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Palestinian Negotiator: 'Defining Moment' Is Here

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Authority, Israel-Palestine, Palestinians, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News

JERUSALEM — The chief Palestinian negotiator on Monday warned Israel that if it does not take peacemaking seriously, it will find itself dealing...

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A Response to Bradley Burston's Critique

Henry Siegman | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Israel, Bradley Burston, World News

For now, blaming Palestinians for their misery is nothing more than a pretext for the continuation of a colonialist enterprise that every other democracy in the world has relegated to a shameful past.

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Abbas's Decison Signals Need for Implementation Not Negotiations for Two State Solution

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, President Abbas, Palestine, Israel, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, World News

The Israelis, the Americans, the international community and any proponent of a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict couldn't dream of finding a better Palestinian leader.

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Abbas Not To Seek Re-Election, Say Palestinian Officials

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas Fatah, Palestinians, Fatah, Hamas, World News

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election when elections are held in January, Palestinian officials said. "Th...

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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Gaza, Abbas, Palestine, Settlements, Two State Talks, Settlers, Peace, Palestinians, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Jerusalem, Arabs, Clinton, Mideast Peace, Two State Solution, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, World News

CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Will Elections Help or Hurt Palestinian Reconciliation

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Fateh, Ramallah, Obama, Hamas, Israel, Palestinians, World News

It remains to be seen whether the elections will take place on time or, if they do, whether they will be held in Gaza as well as the West Bank.

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

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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Israel Arrests West Bank Settler For Terror Attacks

Haaretz | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Palestinians, Israel, Israeli Settles, West Bank, Israel Arrests Settler, World News

Following the arrest of a West Bank settler suspected of multiple murders and bomb attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel ...

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The Regional Economics of Peace

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Edgar Bronfman, Economic Reform, Palestinians, Hamas, Resolution, Israel Gaza, Middle East Peace, World News

Palestinians are going to require a regional approach. The Arab world needs to play a much larger role than it has, primarily as an import market and as a positive influence on the overall regional business environment.

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Arabs and Jews Together for Peace

James Zogby | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Middle East, Arab American Institute, Arab, Palestinians, Israel, Middle East Peace, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jstreet, World News

Sunday, representatives of over three dozen Arab American and American Jewish organizations met in Washington to make clear their shared commitment to a comprehensive Middle East peace.

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Israeli Police Raid Temple Mount

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Jews, Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa, Jerusalem, Israeli Police, Muslims, Palestinians, Israel, Temple Mount, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside...

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J Street Conference To Open Amid Controversy

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

J Street, an advocacy and lobbying firm created 18 months ago, is holding its first annual conference beginning Sunday, with participation from about ...

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Palestinian, Israeli Farmers Fight Over Olive Groves

GlobalPost | Sara Sorcher | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli Settlements, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Palestinians, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News

By Sara Sorcher AWARTA and SUSYA, West Bank -- The olive branch may be a universal symbol for peace, but in the West Bank, the olive harvest bring...

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Dangerous Currents in Palestine

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Abbas, Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Intifada, Barak Obama, Palestinians, Egpyt, World News

The social and economic life in Jerusalem and the West Bank appears to be on a positive upwards trend. Salam Fayyad's government has been successful (...

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Netanyahu's Challenge to the UN -- And My Challenge to Liberals -- For Moral Consistency

Lanny Davis | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Human Rights Council, Human Rights, Terrorism, Israelis, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian State, United Nations, World News

Based on these core principles, liberals should overwhelmingly demand that the Palestinians accept Israel's minimal request to bring peace.

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Tony Blair Assailed At Palestinian Mosque, Called A 'Terrorist' (VIDEO)

Reuters | Sangwon Yoon | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Arabs, Palestinian Mosque, West Bank, Terrorism, Israelis, Tony Blair, Terrorist, Hebron, Palestine, Palestinians, Middle East Envoy, European Union, World News

Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the "Quartet" of powers - the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, was assailed by ...

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Drug Addiction On The Rise In Gaza

Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ivan Karakashian | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: War Trauma, Gazan Drug Abuse, Tramadol Addiction, Gaza, Israeli Blockade, Tranquilizers, Painkillers, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Drug Addiction, Gaza Drug Laws, Addiction, Drugs, Palestinians, Blockade, Drugs in Gaza, Israel, Gaza Strip, Gaza Drugs, World News

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians struggling to cope with the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the trauma of war are turning to painkillers and tran...

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Voices from Jerusalem: Archeology and National Claims in Jerusalem

Ir Amim | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: The City of David, Silwan, Archeology, Palestinians, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Archaeological Claims, Holy City, Middle East, Israel, Archaeology, World News

Many in Israel today see archeology as a tool for strengthening the connection between the Jewish people and the ancient past of the land of Israel.

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Palestinian Memo: Hopes In Obama "Evaporated" After "Zionist Lobby" Pressure

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, Foreign Affairs, Obama Settlements, Palestinians Obama, Obama Israel, News, Palestine Memo, Palestinian Hopes in Obama Evaporated, Bing Today, World News

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House o...

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A Fast For Human Rights In Gaza

David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Blockade, West Bank, World, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Palestinians, Civilian Casualties, Hamas, Israel Blockade, Civil Rights, Humanitarian Aid, World News, Palestinian Authority, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Fasting, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Jewish, Muslims, Muslim, Impact News

There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.

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US 'Fabricated Symmetry' Bad for Middle East Peace Process

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Salam Fayyad, Dan Kurtzer, Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama, Israel, Palestine, President Abbas, Middle East, Obama, Palestinians, World News

Instead of this false symmetry in which charges are fabricated to appear balanced, the US president should simply lay out who has been responsible for the delayed peace process.

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Palestinians Halt Effort to Push Gaza War Report Due To U.S., Israeli Pressure

nytimes.com | NEIL MacFARQUHAR | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Un Israel, Gaza War Report, Richard Goldstone, Palestinians, Un, Israel, Un Gaza Report, World News

UNITED NATIONS In a startling shift, the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council dropped its efforts to forward a report acc...

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Netanyahu's 'Shame' And The Fiction He Weaves

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Break down Netanyahu's speech to the UN and you have more fiction than fact, albeit fiction that has very adeptly been spun by successive Israeli governments into the lexicon of our political language.

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Israel's Pines-Paz Ignores Facts on Iran

Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran, Wmd, Palestinians, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Barack Obama, Obama Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

After listening to Israeli Labor party MK Ophir Pines-Paz speak and answer questions, it seems clear that Pines-Paz does not understand Iran, though he's clearly not alone.

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Israel Is More Than Real

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Middle Eastern Peace Process, U.N., Palestinians, World News

If Emanuel and Axelrod are "self-hating Jews," then I'll take more of them.

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