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The French Connection & Middle East Talks

Originally featured on The Washington Note 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...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Clemons on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Mazin Qumsiyeh on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Amjad Atallah on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Feldman on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by MJ Rosenberg on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

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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 Palestinian car [Mariam Hamed for Palestine Note] The car seizure comes as Israeli and Palestinian forces detain...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

Filed under: Hamas, hebron [Edit Tags]
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 Mavi Marmara [Freegazaorg - Flickr] The Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

Filed under: Benjamin Netanyahu, settlements, mahmoud abbas, right of return, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
Update: Bibi, Abbas agree to next round

Envoy Mitchell addresses Hamas role in peace process Washington - After Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu entered into direct negotiations Thursday, US Middle East envoy announced that the parties agreed to a second...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

Filed under: hamas, George Mitchell, direct negotiations, sharm el-sheikh [Edit Tags]
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...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

Filed under: settlement construction, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
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 . Israeli ambulance [Mantiochous...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

Filed under: Ramallah, mahmoud abbas, shooting, al-qassam martyrs' brigade [Edit Tags]
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...

Posted to News by Editor on 2 Sep 2010

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To be a Fly on the White House Old Family Dining Room Wall. . .

Originally posted on the Washington Note 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...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Clemons on 2 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Mitchell Plitnick on 1 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Ray Hanania on 1 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Jonathan Cook on 1 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Abdaljawad OA Hamayel on 1 Sep 2010

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Barak offers divided Jerusalem plan

Washington - Israeli Defense Minister outlined for Haaretz Wednesday his plan for dividing Jerusalem. Jerusalem is one of the contentious "final status" issues before Israeli and Palestinian leadership. [Premasagar - Flickr] Haaretz's Avi...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

Filed under: Jerusalem, ehud barak, right of return, final status, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
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...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Feldman on 1 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Talal Jabari on 1 Sep 2010

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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...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

Filed under: barack obama, direct negotiations, shootings [Edit Tags]
More protests in Ramallah as talks kick off

Washington - Despite the disbanding of a rally in protest of direct talks with Israeli leadership last week, a protest has convened in Ramallah Wednesday against the talks, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gets ready for a meeting with President...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

Filed under: Ramallah, demonstration, Mustafa Barghouti, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
Netanyahu urges restraint from settlers as violence breaks out

Washington - Tensions are running high on settlements in the West Bank after four Israeli settlers were gunned down Tuesday. As settler groups threaten to resume building at 6pm Jerusalem time Wednesday, and reports of harassment are cropping up, Israeli...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

Filed under: West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, settler violence [Edit Tags]
Obama to meet with Netanyahu, Abbas

Washington - Following their bilateral meetings with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet separately with US President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

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Settlers to defy freeze after shooting

Washington - Israeli settlers have vowed to resume building at 6pm Wednesday in response to the gunning down of four settlers Tuesday by members of Hamas' militant wing, The Guardian reported . Israeli marchers are escorted by Israeli police. Israeli...

Posted to News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

Filed under: hebron, settlement freeze, shooting, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
Bibi: "I came to Washington to reach historic compromise"

Second shooting rocks West Bank Washington - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House Wednesday night: "I came to Washington to reach a historic compromise," news agencies reported...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 1 Sep 2010

Filed under: hamas, Hebron, direct negotiations, shooting [Edit Tags]
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...

Posted to Blog Post by Mitchell Plitnick on 31 Aug 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Jared Malsin on 31 Aug 2010

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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...

Posted to Blog Post by Daniel Levy on 31 Aug 2010

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Violence used to block peace

Four Israeli settlers were murdered Tuesday, the day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are set to meet in Washington DC to kick start direct peace talks. The murders of two men and two women were...

Posted to Blog Post by Ray Hanania on 31 Aug 2010

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Four settlers gunned down in Hebron, Hamas praises attack

Washington - Four Israeli settlers were shot to death near Hebron Tuesday, Ma'an News Agency reported . Hamas militants, like those seen above, were not responsible for the attack on a car carrying four Israeli settlers Tuesday, the Islamist group...

Posted to News by Editor on 31 Aug 2010

Filed under: Hamas, settlers, hebron, terrorism [Edit Tags]
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: A model of...

Posted to Novels by Editor on 31 Aug 2010

Filed under: abu dhabi, comics [Edit Tags]
Clinton to meet with Abbas, Netanyahu separately

Washington - Ahead of direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leadership Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu separately, according to...

Posted to News by Editor on 31 Aug 2010

Filed under: Benjamin Netanyahu, mahmoud abbas, hillary clinton, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
PLO 'urges' Yale president to decry extremism at right-wing conference

Washington - Last week, Yale University held a three-day conference to discuss "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity." The conference focused heavily on support of Israel and conflated criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism, said journalist...

Posted to News by Editor on 31 Aug 2010

Filed under: PLO mission, ngo monitor, anti-semitism, yale university, itamar marcus [Edit Tags]
Arab MK Zoabi testifies before UN flotilla probe

Washington - Palestinian-Israeli Knesset member Hanin Zoabi testified Tuesday before the a United Nations investigation of the May 31 "Freedom Flotilla" raid that left nine activists dead, Haaretz reported . Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi [Wikimedia...

Posted to News by Editor on 31 Aug 2010

Filed under: Gaza, investigation, flotilla, haneen zoabi, unhrc [Edit Tags]
Abbas wants US active in talks

Leaders gear up for direct negotiations in DC Washington - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that he hopes the US will be "active" in mediating the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks this week, The Associated Press reported . Abbas...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 31 Aug 2010

Filed under: Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
Performing In Israel, not the settlements

Thank God for Limor Livnat. If we didn't have her, we'd have to make her up. Livnat, a Knesset member from the right wing of Likud and the current Minister of Culture and Sport rose through the ranks of Likud championing women's causes and...

Posted to Blog Post by Mitchell Plitnick on 30 Aug 2010

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Israel threatens war with Lebanon

Palestine is belligerently occupied. Threats continue against Iran and Syria as well as Lebanon, specifically Hezbollah, elected partner in the nation's unity government, bogusly designated a US State Department Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO...

Posted to Blog Post by Stephen Lendman on 30 Aug 2010

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Laser focus on equality

The direct negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis offer a historic opportunity to achieve peace. Some have already given up hope, but given the right wing nature of the Israeli side, if peace can be made with them, there will be no one further...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Feldman on 30 Aug 2010

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NAAJA is planning it's next journalism conference in Dearborn Nov. 12-14

NAAJA is planning to hold its 2010 Journalism Conference in Dearborn Fri-Sun Nov. 12-14. Please mark your calendars. The conference will feature panels, include lunch and dinner on Saturday and workshops. I hope you will be able to attend ... I am also...

Posted to Blog Post by Ray Hanania on 30 Aug 2010

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Relief CEO works for the children of Palestine

By Sarah Harlan Washington - Palestine Note has featured several articles outlining the work of Palestine Children's Relief Fund , a medical relief charity focused on getting children in the Middle East urgent surgical care. PCRF CEO Steve Sosebee...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: Gaza, West Bank, lebanon, children, pcrf, medicine, steve sosebee [Edit Tags]
Boycott groups: TED event normalizing occupation

Washington - TED , a nonprofit initiative focused on exploring advances in Technology, Entertainment, and Design, has exported its forum format the world over. And a TED event called TEDxHolyLand has now raised the ire of Palestinian academic boycott...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: BDS campaign, boycott israel, tedxholyland, tedxramallah [Edit Tags]
UNHRC probe of Gaza flotilla raid begins

Washington - The UN Human Rights Council inquiry into Israel's raid of a flotilla of Gaza-bound aid ships in international waters May 31 began Monday, AFP news agency reported . Aerial view of the Mavi Marmara, this ship upon which 9 activists were...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: Jordan, flotilla, human rights council [Edit Tags]
Fayyad: Netanyahu must define his 'Palestinian state'

Washington - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expressed Monday doubt as to whether Israel is ready to offer a Palestinian state acceptable to the Palestinians, Reuters reported from Ramallah. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad [Madmonk - Flickr...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: Benjamin Netanyahu, Salam Fayyad, statehood, settlement construction [Edit Tags]
Clashes in Gaza, Jerusalem

Washington - Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militants, the armed wing of Fatah, clashed with Israeli forced overnight Sunday after an Israeli bulldozer entered Gaza, Ma'an News Agency reported Monday. Clashes in East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: Gaza, Jerusalem clashes [Edit Tags]
Report: Hezbollah, Syria to team up against Israel

Washington - According to a Monday report from Kuwait's al-Rai, Syria and Lebanon-based Islamist group Hezbollah are discussing military cooperation in the event of an armed clash with Israel. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad [Sleiman - Flickr] Israeli...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

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Settlement construction to resume 9/27

Abbas: Israel responsible if talks fail because of building Washington - According to an Israeli Army Radio report Monday, fifty-seven settlements currently observing the building freeze will resume expansion one day after the construction moratorium...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: direct negotiations, settlement construction [Edit Tags]
Lebanon: Refugee labor law falls short

Beirut - IRIN - Recent amendments to Lebanese law grant work permits to Palestinians in the private sector, and some welfare benefits, and are an important step in the right direction, according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA...

Posted to News by Editor on 30 Aug 2010

Filed under: lebanon, refugee rights [Edit Tags]

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