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March 22, 2013
The Israel Factor: What’s the Number One Objective of Obama’s Visit?
Abbas wants peace talks with Israel this year
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he hoped peace talks with Israel would restart this year although the chances of a resumption seemed slim.
Peres to European Parliament: Call Hezbollah terror group
Israeli President Shimon Peres told European Parliament lawmakers that they should classify Hezbollah as a terror group, and that Israel’s new cabinet creates a chance for renewed talks with the Palestinians.
Abbas seeks talks if Israel halts West Bank construction
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly said he wanted to negotiate with Israel it if freezes construction for six months in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Hale continues to press Israel, Palestine on peace talks
David Hale, the Obama administration's special envoy for Middle East peace, continues to press Israel and the Palestinians to return to the peace table.
PA minister: Abbas rejected Netanyahu’s offer to release prisoners for peace talks
Palestinian minister for prisoner affairs confirms Haaretz report that Netanyahu offered to release initially 25 prisoners convicted of murdering Israelis, and another 100 by the end of 2012.
Israeli panel backs legalizing settler outposts
A government-appointed committee on Monday proposed granting official status to dozens of unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank, challenging the world view that Israeli settlement there is illegal.
Can Mofaz influence Netanyahu?
With his recent return to the top ranks of Israel’s government, Shaul Mofaz is receiving plenty of attention in high places for emphasizing renewed talk of peace with the Palestinians. It’s yet another high point in a relatively short political career — after 35 years of military service — that is making Mofaz a heavyweight on his country’s political scene.
Abbas says exploratory peace talks have ended
Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators leading to full peace talks have ended with no progress, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said. Abbas, following a fifth meeting between the sides, met Wednesday with Jordan's King Abdullah before announcing that the exploratory talks were concluded.
White House describes ‘progress’ in Jordan talks
The Obama administration heralded progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks held under Jordanian auspices.
Obama, Netanyahu talk Iran, Middle East peace
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed recent Israeli-Palestinian talks on Thursday as U.S. officials signaled that a Jan. 26 target date for the two sides to exchange proposals could slide.
Obama, Abdullah to meet on talks
President Obama will meet with Jordanian King Abdullah to discuss renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Israeli, Palestinian negotiators agree to meet again
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met face to face for the first time in more than a year and agreed to meet again.
No breakthrough on Mideast peace, talks to go on
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made no breakthrough during their first high-level discussions in more than a year on Tuesday, but agreed to hold further talks in Amman on a confidential basis, Jordan's foreign minister said.
Abbas: Israel will face ‘difficult’ measures if attempt to revive peace talks fails
President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday Palestinians could take unilateral steps if Israel does not agree to halt settlement building in the occupied West Bank and recognize the borders of a future Palestinian state.
US very hopeful Israel, Palestinians to resume talks
The United States is hopeful Israel and the Palestinians will hold a preliminary meeting to revive peace talks on Oct. 23 in Jordan, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
France proposes conference to restart peace talks
France's foreign minister, Alain Juppe, offered to host a meeting next month to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Olmert, Abbas outline 2008 differences and agreements
Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas made advances in peace talks but could not overcome differences over settlements and refugees in time.
Barak: Final status talks within months
After meeting with U.S. leaders, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak predicted that comprehensive talks with the Palestinians on all final status issues would begin within months.
U.S. quits effort on settlement freeze
The Obama administration reportedly has abandoned efforts to have Israel freeze its settlements.
Poll: Most Palestinians support direct negotiations with Israel
A poll of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza conducted last month by a research firm for the Israel Project, a nonprofit education organization, found that a majority of Palestinians support direct peace negotiations with Israel and a two-state solution to the conflict.
Clinton: Only talks will result in a state
Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Palestinian-American audience that the only path to statehood is through direct talks with Israel.
Netanyahu trying to convince top ministers to extend settlement freeze
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his forum of top ministers on Tuesday afternoon to debate extending Israel's moratorium on construction in West Bank settlements for 60 days.
Bibi pushing quiet diplomacy in bid to restart talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is "in the midst of sensitive diplomatic contacts with the U.S. administration" in the effort to continue peace talks with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu: Israel, Palestinians can reach Mideast peace in a year
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu countered a controversial United Nations address by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday, rejecting Lieberman's views on a possible land swap and asserting his belief that Israel and Palestinians could reach a peace deal within a year.
Why Israel allowed the settlement freeze to expire
In the four weeks since direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed, settlement construction has been identified widely as the most immediate obstacle to the survival of negotiations.
Clinton, Syrian FM discuss Israel-Syria talks
Hillary Rodham Clinton met with the Syrian foreign minister and discussed reviving Israeli-Syrian peace talks.
No hasty decisions on peace talks, Abbas says
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will not make a hasty decision to pull out of renewed peace talks in response to new construction in West Bank settlements.
Meeting again with Jewish leaders, Abbas broaches substance
For Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Jewish leaders, their second date featured a little more substance and a little less flirtation. And this time the Palestinian Authority president brought a wing man.
Senate letter urges Obama to keep talks going
A letter is circulating among U.S. senators urging President Obama to keep the Israelis and Palestinians at the negotiating table.
Barely months into talks, will the freeze freeze a peace deal?
When the fat lady sings on Sept. 26, it may only be an intermission.
Netanyahu’s choice
The State of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are fast approaching a fork in the road.
Ill-advised settlement freeze weakened Israel strategically
On Sunday, Sept. 26, we will celebrate the end of the ill-advised building moratorium in the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank).
Netanyahu hints settlement freeze unlikely
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a top aide suggested that a compromise with the Palestinians on a settlement freeze is not in the offing.
Israel ready to negotiate with Syria, Peres tells U.N.
Israel is ready to enter peace negotiations with Syria "right away," Shimon Peres told the United Nations General Assembly.
Abbas threatens to resign if talks fail
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to resign if peace talks with Israel fail.
U.S. reportedly pushing three-month freeze extension
The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.
Voight calls Time magazine anti-Semitic
Actor Jon Voight called Time magazine's Sept. 13 cover story anti-Semitic.
Obama, Biden to consult with Jews before Rosh Hashanah
President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will consult with Jewish leaders on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
Abbas says he will not compromise
Mahmoud Abbas said he will not compromise during peace negotiations on core issues such as final borders and the status of Jerusalem.
Hezbollah leader praises Hamas for West Bank shooting attacks
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah praised Hamas on Friday for the West Bank shooting attacks which left four Israelis dead and two injured on two consecutive days, saying "this is the way to free Jerusalem and Palestine."
Girl wounded in stoning attack
Stonethrowers lightly wounded an Israeli girl traveling in the West Bank, the third such attack since the relaunch of peace talks this week.
Ahmadinejad: resistance, not peace talks
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked his regime's annual anti-Israel rallies by saying that the only path for the Palestinians is resistance, not peace talks.
Barak, Abbas hold secret meeting
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak reportedly met secretly with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the eve of peace talks.
Palestinians will leave peace talks over freeze
The Palestinians will withdraw from peace talks with Israel if construction in the settlements resumes, Mahmoud Abbas told the Mideast Quartet.
Israel will reject preconditions for talks
Israel said it will reject any preconditions set forth by the Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators on resuming direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Iran Sanctions, Peace Talks Linked
Timing, if not intent, inevitably is weaving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process into the efforts to end Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
The major powers are meeting this week in Germany to coordinate Iran policy ahead of the U.N. General Assembly later this month. At the same time, Israeli officials are in Washington planning a joint summit of the Israeli, Palestinian and American leaders during the General Assembly.
Lieberman: Peace Talks Have Reached ‘Dead End’
Israel political outlook uncertain as Olmert announces plans to resign [VIDEOS]
Confronted with police investigations into possible illegal fund-raising activities and a climate of intense political hostility, including from leading members of his own party, the Israeli prime minister held a hastily assembled news conference Wednesday evening to announce he will resign the premiership
Briefs: Holocaust denial resolution goes to U.N.; Swiss admit Israel-Syria mediation; Survivors owed
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A Palestinian Verdict: Terror Worked
The question on the Palestinian street now is who will successfully claim credit for expelling Israel from Gaza and northern Samaria - Hamas, an organization that carries out terrorist attacks, or Fatah, the official Palestinian ruling party?
Whatever the answer turns out to be, one thing is certain. Both factions are presenting Israel's withdrawal of settlers and troops from Gaza and the northern West Bank as a Palestinian military victory.
Assad Faces Trouble on All Fronts
Syrian President Bashar Assad is confused and worried. The heat is on, and it's not clear he can take it.
Israel points a menacing finger at Syria for hosting terrorists, accusing it of enabling last Friday's deadly terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, which has been blamed on the Damascus-based Islamic Jihad.
Assad has said he wants to renew peace talks with Israel, but at the same time he wants to please his backyard radicals. In addition, anti-Syrian sentiment in Lebanon is sizzling; the United States and France are pressing Syria to withdraw from Lebanon; the United States is growing impatient with Syria's tolerance of Palestinian and Iraqi terrorists; Assad wants to appease the United States without losing his face with Arab hardliners; and Syria's longtime ally, Egypt, is toying with "democracy," while Assad's own internal reforms are stuck.
So which way can he go?
Assad Faces Trouble on All Fronts
Syrian President Bashar Assad is confused and worried. The heat is on, and it's not clear he can take it.
Israel points a menacing finger at Syria for hosting terrorists, accusing it of enabling last Friday's deadly terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, which has been blamed on the Damascus-based Islamic Jihad.
Assad has said he wants to renew peace talks with Israel, but at the same time he wants to please his backyard radicals. In addition, anti-Syrian sentiment in Lebanon is sizzling; the United States and France are pressing Syria to withdraw from Lebanon; the United States is growing impatient with Syria's tolerance of Palestinian and Iraqi terrorists; Assad wants to appease the United States without losing his face with Arab hardliners; and Syria's longtime ally, Egypt, is toying with "democracy," while Assad's own internal reforms are stuck.
So which way can he go?
Sharon Spurns Syria Peace Talks Push
Syria's President Bashar Assad is proving to be as stubborn a character as his father.
But where Assad senior showed his obduracy by refusing to make concessions for peace, the younger Assad shows his by continually pushing for peace talks -- or at least saying he wants them.
Obstacles Remain in Post-Arafat Era
The post-Arafat era has begun with high hopes in Washington, London, Jerusalem and even Ramallah -- but many of the obstacles that prevented peace in Arafat's day remain, and it's not clear whether any of the major players has the single-minded determination to make peace happen.
The United States is not as actively involved as it may have to be; the Europeans, who would like to be intimately involved, don't have the necessary political clout; the Israeli leadership, insulated by strong American backing and facing a recalcitrant right wing, sees no need to hurry, and the new Palestinian leaders, hamstrung by radical, violent opponents, may not be able to make concessions beyond what the late Palestinian Authority president countenanced.
President Bush gave an inkling of the ambivalence inherent in American policy after a meeting last week in Washington with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Terrorism Grows as Israeli Vote Issue
This week's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv has made terror even more of a central issue in Israel's upcoming election -- and highlighted the major parties' different prescriptions for ending the violence.
The Settlers of Golan
Emotions ranging from hope to uncertainty to anger fill the 16,000 Golan Heights residents as their fate is again the topic of Israeli-Syrian peace talks.
Negotiations resumed Wednesday in Washington, and residents here know that the price for peace with Syria is likely to be the return of all or most of the Golan, the strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.
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