Obama Israel Policy

Obama and the Peace Process

Marwan Bishara | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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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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Foxman: Obama Putting Too Much Weight On Solving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), gives an account of his meeting this week with President Barack Obama and other Jewish g...

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Obama's Trip and the Parameters for Peace

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

Obama will not compromise the imperatives of Israel's security, but he also will not ease his efforts in aiding in the creation of a second State, a Palestinian one, for which we have waited 60 years.

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"Leaving It up to the Parties" Doesn't Work

Peter A. Joseph | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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Peter A. Joseph

Without the U.S. playing an active role, there is little reason to think the conflict can be resolved. Fortunately, President Obama is engaged.

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Obama Mideast Plan Best Since Camp David: David Miliband

Times Online | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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David Miliband hailed President Obama's efforts to kick-start the Middle East peace process yesterday as a once in a generation opportunity to resolve...

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Jordan's King Abdullah: Israel Needs Peace Now Or There Will Be War Next Year

Times Online | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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America is putting the final touches to a hugely ambitious peace plan for the Middle East, aimed at ending more than 60 years of conflict between Isra...

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Obama's Needs A 'Game Changer' In Middle East: Analysis

Salon | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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Trying to figure out what Barack Obama intends to do in the Middle East is like trying to read the leaves in a cup of tea stirred by Jackson Pollock. ...

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Obama and Israel's Military: Still Arm-in-Arm

Stephen Zunes | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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Stephen Zunes

It's profoundly disappointing that there has been so little public opposition to Obama's dismissal of Amnesty International's calls to suspend aid to Israel.

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Obama Empowers Jewish Insurgency

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

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MJ Rosenberg

It is astonishing that the diplomatic process survived the outbreak of the second Intifada, 9/11, and the eight-year neoconservative-dominated Bush-Cheney administration.

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Obama Means End Of "Blank Checks" For Israel: Clinton Ambassador

AFP | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

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Israel can no longer expect "blank cheques" from Washington once president-elect Barack Obama's administration takes over in January, a former US amba...

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Analysis: After Bush, Some Israelis Looking For Tough Love From Obama

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — Each time a new U.S. president is elected, the question that leaps to Israeli minds is, "is he good for the Jews?" With Barack Obam...

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JPost: Obama "Striking," "Blunt" In Interview On Israel

Jerusalem Post | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Two months ago in the Oval Office, President George W. Bush, coming to the end of a two-term presidency and presumably as expert on Israeli-Palestinia...

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