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Middle East Peace Process

Kaddafi Back in My Backyard

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

Read More: Peace in the Middle East, Muammar Kaddafi UN Speech, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Jewish Community, Muammar Kaddafi, Obama Israel Relations, Middle East Conflict, Middle East Peace Process, World News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

I am a busy man. But that did not stop me from taking off several weeks from my professional life to fight Muammar Kaddafi's plan to take up residence directly next door to me this past August and September.

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The Last Jews of Beirut

Josie Ensor | Posted 12.16.2009 | World

Read More: Jews of Beirut, Beirut Jews, Lebanese Jewish Community, Middle East Conflict, Middle East Politics, Lebanese Jews, Middle East Peace Process, World News
Josie Ensor

The last Jews of Beirut will have to wait longer for their only place of worship to be restored. The non-profit organization in charge of the renovation effort, has announced they have run out of funds.

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Israel's 'Settlement Freeze'

The Real News | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East Conflict, Middle East Peace Process, World News
The Real News

Toufic Haddad, co-author of Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. War on Terror, and Palestine correspondent for The Faster Times speaks in Jerusalem to Lia Tarachansky of The Real News about Israel's "settlement freeze."

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Middle East Peace: It's Time for Mitchell 2.0 and the American Plan

Joel Rubin | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Middle East Conflict, Middle East Peace Process, World News
Joel Rubin

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has unilaterally declared that Israel will temporarily freeze settlement construction in the West Bank. So where do President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Mitchell go from here?

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Finding Common Ground

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rabbi Marc Schneier, Middle East Peace Process, Shaul Mofaz, Jewish-Muslim Dialogue, Hamas, Gilad Shalit, Project Aladdin, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, World News
Menachem Rosensaft

If we condemn Ahmadinejad and other patrons of terrorism, we must commend those Muslim intellectuals and religious leaders who have the courage to speak out publicly against the continued fomentation of Judaeophobia.

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Congress, Accountability, and the Goldstone Report

Salena Tramel | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Congress, Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Gaza, Middle East Peace Process, Breaking Politics News, Hamas, Israel, World News, The Goldstone Report, World News
Salena Tramel

Congress--and all Americans for that matter--should welcome each and every investigation of human rights violations, wherever and by whomever they may have been committed.

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J Street Again

James Zogby | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Pro-Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Arab, Jewish, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
James Zogby

In the 1990s, when we came together, we only did it at the behest of the White House, and Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn validated the effort. This time is different.

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Jason Linkins

Kid Reporter Damon Weaver Now Working On Bringing Peace To The Middle East

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Damon Weaver, Al Hurra, Middle East Peace Process, Damon Weaver Obama, Media News

Superstar kid reporter Damon Weaver, having achieved the interview with President Obama that our own Sam Stein could only dream of getting, has traine...

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Searching for a Minyan: Our Response to Being Censored by J Street

Kevin Coval | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hillel, Palestine, Aipac, Van Jones, Gaza, Middle East Peace Process, Commentary, J Street, Weekly Standard, Fox News, Israel, Tikkun Olam, World News
Kevin Coval

Some right-wing blogs and pseudo-news organizations have churned the alarmist rumor mill about the J Street conference. What is disappointing, and troubling, is J Street's response: caving.

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Obama's Next Middle East Challenge

James Zogby | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, The Middle East, Middle East Politics, Obama Middle East, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Peace, Barack Obama, Middle East Peace, Binyamin Netanyahu, Middle East, Middle East Peace Process, Obama Middle East Policy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, World News
James Zogby

With the dust having settled following Obama's New York meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas, a sober assessment of what actually happened, and what may happen next, is in order.

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Obama and the Peace Process

Marwan Bishara | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Obama Israel Policy, Middle East Peace Process, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Obama Israel, World News
Marwan Bishara

I could only shake my head in amazement as I listened to President Obama at the U.N. trying to put a brave face on his administration's failure to convince Israel to freeze all settlement activities.

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A New Path of Palestinian Resistance

James Zogby | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fatah, Israel, Middle East Peace, Middle East Peace Process, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Hamas, World News
James Zogby

For Palestine, resistance means much more than bombs and rockets, and, in fact, often times violence can be antithetical to true resistance.

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"Mabruk" Mubarak

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Iran, The Middle East, Gaza, President Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Cairo, Saudi Arabia, Middle East Peace Process, Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Muslim World, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Mubarak shares the president's goal of moving the Middle East peace process off dead center, and is well positioned now to be Washington's go-to guy in the Arab world, once again.

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East Jerusalem Settlements: Russia Joins US In Calling For Construction Halt

AFP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Israel Settlement, Israeli Settlements, Russia Israel, Foreign Affairs, Settlements, Settlers, Middle East Peace, Israel Settlements, East Jerusalem, Settlements in Palestine, Obama Settlements, East Jerusalem Expansion, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Advocacy, World News

Russia called on Israel Tuesday to put an immediate halt to a controversial building project in occupied Arab east Jerusalem, saying the plan violated...

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'George Costanza' Middle East Peace Plan: COMEDY!

AP | JOSEPH MARKS | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East Peace Conference, Foreign Affairs, Seinfeld, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Jason Alexander, Middle East Peace, George Castanza Middle East Peace Plan, Advocacy, George Castanza, Costanza Middle East Peace, Costanza Middle East, George Costanza in Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander told a crowd in Jerusalem Wednesday that the search for an Israeli-Palestinian solution and the "show ab...

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Most Israelis, Palestinians Still Support 2-State Solution: Poll

Huffington Post Contributor | Darya Shaikh, OneVoice Movement | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, OneVoice Movement, President Obama, OneVoice Poll, West Bank, Middle East, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Diplomacy, Two-State Solution, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Onevoice, World News

We're one third of the way through 2009, but we can already say it has been a hard year for those who want to see two states living in peace, side by ...

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A Question of Proportionality: Israel's Excessive Airstrikes

Tom Farer | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East Peace Process, Obama Israel, Gaza, President Obama, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Obama-and-the-Middle-East, World News
Tom Farer

I remain convinced that a two-state solution remains the legally and morally appropriate route to security for both Israelis and Palestinians.

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Israel's Election Day: Not a Change We Can Believe In

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 03.10.2009 | World

Read More: Peace Process, Israel Elections, Middle East Peace Process, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Tzipi Livni, Knesset, Palestinians, Israel Prime Minister, Binyahim Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

All three of Israel's candidates for Prime Minister belong to an era that should be receding behind us, not popping up in our ballot boxes again and again.

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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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Bush: Cheney to Press for Mideast Peace

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Dick Cheney, President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Mideast, Middle East, Cheney Mideast Trip, Cheney Middle East Trip, Middle East Peace Process, Saudi Arabai Cheney, Israel Cheney, West Bank Cheney, Turkey Cheney, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Bush, dispatching Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East, said the goal is to get Israelis and Palestinians to hol...

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