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Open Minds, And Warm But Troubled Hearts In Closed Gaza (Pt. 1)

James S. Gordon | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Mideast, Israel, Peace, Middle East Peace, Humanitarian Aid, Gaza War, The Inner Life, Living News
James S. Gordon

Sitting in the circles of our small groups we move more deeply into each others' minds and hearts. Experiences and feelings that are rarely if ever publicly revealed in tradition-saturated Gaza are shared.

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Netanyahu, Clinton, Palestinian Refugees, Palestinians, Settlements, Obama, Settlers, Refugee Camps, Mahmoud Abbas, Two State, West Bank, Jerusalem, Peace Plan, White House, Gaza Strip, Peace Talks, Benjamin Netanyahu, Un, Mideast, Israel, Refugees, Hillary Clinton, Illegal Settlements, World News

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Yemen, Iranian Revolution, Quds Force, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-Quds, Houthis, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qods Force, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Israel, Saada, Sana'A, Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Quds), Al-Qaeda, Irgc, Al Qaeda, Smart Power, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Soft Power, Mideast, Shia, Shi'a Militias, Shiites, World News
Kevin Sullivan

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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Working for Peace is a Form of Prayer

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Peace, Gilad Shalit, Judaism, Gaza, World News
Bradley Burston

The exchange of several Palestinian women prisoners for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit could signal a tectonic shift in Israeli-Palestinian peace relations.

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Mr. Obama, Have a Talk With These Israelis, and Soon

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bradley Burston, Politics, Israel, Mideast Peace Process, World, Mideast, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bradley Burston

You are in danger of losing critical support for progress toward a two-state solution. Though you have been president for only five months, you are fast running out of time.

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Iran Election

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Election 2009, Democracy, Mideast, World News
Lloyd Garver

Some people keep insisting that an American-style democracy can be developed anywhere in the world, including the Mideast. Up until this weekend, they...

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Iran Missile Test: Ahmadinejad Says It's Within Israel's Range

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Middle East, Mideast, Iran Missile, Iran Elections, Iran and Israel, Isreal, Iran Missle Test, Iran Missile Test, Tehran-Iran, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran test-fired a missile capable of striking Israel, U.S. Mideast bases and Europe on Wednesday _ a show of strength touted by P...

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Obama, Netanyahu, Two States for Spoiled Brats

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Israeli Settlements, Mideast, Bradley Burston, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S., Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

Washington and the world have allowed Israel and the Palestinians to run off the rails in whatever direction they happen to see fit at the moment. Why? They're afraid of them.

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The Same Old Bipartisanship: The Hoyer/Cantor Letter to Obama on Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Steny Hoyer, Middle East, Hoyer Cantor Letter, Middle East Politics, Israel, Mideast, Mideast Relations, Eric Cantor, World News
MJ Rosenberg

The AIPAC show came and went. But it left as its legacy the Steny Hoyer/Eric Cantor letter urging President Obama to let the Middle East fester.

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How Would Israel Look, if Its Left Finally Died?

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mideast, Khaled Meshal, Ehud Barak, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama, U.S., Palestinians, World News
Bradley Burston

It might look just like it does.

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Middle East Trip: Day One

Katie Couric | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Katie Couric, Robert Gates, Cairo, Egypt, Gates Middle East Trip, Middle East, Mideast, Cbs, Media News
Katie Couric

I arrived in Cairo this afternoon. Secretary Gates will be meeting with President Mubarak about Egypt's role in the Arab-Israeli conflict and about the problem of smuggling supplies into Gaza through underground tunnels.

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Israel's Voice of Reason? An Exclusive Interview With Amos Oz

Johann Hari | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mideast Peace Process, Amos Oz, Mideast, Israel, Mideast Peace, World News
Johann Hari

The unlikely story of the state of Israel is intertwined with the unlikely story of Amos Oz. He is, all at once, its most distinguished novelist, its most passionate defender, and its most notorious "traitor."

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Mideast Peace Process: Time for a New Approach

Amal Malouf Johnson | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Rebuilding Gaza, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Gaza, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Gaza City, Mideast, World News
Amal Malouf Johnson

We need to create an environment of trust and amplify the voices of the less extreme segments of the population if we are going to give leaders a chance to have any type of successful negotiation.

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Hillary Clinton, Gaza, and the Six-State Solution

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Iran, Israel, Bradley Burston, Hillary Clinton, Gaza, Mideast, Palestinians, Middle East Peace, Middle East Politics, World News
Bradley Burston

The way forward in the Middle East: Keep back channels open to Tehran, while supporting Netanyahu, should he pick up with Syria.

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Gaza Clouds Obama's Prospects

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Robert Scheer

Clearly, Hamas and its hard-line supporters in the region reject the goal of an Israel at peace with its neighbors and secure within its boundaries.

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Ultraconservative Islam Gaining In Influence, Numbers In Mideast

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 11.19.2008 | Home

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CAIRO, Egypt — The Muslim call to prayer fills the halls of a Cairo computer shopping center, followed immediately by the click of locking doors...

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Blood and Oil

Karen Kwiatkowski | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Oil, Mideast, Iraq War, Media News
Karen Kwiatkowski

Blood and Oil goes a long way to preparing a mindset that will create common ground between left and right, pro-war and antiwar, young and old, Americans and the rest of the world.

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Time To Put Out The Cigar, Ehud

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Ehud Olmert, Ariel Sharon, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Politics News
Richard Z. Chesnoff

I've never much liked Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - at least not personally. Still, I had measured hopes for his success.

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Dubailand Lead Parade Of New International Theme Parks

Los Angeles Times | Kimi Yoshino | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Dubai, Universal Studios, Walt Disney, Busch Entertainment, Mideast, Abu Dhabi, Six Flags, Far East, Theme Parks, United Arab Emirates, Dreamworks, Dubailand, Business News

From the Los Angeles Times' report on the growth of theme parks abroad, particularly in the Middle East: Twenty-five years after Walt Disney Co. bega...

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Babylon & Beyond: Fallon's Resignation Prompts Iran War Talk

LA Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Admiral William Fallon, War With Iran, Iraq War, Middle East, Us Policy Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Mideast, War on Terror, Politics News

Just days after a controversial article in Esquire magazine described Adm. William J. Fallon as the man standing in the way of a Bush administration w...

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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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Tom Lantos Dies

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Syria, Annapolis Peace Conference, Annapolis, Iran, Rep Lantos Dead, Rep. Tom Lantos, Mideast, Middle East, Congressman Lantos Dead, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Congressman Lantos, Israel, Thomas Lantos, Rep Lantos Dies, Congressman Lantos Dies, Tom Lantos and Holocaust, Rep Lantos and Palestine, Tom Lantos and Israel, Tom Lantos Convert, Home News

Update: Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi released a statement on fellow Democratic Representative Tom Lantos' death. The passing of Tom Lantos is ...

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Bush Slams Iran, Praises Turkey On Eve Of Mideast Trip

New York Times | DAVID STOUT and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, George Bush, Iran, Turkey, Mideast, Bush, Condileeza Rice, Politics News

Just hours before President Bush was to begin his trip to the Middle East, he sharply criticized Iran on Tuesday for fomenting "a dangerous situation"...

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