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Libyan Aid On Way To Palestinians

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A boat loaded with humanitarian aid has left Libya and will try to reach Gaza despite an Israeli naval blockade, a Pales...

Desmond Tutu on Obama and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sean Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Sean Jacobs

"If you believe in the rule of law, then you are going to say the ICC is one particularly important instrument, because it is an instrument that is saying we will no longer tolerate impunity."

The Arab Peace Initiative: What Obama Should Do

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
MJ Rosenberg

One of the stellar accomplishments of the Obama campaign's Jewish outreach team was its ability to prevent the candidate from taking stands on specific Israeli-Palestinian issues.

Israel To Release 250 Palestinian Prisoners

AFP | Ezzedine Said | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that 250 Palestinian prisoners would be freed in a goodwill gesture, as Palestin...

For Middle East Peace, Dennis Ross is Not the Change We Seek

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robert Naiman

A campaign by folks concerned about peace in the Middle East could help remove Dennis Ross from short lists for top positions supervising our diplomacy in the Middle East.

Jesse's Obama Hit -- A Blessing in Disguise

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama is a moderate centrist Democrat who has gotten to the threshold of snatching the White House by being everything that Jackson isn't.

Olmert Offers Tough Words That Focus on Real Middle East Problem

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Ray Hanania

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had tough words to describe the militant actions of Israeli settlers living on occupied lands in the West Bank.

Denouncing Islamic Terrorism Does Not Undermine Just Causes

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Ray Hanania

Headlines in newspapers across the Arab and Islamic World proclaimed that the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad was a "warning" to Pakistan's...

As Peace Talks Splutter, Israelis And Palestinians Eye Plan B

Christian Science Monitor | Joshua Mitnick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Over the past two decades of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, deadlines for peace agreements have come and gone with precious few treaties. Now, ami...

A Matter of Justice

Jane Guskin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jane Guskin

One of the government documents in the case is so sloppy that it repeatedly misspells the name of the group Hamas as "Ramas."

Issues and Non-Issues

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
MJ Rosenberg

We do need to know if either candidate is prepared to help the United States out of the box it is in. We are in an isolation box. We only talk to people we like and our prestige is at an all-time low.

Biden Balances Obama's Palestine-Israel Problem

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Ray Hanania

Biden's selection sends a clear signal that Obama has decided that he will compromise his principles and shift from what could have been the answer to the Israel-Palestine conflict to embrace Israel's agenda.

Hamas, Fatah Silencing Dissent In West Bank, Gaza

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

NABLUS, West Bank — A West Bank professor is thrown into a police jeep and beaten with pipes. Detainees in Gaza are prevented from seeing lawyer...

Palestinians Reject West Bank Deal From Israeli Prime Minister

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected an Israeli peace proposal because it does not provide for a contiguous Palestinian state with Jerusal...

Wrong...Wrong...Wrong: Obama Lets Muslim Advisor Resign

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Steve Clemons

Obama should convince the American public that he's not setting up a zero sum game between Muslims on one side and Christians and Jews on the other.

Bill Clinton, Middle East Envoy?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Politically, this would give both the Clintons a personal stake in the race, and would go a long way towards healing the wounds inflicted in the primaries on both sides.

Obama Hits All of the Basics in Middle East but Can Do More

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Ray Hanania

Obama did all the "right" things during his tour of the Middle East. But doing the "right things" might not be enough to actually achieve Middle East peace. Obama needs to do more.

Palestinians' New Agriculture Park Might Spell Catastrophe for Peace and the Environment

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Karin Kloosterman

Israel and its surrounding region suffers greatly from water shortages. Water is a national concern, and if there is one thing that concerns everyone ...

Palestine Bloggers On The Obama Tour And The New Yorker

Jillian York | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jillian York

"We Palestinians and Arab Americans have to look at this race carefully... McCain is so dangerous for us and his ideas are so malicious. So, let's pick the less worse of the two: Let's endorse Obama."

Obama in Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
MJ Rosenberg

The people uncomfortable with Obama are the same people who believe that Bush was the best President for Israel in its history, overlooking the fact that these have been the worst eight years in Israel's history.

Palestinian Goes On Rampage In Jerusalem

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians ...

What Color Is Imus? "White ... There You Go. Now We Know"

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Ray Hanania

Don Imus has been making racist remarks about Arabs and Muslims for years and no one listened when Arabs and Muslims complained. That's because in our...

Israel's Exchange and Obama's Enemies

Steve Posner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Steve Posner

Amid the cheers arising in Hezbollah's Beirut and the Gaza of Hamas, the sound of Obama's defense of Israel may also be heard.

Israel-Hamas Truce Holds, Gaza Receives Badly-Needed Goods

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel allowed dozens of trucks to deliver food, diapers and clothes to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, boosting the flow of b...

Cease-fire: No Small Thing

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
MJ Rosenberg

Cease-fire or no cease-fire, neither side is turning its swords into plowshares. Nonetheless, the truce between Hamas and Israel is a very good thing.