, Democracy, Fatah, Hamas, Bashar Al-Assad, Nelson Mandela, Arabs, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Syria, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

We desperately need a visionary leader in the Arab world, monarch or republican, who steps aside and oversees in his lifetime a peaceful democratic transfer of power.

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Abbas Says He Won't Resume Talks With Netanyahu

Jerusalem Post | KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND HAVIV RETTIG GUR | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Palestine Talks, Israel, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Peace Talks, World News

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated on Sunday his refusal to resume peace talks with Israel unless Binyamin Netanyahu's governmen...

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Netanyahu Invites Abbas To Talk Peace

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Peace Talks, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday invited the Palestinians to sit down immediately to talk peace, but the Palestin...

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Mubarak Op-Ed: Egyptian President On Obama's Speech, Mideast Peace

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Hamas, Israel, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

President Barack Obama's seminal address in Cairo marked a turning point in America's relations with the Muslim world. His message was clear and incon...

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Democrites: Are Congressional Democrats Siding With Netanyahu Against President Obama?

Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Anthony Weiner, Shelley Berkley, Gaza, West Bank, Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Joe Biden, Gary Ackerman, Israel, Plo, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

While President Obama understands the importance of taking a tougher stance on Israel to fit the new circumstances, some Democrats in Congress do not.

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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
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

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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Bibi: Take "Yes" For An Answer

Norm Kurz | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Israeli Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Cairo, Barack Obama, Culture of Hate, Israel, Obama Middle East Policy, Middle East, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Norm Kurz

For all their complaining, Israeli leaders ought to be relieved. Instead of digging in and holding fast to ideologically driven positions, Netanyahu should use Obama's framework as his own.

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Obama Meets Abbas, Israel On Edge Over Settlements

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, President Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama Abbas, Obama Abbas, World News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gingerly trying to advance Mideast peace, President Barack Obama declared on Thursday the U.S. is a "stalwart ally" of Israel but c...

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