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Obama Loses Israel Settlement Fight, Pivots In His Demands

nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER and MARK LANDLER | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

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UNITED NATIONS -- President Obama, who has met immovable resistance from Israel over his demand for a full freeze on settlements in the West Bank, is ...

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Obama, Netanyahu, Abbas Meeting: Share Your Views (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

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President Obama brought together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today for the first time since the ...

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Obama: Israel, Palestinians Must Do More For Mideast Peace

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

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NEW YORK — Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama sternly prodded Israeli and Palestinian leaders to relaunch Mideast peace negotiati...

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At Obama Israel Summit, Netanyahu Will Defend Settlement Growth, Says Aide

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will defend the expansion of West Bank settlements when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian Preside...

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Obama To Meet With Netanyahu, Abbas

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Preside...

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Obama Settlement Stance Draws Fire From All Directions

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

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Though President Obama is reported to be taking an unprecedentedly harder line on Israel's settlement activities, expressed through statements by rank...

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How Diplomacy with Iran Can Succeed

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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Jeremy Ben-Ami

With so much riding on this difficult challenge, America must realize that missing the opportunity to find a diplomatic solution is not an option.

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Obama Coordinates Attack Against Israeli Settlements

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Taegan Goddard reports that President Obama has succeeded in coordinating pressure on Israel to stop building settlements. For once, lawmakers on Cap...

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President Obama Faces Growing Hill Pressure On Israel

Politico.com | BEN SMITH | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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As President Barack Obama prepares to depart for his first trip to the Arab world, the administration's escalating pressure on Israel to freeze all gr...

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Netanyahu On Obama, Clinton: "What The Hell Do They Want From Me?"

The Cable | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Last night, shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told journalists that the Obama administration "wants to see a stop to settlements -...

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Wake Up, Israel

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Alon Ben-Meir

Do not allow this historic chance for peace to slip away because of complacency or lack of courage. If Israel is destined to bring light onto other nations, this is the moment.

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Israel To Propose Settlement Compromise To U.S.

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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MAALEH ADUMIM, West Bank — Israel scrambled Tuesday to sidestep President Barack Obama's demand for a West Bank settlement freeze with a diluted...

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The Potential Romance Between Obama and Netanyahu

Yoav Sivan | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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Yoav Sivan

Obama and Netanyahu's meeting, in fact, was more than a diplomatic obligation between the leaders of two allied nations that have just assumed office. It was a matter of symbiotic political need.

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NCIS and Obama/Netanyahu Revisited: Mysteries and Mayhem

Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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Steven L. Spiegel

Whether the writers on the fifth most popular American TV show realize it or not, they are reflecting and perhaps shaping many Americans' perspective on the Jerusalem-Washington connection.

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Maoz Esther: Israel Evacuates West Bank Outpost In Gesture To Obama

Israel News | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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In an apparent nod to diplomatic pressure exerted by the Obama administration, Israeli security forces evacuated the West Bank settlement outpost of M...

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Netanyahu Clashed With Obama, Congress On Trip

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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JERUSALEM — Media focus on the idea of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, favored by President Barack Obama, is "childish ...

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New York Times Falsifies Obama-Netanyahu Meeting [UPDATED]

David Bromwich | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

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David Bromwich

The decision-makers at the New York Times are again acting as if their readers have no other means of checking the facts they report.

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Hamas: Obama Remarks 'Intended To Deceive The International Community'

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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Hamas reacted with pessimism on Tuesday to the meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, saying that while the ...

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Israeli Settlers Reject Obama Call To Halt Building

Reuters | Ori Lewis | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Jewish settler leaders on Tuesday shrugged off President Barack Obama's call for Israel to halt settlement building in the occu...

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Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: Israeli Leader Doesn't Mention "Two-State Solution" (VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT)

Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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Scroll down for video and full transcript Today's meeting between President Obama and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu is being carefully analyzed b...

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Why Israelis Trust Obama More Than Bibi Netanyahu

Paul Hilder | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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Paul Hilder

Most ordinary Israelis and Palestinians desperately want a peace based on two states. It is their politicians who are failing to knuckle down and deliver it.

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Netanyahu Tells Obama: Palestinians Must Accept Israel's Right To Exist

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday opened his deepest foray into the Middle East quagmire, telling Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu ...

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Obama Pro-Israel? Only 31% Of Israelis Say Yes In New Poll

Israel News, Ynetnews | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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Only 31% of Israel's adult Jewish population considers Barack Obama' administration to be pro-Israel, according to a Smith Institute poll released Sun...

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Obama Netanyahu Meeting: World Watches For U.S. Shift On Mideast

nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER | Posted 06.17.2009 | World

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Five weeks ago, President Obama stood before the Turkish legislature in Ankara and said many Americans had Muslims in their families or had lived in a...

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Will Congress Back Bibi Or Obama?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

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MJ Rosenberg

The status quo lobby is getting worried. Very worried. It knew that Obama was determined to move aggressively on his Middle East peace agenda but never imagined that he would be this bold.

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