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Building Momentum for Mid-East Peace: Bring Back the Multilaterals

Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Energy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Obama Un, Barack Obama, Multilateralism, Obama Un Speech, Middle East, Health, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Advocacy, World News

In his speech to the UN General Assembly, President Obama provided the direction for a new approach to foreign affairs, calling for regional initiatives with multilateral participation. We have an idea for just such an initiative.

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Obama's Summiteering: High Altitude Headaches and Rumors of War

William Bradley | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Iran went front and center today, with war a real possibility in the wake of this morning's revelation of a secret nuclear facility.

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Has Israel Become Dependent on Terrorism?

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Terrorism, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bradley Burston, Idf, Barack Obama, World News

Terrorism remains central to Israel's explanations of many of the most morally problematic of its policies, including the siege of Gaza and restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank.

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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

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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Obama Takes On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Climate Change, and China in One Day

Duncan Quirk | Posted 11.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, United Nations Climate Change, Hu Jintao, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Climate Change, Israel, Comedy, China, Barack Obama, Comedy News

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Ask and Tell, Mr. President (VIDEO)

Craig Crawford | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Climate Change, Israel, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News

Maybe it's time for Obama to do less asking and instead let underlings work out agreements, so that when he finally does do the asking he gets the answers that he wants to hear.

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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

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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Goldstone Report Is a Barrier to Peace

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Richard Goldstone, Palestine, West Bank, Barack Obama, Gaza, United Nations, Israel-Palestine, Ben Gurion Airport, Hamas, Two-State Solution, World News

There are many things wrong with the Goldstone report, but most important, it has set back prospects of peace by making it far more difficult for Israel to withdraw from the West Bank.

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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

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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The Slandering of a Renown Jewish Jurist and War Crimes Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Palestine, United Nations, Alan Dershowitz, War, Richard Goldstone, Hamas, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Israeli Missiles, War Crimes, Hamas Rockets, President Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Gaza Strip, Israeli Government, Crimes Against Humanity, World News

Renown South African Jurist Richard Goldstone has completed a comprehensive report on the war crimes committed during the Israeli war started against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 4, 2008.

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Ahmadinejad's Genocidal Rosh Hashana Speech Dashes Obama's Hopes for Breakthrough Talks

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, World News, Ahmadinejad, Gaza, Jerusalem, Holocaust Denial, Genocide, UN General Assembly, Twitter, Israel, Palestine, Obama, Hamas, World News

The fact that Ahmadinejad launched his tirade on the eve of Rosh Hashana, surrounded by the leaders from Gaza, is an uncomfortable reminder to President Obama and other world leaders.

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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

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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QODS DAY: Protesters Transform Jerusalem Day Into Iran Day

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Esfahan, Demonstrations, Shiraz, Iranian, Violence, Palestine, Iran, Quds Day, Mehdi Karroubi, Rallies, Jerusalem Day, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Qods Day, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Protests, Israel, Handala, Slideshow, World News

Today a long time tradition of the Islamic Republic of Iran was transformed into nationwide mass protests against the government.

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UN Investigation of Israel Discredits Itself and Undercuts Human Rights

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Human Rights Council, Gaza, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Israel Supreme Court, Hamas, Occupied Territories, Israel, World News

No wonder human rights experts, including Mary Robinson, refused to participate in this mockery, declaring that it was "guided not by human rights, but by politics."

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UN Probe: Gaza War Crimes Committed By Both Israel, Armed Palestinians

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. investigation concluded Tuesday that both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza committed war crimes and pos...

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Human Rights Watch and Israel: Questions to Answer

Daniel Levy | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Human Rights Watch, Palestine, Hrw, World News

Marc Garlasco of Human Rights Watch collects Nazi-era Wehrmacht memorabilia and has published a 450-page book on the subject. The Likud-America blogosphere is going Glenn Beck on this story.

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This Jewish New Year, Let's Put An End to Hope

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Norman Rockwell, Civil Rights, Christ, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year, Massachusetts, New England, World News

A hundred years of fighting have proven, if nothing else, that hope for a future in which one side gets all that it wants, and the other goes without, is hope for no future at all.

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West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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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Palestinian Nationalism Revisited

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Armed Struggle, Palestine, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Assad, Arafat, Jamal Abdel Nasser, Revolution, Palestinian Nationalism, Palestinian, World News

The 21st century has seen a major deterioration in Arab nationalism. Major pan-Arab movements have either been disgraced or have proven ineffective.

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Israel To Build New Houses In Settlements: Prime Minister Netanyahu's Aides

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Israel said Friday it will construct hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements before any slowdown in building, an anno...

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France: No More Settlements For Mideast Peace

AP | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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PARIS — France's foreign minister says an agreement on freezing Jewish settlements must be reached for international Mideast peace efforts to su...

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Obama Expected To Moderate Meeting Between Netanyahu, Abbas

foxnews.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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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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Hamas Leader Denies Holocaust, Objects To UN Plan To Teach Gaza Children About Holocaust

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war c...

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Six Easy Ways to End the Conflict in the Middle East

Omri Marcus | Posted 09.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Israel, Middle East, Israel, Obama Israel Video, Peace, Barack Obama, Comedy News

Maybe it's time to think outside the box. Maybe it's about time to stop counting on our leaders, and end this fiasco in a different way

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Sweden: Editor Denies Anti-Semitism Charges, Gov't Refuses To Condemn Anti-Israel Article

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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Jan Helin, the editor-in-chief of the Swedish newspaper which printed an article accusing Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians and harvested their...

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