Abbas: Palestinians to seek full U.N. membership

Reuters
Published on September 16, 2011

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday he would demand full membership of the United Nations when he goes to the U.N. General Assembly next week, setting up a diplomatic clash with Israel and the United States.

Gene Simmons Talks “Family Jewels” and Why Blood is Thicker Than Hummus [UPDATE]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 27, 2011

France proposes conference to restart peace talks

JTA
Published on June 2, 2011

France's foreign minister, Alain Juppe, offered to host a meeting next month to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Sitting shivah for peace

By David Suissa
Published on June 1, 2011

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his speech to the U.S. Congress on May 24, was like a battered fighter entering the final round of a championship bout. He knows his only chance to win is by a knockout. With nothing to lose, Bibi got up, and with the �Rocky� music blazing in his ears, fought the fight of his life.

Those who say Israel should fear Obama

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on May 31, 2011

U.S. visit �important� and Americans supportive, Netanyahu says

JTA
Published on May 26, 2011

Benjamin Netanyahu called his visit to Washington "important," and said he found "broad American support for Israel's fundamental claims."

Reflecting on AIPAC: Applause. Tears. Repeat.

By Rav Yosef Kanefsky
Published on May 25, 2011

Abbas: Speech left �nothing to build on�

JTA
Published on May 25, 2011

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said there was nothing for peace talks to build on in Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the U.S. Congress.

At AIPAC, Obama�s Words Take Spotlight

By Orit Arfa
Published on May 24, 2011

On the morning of May 22, at the opening plenary of the 2011 AIPAC Policy Conference, the grand ballroom of the convention center here felt like a grand courtroom. The case: the organized pro-Israel Jewish community versus President Barack Obama�s May 19 speech.

The Destination

By Steve Greenberg
Published on May 24, 2011

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Palestinians: Israel must accept 1967 border as basis for negotiations

JTA
Published on May 22, 2011

Palestinian officials said they would not resume peace negotiations unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepts President Obama's 1967 border guidelines.

From praise to anger, Jewish response to Obama�s speech runs the gamut

By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published on May 20, 2011

From accolades like "compelling" to accusations like "Auschwitz borders" to radio silence, to label the Jewish response to President Obama's speech on Middle East policy as diverse understates matters.

ZOA to AIPAC: Withdraw Obama invite

By Ron Kampeas
Published on May 20, 2011

The Zionist Organization of America urged AIPAC to rescind its invitation to President Obama after he called for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on the basis of 1967 lines, saying Obama is the most hostile U.S. president ever to Israel.

1967 Borders = ‘Auschwitz Borders’?

By JewishJournal.com
Published on May 19, 2011

Obama: 1967 borders with swaps should serve as basis for negotiations

JTA
Published on May 19, 2011

President Obama said the future state of Palestine should be based on the pre-1967 border with mutually agreed land swaps with Israel. In his address Thursday afternoon on U.S. policy in the Middle East, Obama told an audience at the State Department that the borders of a "sovereign, nonmilitarized" Palestinian state "should be based on 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps."

Argentina joins Brazil in recognizing Palestinian state

JTA
Published on December 7, 2010

Argentina has recognized a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, according to a note sent from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Mahmoud Abbas.