PA arrests 2 in connection with West Bank shootings
Washington - Hundreds of Hamas-affiliates or alleged affiliates were detained by Palestinian Authority forces overnight Tuesday after Hamas militants took credit for the gunning down of 4 Israeli settlers near Hebron. Tensions ran high Wednesday as militants...
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Vehicle linked to Hebron shootings seized
Washington - The car said to be involved with two deadly shootings in the West Bank has been seized, Ma'an News Agency reported Thursday The car seizure comes as Israeli and Palestinian forces detain numbers of suspects potentially involved in a shooting...
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Turkish flotilla probe presents report to UN
Washington - The Turkish investigation into Israel's high-seas raid of aid vessels en route to Gaza has submitted its report to the United Nations, World Bulletin reported Thursday. The Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara was the key interest in the investigation...
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Direct talks begin, both parties hint at contentious issues
Washington - After an opening (video of remarks to be found here later today) by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu gave his remarks in the Benjamin Franklin room at the US Department of State. Netanyahu, speaking in English...
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Settlers begin construction after shootings
Washington - Israeli settlers, who live on West Bank installations considered illegal under international law, announced Wednesday that they would defy the settlement construction freeze after Hamas militants shot dead four settlers near Hebron, one of...
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Abbas calls for peace after second shooting
Washington - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for peace and condemned a second drive-by shooting targeting settlers in the West Bank in remarks from the White House Wednesday evening, Ma'an News Agency reported . "It is time to make...
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WATCH LIVE: Sec. Clinton kicks off direct talks
Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosts a re-launch of direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leadership at the US State Department in Washington, DC Thursday. Watch the opening remarks live at 10am EST. The last round of direct negotiations...
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Israel's Bedouins call for intervention from Obama
Washington - The Bedouin village of Al-Arakib in the Negev Desert in Israel has been demolished by Israeli forces four times, and Israel's marginalized Bedouin community is calling on President Barack Obama for intervention as peace talks between...
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Barak offers divided Jerusalem plan
Washington - Israeli Defense Minister outlined for Haaretz Wednesday his plan for dividing Jerusalem. Haaretz's Avi Shavit asked DM Barak "what is the solution in Jerusalem," to which he responded: "West Jerusalem and 12 Jewish neighborhoods...
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Obama says shootings won't derail peace talks
Washington - After meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama announced that the deadly violence in Hebron Tuesday would not stop the peace negotiations in Washington and reiterated the US' commitment to Israeli security...
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Abu Dhabi to host comic convention
Washington - Sci-fi and comics enthusiasts in the Middle East will rejoice when Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates hosts its own version of the San Diego, CA Comic-Con International expo in March 2011, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday: The event...
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Paris artist started in Israel, stayed in Palestine
Washington – While so many artists focus on the conflict when exploring the Palestinian people, French anthropologist-cum-photographer Valerie Jouve prefers to excavate the soul of a place that has its “own culture, its history, and its people...
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Arab states ranked in Newsweek 'World's Best Countries' List
Washington – In a recent Newsweek ranking of the world’s 100 best countries to live in, many Arab states ranked well in terms of quality of life and education, though most fell short in political freedoms. Nations were evaluated on five categories...
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Politics prevails at Iran-Israel Olympic match
Washington – Politics seem to have trumped sportsmanship Sunday when the Iranian competitor in the inaugural Youth Olympics taekwondo championship withdrew from the final match against Israel, Associated Press reported . The Iranian delegation told...
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Al-Jazeera gets Emmy nom for Gaza war coverage
Washington – Al-Jazeera English has been nominated for an International Emmy for its news coverage of the 2008-2009 Gaza War. The Huffington Post reported Thursday: Al-Jazeera English (Qatar) has been nominated for an International Emmy in the news...
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2 Sep 2010 7:44 PM
By
Steve Clemons
PUBLISHER OF "THE WASHINGTON NOTE"
The French Connection & Middle East Talks
European High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton decided to head to China instead of participating in the Middle East stakeholders dinner hosted by President Obama in the Old Family Dining Room this week...
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3 Sep 2010 12:30 AM
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Mazin Qumsiyeh
What is said and what is not said
Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told his governing coalition that he did not promise an extension to the partial suspension in settlement construction when it expires in September (BTW, the suspension did not cover most of the settlement areas which...
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2 Sep 2010 5:05 PM
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Amjad Atallah
Peace process: Hope or nope?
To President Obama's credit, he is going for the gold medal by working to finally end the Israeli-Arab conflict that has been at the heart of America's credibility issues in the Middle East. On Tuesday, the president announced to the world that...
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2 Sep 2010 4:15 PM
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Steve Feldman
PROFESSOR OF DERMATOLOGY.WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
The Jewish holidays are a time of reflection… For everyone
Our Jewish holidays are almost here again. Our celebrations are different from those of other people and contribute to the separation we feel from the non-Jewish people around us. It is a time that I reflect on how we perceive people in other religions...
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2 Sep 2010 1:35 PM
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MJ Rosenberg
FP SENIOR FELLOW, MEDIA MATTERS ACTION NETWORK
A new Netanyahu
I am trying hard to be optimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that were kicked off at the White House on September 1st. It's not that I believe that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wants to exchange the territories for peace (or even...
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2 Sep 2010 6:39 AM
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Steve Clemons
PUBLISHER OF "THE WASHINGTON NOTE"
To be a Fly on the White House Old Family Dining Room Wall. . .
This is the roster of who is coming to dinner tonight: President Obama President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt King Abdullah of Jordan Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
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1 Sep 2010 1:40 PM
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Mitchell Plitnick
Call It what It Is: Murder
I am not usually inclined to use this space for what others might call a "rant." But this day, I feel there are some points that need to be made. Today, Hamas claimed responsibility for the murders of four Israeli settlers along a West Bank...
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1 Sep 2010 12:35 PM
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Ray Hanania
"BEST ETHNIC COLUMNIST IN AMERICA", Chicago (Jerusalem)
Middle East peace requires real courage from both sides
On the eve of a long-hoped-for meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, members of the Hamas terrorist organization killed four members of the Israeli terrorist settler movement. The murders of...
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1 Sep 2010 12:27 PM
By
Jonathan Cook
Bedouin land fight
Claim for native title threatens Jewish state Nuri al Uqbi's small cinderblock home in a ramshackle neighbourhood of Hura, a Bedouin town in Israel's Negev desert, hardly looks like the epicentre of a legal struggle that some observers say threatens...
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1 Sep 2010 12:16 PM
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Abdaljawad OA Hamayel
Jamais Vu!
Salvador Dali once said "that the first man to compare a woman's cheek to a rose was obviously a poet, the first one to repeat it was possibly an idiot." Much of our political, social and even personal organization is predicated on repetition...
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1 Sep 2010 11:54 AM
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Steve Feldman
PROFESSOR OF DERMATOLOGY.WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Four Israelis killed
The killing of four Israelis is horrifying. As an American Jew, these deaths are gut wrenching, heartrendingly painful. That the timing of the killing was so close to upcoming peace talks is of little matter. These deaths make me sad and angry; part of...
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1 Sep 2010 11:46 AM
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Talal Jabari
Where are we going this time?
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in Washington this week for meetings with President Barack Obama in a bid to kick-off a new round of direct negotiations that some US sources are claiming will...
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31 Aug 2010 5:14 PM
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Mitchell Plitnick
The Power and weakness of boycott
Recently, Norway announced that a major Israeli company and a subsidiary were to be excluded from its national wealth fund's investment list. The reasons were past activity in building settlements in the West Bank and working on construction of the...
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31 Aug 2010 5:09 PM
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Jared Malsin
Is the Israel lobby blocking Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Turkey?
My interview with the Ambassador Charles Freeman (whose nomination to chair the National Intelligence Council was stymied by Israel lobbyists ) was published on Friday . Freeman said a lot of compelling and thoughtful things in our talk about US myopia...
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31 Aug 2010 5:06 PM
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Daniel Levy
Want that Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, Mr. President? Perform a c-section
After more than 20 months of trying, the Obama administration will this week convene direct Israel-Palestinian peace talks in Washington D.C. Even if it is well founded (and it is), the administration must be understandably irked by the barrage of skepticism...
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