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Peace in the Middle East

Kaddafi Back in My Backyard

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

I am a busy man. But that did not stop me from taking off several weeks from my professional life to fight Muammar Kaddafi's plan to take up residence directly next door to me this past August and September.

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Middle East Peace: It's Time for Mitchell 2.0 and the American Plan

Joel Rubin | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

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Joel Rubin

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has unilaterally declared that Israel will temporarily freeze settlement construction in the West Bank. So where do President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Mitchell go from here?

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Another Divisive Wall

Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Berlin Wall, Gaza, World News
Queen Rania of Jordan

For me, and for so many other people around the world, the anniversary is bittersweet. As the people of Germany celebrate a wall coming down, the people of Palestine are overwrought by a wall going up.

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The South African Talks: A Template for Peace

Michael Young | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Basque Eta, Michael Young, Peace Talks, Afghanistan, Spain, Iran, Middle East Peace Talks, Israel, World News
Michael Young

The South African peace negotiations template can serve as a model for facilitating peace efforts around the world today, from the Middle East, to Afghanistan, to Iran, to the Basque area of Spain.

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Lebanon, Israel Independent Peace Talks Won't Happen: Hariri

Jerusalem Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

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Lebanon will not conduct an independent peace track with Israel, and may not even join the Arab peace initiative, should it become the basis for regio...

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'Obama Plan' For Mideast Causing Much Regional Anticipation

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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The Middle East has been abuzz in anticipation of the peace plan US President Barack Obama is expected to unveil in Cairo next month. ...

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Mideast Peace Process: Time for a New Approach

Amal Malouf Johnson | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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Amal Malouf Johnson

We need to create an environment of trust and amplify the voices of the less extreme segments of the population if we are going to give leaders a chance to have any type of successful negotiation.

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2008: The Year of Audacity

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 02.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope Wins, Hope Big, Fight Club, Obama Senate Replacement, Hope, The Audacity of Hope, Chuck Palahniuk, First Dude, Charlie Gibson, It Was an Audacious Year, 2008 Election, Bernie Madoff, Elie Wiesel, Peace in the Middle East, Dream Big, Barack Obama, Jan Brady of HIstory, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Madoff Victims, Captain Planet, 2008: The Year of Audacity, Living News
Andrea Chalupa

We now have something outside ourselves to struggle against. A very real and tangible angst.

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Towards a Miracle in the Middle East

Marianne Williamson | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Gaza, War, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Peace, Pacifism, Politics News
Marianne Williamson

The greatest gift you can give to both is to realize that on a spiritual level, Israelis and Palestinians are one. Their only true reality is the reality of whom they are in this moment.

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