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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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Benjamin Netanyahu On Iranian Threat: "The Issue Is Not The Security Of Israel But Of The World"

Newsweek | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Holocaust, Gaza, Palestinian, Fatah, Iran, Obama, Human Rights Abuses, Hamas, Nukes, War Crimes, West Bank, Jerusalem, Nuclear Weapons, Two State Solution, Human Rights, Barack Obama, Geneva, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas Fatah, Goldstone Report, Red Cross, Israel, Un, Gilad Shalit, War Crime, World News

NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth spoke to Netanyahu in Jerusalem last week. Excerpts: WEYMOUTH: What did you think of the Goldstone report? NETANYAHU: I tho...

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Tzipi Livni Shows Prime Ministerial Stuff on J Street Conference

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel, Tzipi Livni, J Street, US Foreign Policy, Two State Solution, Kadima, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
Steve Clemons

Tzipi Livni has sent in a remarkable letter of affirmation to J Street, recognizing potential differences but affirming a shared strategic vision for the best interests of Israel.

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Peacemaking Demands Peacemakers

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Edgar Bronfman, West Bank, Ariel Sharon, Fatah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Two-State Solution, Israel, Peace, World News
Edgar M. Bronfman

For the Palestinians, there is still no real leadership, no one who speaks for all of them, and no one who can get them the state they so desperately want. This must change.

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Dear President Lula, Again

David Harris | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Brazil, New Delhi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Human Rights, Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran, United Nations, Obama Visit to Brazil, Israel, South America, Two-State Solution, Barack Obama, Iran Negotiations, Juala Lumpur, World News
David Harris

Why would Brazil, today a towering bastion of democratic values, seek closer ties with Iran, its polar opposite?

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The Cruel Dilemma Facing the Jews of Israel

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Gaza, Mort Zuckerman, Ariel Sharon, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Two-State Solution, World News
Mort Zuckerman

The progress being made by the Palestinians, in terms of controlling the terrorists and criminal gangs, is one of the most promising developments to have occurred in decades.

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Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment

Ira Chernus | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: US-Iran Relations, Iran, Two-State Solution, Iran Containment, Middle East, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Politics News
Ira Chernus

It is those U.S. moves meant to contain the power of Iran that are the main stumbling block on the path to a U.S.-brokered two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Economic Self-Interest for Peace

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas Gaza, West Bank, Edgar Bronfman, Middle East, Tony Blair, Two-State Solution, Middle East Peace, Co-Existence, World News
Edgar M. Bronfman

With the Gaza Strip still under Hamas rule, potential investors in the Palestinian Authority - the Arab states and international community - need to focus on improving conditions in the West Bank.

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Israel Diary: Shimon Peres on Peace, Obama's Tough Love, and Working in the Shadows

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Shimon Peres, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Two-State Solution, Arianna Huffington Shimon Peres, Barack Obama, World News
Arianna Huffington

It's hard to spend any time with Israeli President Shimon Peres and remain pessimistic about the possibility of peace.

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Goldstone Report Is a Barrier to Peace

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 09.22.2009 | 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
Alan Dershowitz

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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The 'One-state Solution' Only Stokes Palestinians Self-Delusion

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Jordan, Netanyahu, Jews, Solomon's Temple, Jerusalem, Jesus, Abbas, Two-State Solution, Obama, Palestinians, Munich, World News, Gaza, Cairo, Right of Return, Genocide, New York Times, Israel, Anti-Semitism, Nazi Holocaust, President Clinton, One-State Solution, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Until the Palestinians eager to bury the Jewish state finally recognize the legitimate national aspirations of 5.7 million Jews, there may not be peace. But there will always be an Israel.

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Huckabee Offers Palestinians State "Some Place Else"

Amjad Atallah | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinians, Israel, Two-State Solution, Mike Huckabee, Israeli Settlers, World News
Amjad Atallah

In a move sure to antagonize the Onion for not having come up with it first, former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee endorsed Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and rejected the "two-state solution."

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Rob Malley Calls NYT Title For His Two-State Solution Op-Ed "Unfortunate"

David Halperin | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel Palestine Conflict, Two State Solution, Nytimes, Israel-Palestine, New York Times, Rob Malley, NYTimes.Com, Israel, Israel Palestine, World News
David Halperin

I was curious if Rob Malley and Hussein Agha's NYT op-ed title -- "The Two State Solution Won't Solve Anything" -- is what they intended, so I sent Rob Malley a few questions by email.

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American Support For Israel Must Remain Bipartisan

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Bush Israel, Gaza, West Bank, Two-State Solution, Obama Israel, World News
Alan Dershowitz

We want Israel to remain a bipartisan issue and an issue that does not divide generations.

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Netanyahu's Two-State Goal?

Saree Makdisi | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Two-State Solution, West Bank, Gaza, World News
Saree Makdisi

Netanyahu's speech marked both the definitive end and a symbolic return to the beginning of the two-state solution as that hapless notion has been peddled since the Oslo Accords of 1993-95.

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"Natural Growth" of Israeli Settlements

The Real News | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Settlements, Two-State Solution, Israel, Barack Obama, World News
The Real News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state under what's called the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Bill Clinton: Netanyahu Speech Is Just Opening Act

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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UNITED NATIONS — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's tough terms for a Palestinian p...

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Obama's Trip and the Parameters for Peace

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Israel Policy, Obama Cairo, Israel, Obama, Two-State Solution, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Israel, Barack Obama Palestine, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Obama will not compromise the imperatives of Israel's security, but he also will not ease his efforts in aiding in the creation of a second State, a Palestinian one, for which we have waited 60 years.

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The Palestinians at a Pivotal Crossroads

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Khaled Meshal, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fatah, Obama Middle East Policy, Hamas, Two-State Solution, Israeli Palestinian Negotiations, World News
Alon Ben-Meir

President Obama's push for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict has given the Palestinians an historic opportunity to end their disastrous state of affairs.

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Netanyahu Speech May Endorse Palestinian State: AP

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2 State Solution, Two-State Solution, Barack Obama, Hamas, Palestine, Netanyahu, Palestinian State and Barak Obama Speech You Tube, Netanyahu Speech, Netanyahu Set to Address, Palestinian State, Netanyahu Speech Agree to No Army, Netanyahu Speech on Sunday, June 11 Netanyahu, Netanyahu's Take on Palestine, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to narrow a growing divide with the Obama administration when he delivers a m...

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A Real Two-State Solution

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Two State Solution, Edgar Bronfman, Middle East, Middle East Peace, Barack Obama, Israel, Palestinian Authority, World News
Edgar M. Bronfman

A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side -- Israel -- taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.

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One Unrepentant Zionist and the Two State Solution

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, West Bank, Gaza, France, Hezbollah, Spain, Obama, Hamas, Zionism, England, Germany, Zionist, Israel, Christianity, Muslims, Two-State Solution, Obama Cairo Speech, Rwanda, Sudan, Cambodia, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

That one Zionist would be me, but I know that I'm not alone. Take President Obama: he sounded like another unrepentant Zionist in Cairo this week. Z...

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Israeli Media Reads the Fine Print

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Obama Cairo, Israel, Two-State Solution, Hamas, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Obama Mideast Trip, Benjamin Netanyahu, Indonesia, South Africa, World News
Sanjeev Bery

In the hours after Obama concluded his speech, Israeli commentators were particularly struck by his implicit linkage of Palestinian aspirations and other global struggles for freedom.

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The End of the Clash of Civilizations? Rock the Casbah!

Derek Flood | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Human Rights, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Democracy, US Foreign Policy, Two-State Solution, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Obama's Middle East Trip, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Derek Flood

Obama attempted to refute violent Islamism with what I'll term "Unifying Abrahamism." Quoting the three holy books, he forced his audience to confront their shared histories.

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An Analysis of Obama's Precedent-Setting Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Arab World, Quran, Islam, White House, President Barack Obama, Palestine, Arab Media, Middle East Peace, Daid Axelrod, Palestinians, Change in Foreign Policy, Israeli Settlements, Israelis, Rahm Emanuel, Saudi Arabia, Cairo University, Two-State Solution, Speech to the Muslim World, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Ray Hanania

Obama is stating what many of his predecessors stated but with more substance and a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the Arab and Muslim World.

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