Proximity Talks

'Arab and Peace' Is Not an Oxymoron

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Proximity Talks, Israel, Middle East Peace, Israel Palestine, World News
Alon Ben-Meir

"Arab and peace" is not an oxymoron today, just as "Israel and peace" need not be. The Arab world has dramatically changed since 1967, and the time has come for Israelis to recognize it.

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A Candid Conversation With The Arab League's Amr Moussa - Peace Talks, One-State, Hezbollah, Iran and..."Foreign Fingers"

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Land for Peace, World News, West Bank, Amr Moussa, King Abdullah, Peace Process, Apartheid, Hariri, Lebanon, Iraq, Obama, UN Security Council, Hezbollah, Bashar Al-Assad, Eu, Iran, Politics, Gaza, Peace Talks, 2006 War, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Two-State Solution, Abu Mazen, Mlita Museum, Qatar, Netanyahu, Jordan, Turkey, Special Tribunal, One State Solution, Hosni Mubarak, Fatah, Arab League, Settlements, Hamas, Palestinians, Palestinian Authority, Ahmadinejad, Proximity Talks, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Mideast Negotiations, World News
Sharmine Narwani

Despite rumors that Amr Moussa is preparing to run for office in Egypt, his focus remains firmly on the most contentious issue in the Middle East right now -- the troubled, never-ending "peace process" between Palestinians and Israelis.

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Peace Process Is a Foreign Term in East Jerusalem and Gaza

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Proximity Talks, Peace Process, Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem, Fatah, Palestine, Settlements, Hamas, Barack Obama, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Since the beginning of the proximity talks eight weeks ago Israeli behavior has not reflected a country interested in peace.

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Click and Its Relevance to Inter-Country Relations

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Friendship, Mexican-Americans, Proximity Talks, Panama, Mexico, War, Grenada, Canada, Nicaragua, Yugoslavia, Philippines, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Vietnam War, Korean War, Somalia, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

Ori and Rom Brafman's new book Click: The Magic of Instant Connections raises a number of interesting observations concerning why some people are able...

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Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: Pressure Without Progress Could Lead to Political Suicide

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hanan Ashrawi, Israeli Settlements, Proximity Talks, Middle East, Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Obama Israel, Barack Obama, Middle East Peace, World News
James Zogby

In discussing Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks, Ashrawi warned that moving to direct talks when no progress has been made will lead to the Palestinian national leadership's loss of credibility with its own constituents.

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The Road to Nowhere: Fayyad and a Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian Statehood

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Salam Fayyad, World News, Israel, Proximity Talks, Peace Talks, World News
Mya Guarnieri

Mahmoud, a Palestinian taxi driver, isn't taking proximity talks seriously. "They just talk and talk and talk," he says, as we wait at a red light in ...

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Mideast "Proximity Talks" -- The Theater of the Absurd

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Mideast Peace Process, Netanyahu, George MItchell, Palestine, Iraq, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Gaza, Peace Talks, Proximity Talks, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Israel, World News
Sharmine Narwani

"Proximity Talks." Look it up in the Dictionary of Realpolitik and you will find the following: "Negotiations going nowhere fast."

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