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U.S. Admits Israeli-Palestinian Talks Over 2-State Solution Not Happening Soon

washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung and Howard Schneider | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


CAIRO -- The Obama administration has concluded that an early resumption of high-level negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians over a Palesti...

Netanyahu Strikes Defiant Tone Before Meeting U.S. Envoy George Mitchell

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected U.S. calls to freeze all settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jeru...

Israel Pushes Ahead East Jerusalem Building Plans

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the green light for hundreds of new homes in a Palestinian-claimed area of Jerus...

Israel Settlement Halt: U.S. Hints At Flexibility

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations could possibly resume without a complete freeze in Israeli building of Jewish settlement...

West Bank Settlers Send Defiant Message To Obama, "That Arab They Call A President"

nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


NERIA, West Bank In this land of endless history and ethereal beauty, several thousand Jewish settlers gathered on a dozen West Bank hills with makesh...

Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


The effects of Vice President Joe Biden's recent remarks during an interview with ABC's "This Week"--where he implied that Israel has a sovereign righ...

US, Israel Close To Settlement Deal: Ehud Barak

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


Before heading back to Israel from New York following his meeting with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday mo...

Israel Pulling Forces Out Of 4 West Bank Cities After Obama Pressure

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Bowing to pressure from Washington, Israel granted U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces greater autonomy in four main West Bank ...

Avigdor Lieberman: Settlement Freeze Unacceptable

globalsecurity.org | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Israel cannot accept a U.S. proposal that it suspend the construction of new settlements in Palestinian territory,...

US Pressures Israel On Gaza Blockade

Haaretz | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


The United States has stepped up pressure on Israel regarding the Gaza Strip: Three weeks ago it sent Jerusalem a diplomatic note officially protestin...

Obama Administration Takes Stronger Line With Israel

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


The rhetorical exhortations this week from the Obama administration and the Netanyahu administration in Israel have been notably unaligned, fulfilling...

2-State Solution Only Option: US Official In Israel

Ynetnews | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


The message conveyed by American sources at the end of marathon talks held in Israel by US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, ...

The Money Behind Israel-Hamas Conflict (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Al Jazeera reports that the United States supplies $3 billion a year in aid to Israel, and almost all of it is spent on the military. Watch this video...