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What will it take to cut a deal?

President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu may soon embark on yet another round of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Each leader, in his own way, faces daunting challenges, in part because he must answer to ideological constituencies which...

Published 11 Mar 2010 3:45 PM by Nissim Dahan

Filed under: palestine, israel, abbas [Edit Tags]
The language of leaders: Lincoln as a model

WASHINGTON, DC - Angry rhetoric now characterises the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron...

Published 6 Mar 2010 2:00 PM by Michael Lame

Filed under: palestine, israel, abbas [Edit Tags]
Israeli heritage, Jewish heritage or both?

The most worrisome aspect of the decision by the Israeli government to recognise various West Bank-based sites as part of Israel's heritage is the continuous mix and duplicity between the state of Israel and the Jewish religion. Many Arab and international...

Published 4 Mar 2010 9:45 AM by Daoud Kuttab

Filed under: palestine, israel, jerusalem, abbas, Bethlehem, liberman [Edit Tags]
Abbas' consequential choices

Ask Mahmoud Abbas, the beleaguered Palestinian president, about the law of diminishing returns and he would probably explain it far better than an experienced economist! And he should. The past year has seen his political fortunes dip in value faster...

Published 4 Mar 2010 3:36 PM by Osama Alsharif

Filed under: abbas, obama, US, natanyahu [Edit Tags]
Sex scandal has other motives than an act of alleged corruption by one

There is nothing like a sex scandal to get the public's eye off "the ball." Sex is not just a simple matter in the Arab World. It involves the heart of the foundation of the religious right's so-called Moral Demarcation line, a line...

Published 13 Feb 2010 5:28 PM by Ray Hanania

Filed under: palestine, israel, abbas, ARab world [Edit Tags]
Abbas tried to stop Israeli channel 10 corruption report

Israel's Channel 10 has broadcast details of corruption at the highest levels of the PA, including millions of dollars stolen from public monies (shelled out by the US) and a sex scandal involving a top Abbas aide. The whistleblower, Fathi Shabaneh...

Published 11 Feb 2010 11:10 AM by Mohamed Naseredin

Filed under: palestine, abbas, fatah [Edit Tags]
MidEast peace talks could begin Feb. 20

Agence France Presse is reporting that Middle East Peace talks are likely to begin on February 20, following an agreement in principle by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to "indirect talks with Israel under US mediation." The details...

Published 8 Feb 2010 2:21 PM by Eileen White Read

Filed under: palestine, israel, abbas, netanyahu, US [Edit Tags]
Foreign Policy Magazine: winners and losers of 2009

Foreign Policy magazine, the authoritative, Washington Post -owned “rag of the wonks,” has once again named the biggest international winners and losers of the year . Not surprisingly, the Middle East is The Biggest Loser – or losers...

Published 15 Dec 2009 9:13 AM by Eileen White Read

Filed under: abbas [Edit Tags]
Not serious - this time

Is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership, which is currently proposing to seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 border, about to shake up the Israeli-Palestinian paralysis in a game-changing way? The...

Published 24 Nov 2009 10:42 AM by Daniel Levy and Amjad Atallah

Filed under: abbas [Edit Tags]
Palestinians need change -- not charades

Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reverted to an old political trick by saying he will resign and not run for re-election when the next presidential elections are held in early 2010 – and then immediately arranging a series of staged...

Published 15 Nov 2009 11:05 PM by Rami G. Khouri

Filed under: abbas [Edit Tags]
Mahmoud Abbas’ shock treatment

The crisis in US diplomacy with Israel and Palestine was the subject of an important discuss yesterday at the annual conference of the Middle East Institute . And the mood was decidedly pessimistic. Khalil Shikaki, a Brandeis University professor who...

Published 11 Nov 2009 11:38 AM by Robert Dreyfuss

Filed under: abbas [Edit Tags]
Clinton’s unconvincing argument and its repercussions

In the immediate wake of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statements in Israel, in which she seemingly backtracked on US policy in regards to Israeli settlements, she was met with serious backlash inside the Arab world and out, compelling Clinton...

Published 8 Nov 2009 5:32 AM by Omar Rahman

Filed under: abbas, clinton [Edit Tags]
If Abbas quits, It's our fault

At this point there is no way of knowing if Mahmoud Abbas will stick to his announced intention to leave the presidency of the Palestinian Authority at the end of his present term. But he should. There is only one condition under which he might want to...

Published 6 Nov 2009 12:24 PM by MJ Rosenberg

Filed under: abbas, obama, hillary clinton [Edit Tags]
Abbas has not resigned

President Abbas's decision not to seek another term as head of the Palestinian Authority complicates issues but it also clarifies them. The announcement comes at the end of a turbulent few weeks that saw President Obama humiliate him in New York by...

Published 6 Nov 2009 4:45 AM by Daoud Kuttab

Filed under: abbas, meshaal, hillary clinton, John Nichols [Edit Tags]
Bad month for Middle East peace

In baseball three strikes mean you are out, but in American foreign policy in the Middle East three strikes seem to mean business as usual. In the past few days and weeks, the United States has made three very controversial moves related to Arab-Israeli...

Published 5 Nov 2009 4:21 AM by Rami G. Khouri

Filed under: mitchell, abbas, hillary clinton [Edit Tags]
Hillary Clinton should be fired

The Israelis keep saying they want peace but they can't seem to support a "freeze" on the expansion of illegal settlements on Palestinian lands. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls that an "unprecedented" gesture by Israel...

Published 4 Nov 2009 4:22 AM by Ray Hanania

Filed under: mitchell, abbas, obama, netanyahu, meshaal, Moderates, hillary clinton [Edit Tags]
Will the real Hillary please stand up?

As first lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton was the darling of Palestinians and Arabs when late in Bill Clinton's term she uttered the hot button word, Palestine. Since then Ms. Clinton has flip flopped depending on the political winds. As...

Published 4 Nov 2009 4:12 AM by Daoud Kuttab

Filed under: mitchell, abbas, obama, netanyahu, meshaal, Moderates, hillary clinton [Edit Tags]
The battle over Palestinian representation

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Published 3 Nov 2009 5:47 PM by Nadia Hijab

Filed under: abbas, meshaal, hillary clinton, Salam Fayyad [Edit Tags]
Obama administration flip-floping on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

There have to be limits. I understand that in politics and diplomacy one often says one thing and does another. But the Obama administration's flip-flop on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is, even for politicians, awesome to behold. Before I set...

Published 2 Nov 2009 5:13 AM by MJ Rosenberg

Filed under: abbas, obama, netanyahu, clinton visit to Israel, hillary clinton [Edit Tags]
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians

Late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat used to tell a story that sums up the Palestinian situation today. The story was about a Palestinian man who moved to India and became a popular god. One day, the Palestinian man and Arafat met in India and had...

Published 24 Oct 2009 11:41 AM by Fadi Elsalameen

Filed under: abbas, obama, netanyahu, clinton visit to Israel, hillary clinton [Edit Tags]
Putting lipstick on a Middle Eastern pig

Credit: AP Word has leaked out that going into his "trilateral" with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama was flustered and upset with their lack of progress with each other. Obama is...

Published 22 Sep 2009 1:23 PM by Steve Clemons

Filed under: abbas, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]
Rather than wait for a deal on the settlements, Obama is going ahead with a Bibi-Abu Mazen meeting

So even after the failure of the Mitchell talks, Netanyahu, Abaas and Obama will meet on Tuesday in New York (the Israeli media has already reported that "there will be no meeting", but than came the White House announcement). It is, I believe...

Published 21 Sep 2009 6:26 AM by Noam Sheizaf

Filed under: israel, palestinian territories, West Bank, occupation, mitchell, abbas, obama, netanyahu [Edit Tags]

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What will it take to cut a deal?

The language of leaders: Lincoln as a model

Israeli heritage, Jewish heritage or both?

Abbas' consequential choices

Sex scandal has other motives than an act of alleged corruption by one

Abbas tried to stop Israeli channel 10 corruption report

MidEast peace talks could begin Feb. 20

Foreign Policy Magazine: winners and losers of 2009

Not serious - this time

Palestinians need change -- not charades

Mahmoud Abbas’ shock treatment

Clinton’s unconvincing argument and its repercussions

If Abbas quits, It's our fault

Abbas has not resigned

Bad month for Middle East peace

Hillary Clinton should be fired

Will the real Hillary please stand up?

The battle over Palestinian representation

Obama administration flip-floping on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Too many chiefs, not enough Indians

Putting lipstick on a Middle Eastern pig

Rather than wait for a deal on the settlements, Obama is going ahead with a Bibi-Abu Mazen meeting

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