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Swift Boating Comes to Jerusalem

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted May 15, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Barak Obama, Biden, Congress, George Bush, Hamas, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem, John McCain, Lebanon., North Korea

George Bush was in Jerusalem today doing what he and his fellow Republican operatives do best -- fear-mongering for crass political gain at a time when the Mid East fires are skipping their fire lines from all that hot air Bush is blowing across its parched landscape.

Instead of...

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What's in a Headline?

Jamal Dajani | Posted April 29, 2008 | Media

Read More: Children Killed, Cnn, Gaza, Hamas, Idf, Israel, Jerusalem, Mideast Violence

When it comes to Palestinian children in Gaza, CNN, "the most trusted name in news," is unable to put out a headline that reflects the reality of the situation on the ground. Seven Palestinians have been killed in a raid by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip, including...

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Ehud Olmert, Marwan Barghouti, and Zeno's Paradox Updated

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted April 14, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Checkpoints, Ehud Olmert, Irgun, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Marwan Barghouti, Palestine, Reconciliation, Terror, Two-State Solution, West Bank, Zeno's Paradox

The following statement was not shouted by a long-time Peace Now activist into a megaphone at a demonstration outside the Israeli prime minister's house:

You have to understand that a very large population of Palestinians lives here...

Take a 50-year-old man who lives here. A man who has spent...

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Christians Mark Easter in Jerusalem

AP | LAURIE COPANS | March 23, 2008

Read More: Christians Israel Easter, Easter, Easter Jerusalem, Easter Sunday, Israel, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Christians

JERUSALEM — Christian pilgrims, undeterred by the recent violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, sang and prayed on Easter Sunday at the church believed to be built on the site where Jesus rose from the dead. Polish men in...

John McCain Heads To Iraq, Jerusalem

Washington Times | Joseph Curl | March 14, 2008 04:07 PM

Read More: Iraq Surge, Iraq War, Jerusalem, McCain Frontrunner, Mccain General Election, McCain Iraq, McCain Jerusalem, War In Iraq

With the Democratic presidential contenders crisscrossing Pennsylvania in a provincial battle for the nomination, presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain will seize the world stage next week during a six-day trip to Iraq, Jordan, Israel, England and France. The trip,...

Broken Promise Land: What I Saw In Israel

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted March 9, 2008 | Living

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Jewish Seminary Attack, Middle East Peace Talks

Somebody shared an insightful parable during my just completed nine-day trip to Israel. To paraphrase, it's something like 'Come to Israel for a week and you think you can write a book. Stay for a year and you can barely write a newspaper article'. Replace newspaper with blog and it's...

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Hamas Backtracks on Attack Claim

AP | March 7, 2008

Read More: Hamas, Hamas Gaza, Israel Shootings, Israel-Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Shooting, Warwire

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants in Gaza backtracked Friday on their claim of responsibility for an attack on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem that killed eight Israelis. Ibrahim Daher, head of Hamas' al-Aqsa radio, said his station put...

Hamas Claims Credit For Jersualem Shooting

Reuters | Adam Entous and Joseph Nasr | March 7, 2008 09:27 AM

Read More: Hamas, Hamas Gaza, Israel Shootings, Israel-Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Shooting, Warwire

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for the shooting attack in Jerusalem the previous evening in which a local gunman killed eight students at a Jewish religious school. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli government,...

Is Arab-Israeli Peace Possible? A New Report

James Zogby | Posted February 22, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Gaza Strip, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Middle East, Middle East Peace Conference

This month the U.S. Institute for Peace released "Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East," the report of a study group which examined U.S. peacemaking efforts over the past four decades. Headed by Daniel Kurtzer (former US Ambassador to Egypt and Israel), the group met during 2006-2007 and...

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Bush In Israel: End "Occupation" Of Arab Lands

AP | ANNE GEARAN | January 10, 2008 04:51 PM

Read More: Bush, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Israel-Palestine Dispute, Jerusalem, Palestine, President Bush

President Bush, summing up meetings with both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, said Thursday that a peace accord will require "painful political concessions" by each. Resolving the status of Jerusalem will be hard, he said, and he called for the...

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Bush: I Expect Palestinian State Before I Leave Office

USA Today | Richard Wolf | January 10, 2008 09:33 AM

Read More: Gaza Strip, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Palestinian People, President George Bush, State Of Israel, West Bank

USA TODAY's Richard Wolf reports that President Bush predicted today that a deal can be reached within a year to turn the West Bank and Gaza Strip into a Palestinian state. "I believe there will be a signed peace treaty...

The Pro-Israel Consensus Shifts

MJ Rosenberg | Posted December 7, 2007 | Politics

Good news. Some of the more conservative American Jewish institutions are coming around to acceptance of the two-state solution, ending the occupation, and sharing Jerusalem. And Israeli leaders visiting the US this week are conveying the same messages to Americans and members of Congress.

It's about time. The overwhelming majority...

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Annapolis: A Speech Not Given

Amitai Etzioni | Posted November 26, 2007 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Green Line, Hezbollah, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Middle East Peace Talks, Palestine

There follows an address that will not be delivered by President Bush at the Middle East peace talks in Annapolis, Maryland. After the proper tribute to the various dignitaries present and a reference to the importance of peace for the region and the world, the speech reads as follows:

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Senior Israeli Officials Openly Discuss Possibility Of Splitting Jerusalem

AP | KARIN LAUB | October 8, 2007 03:28 PM

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Palestine

Two senior Israeli politicians, including the prime minister's closest ally, talked openly Monday about dividing Jerusalem, signaling a possible shift in Israeli opinion about one of the Mideast's most contentious issues. The dispute over Jerusalem has derailed negotiations in the...

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