Netanyahu: Jerusalem’s Status To Be Decided ‘After A Negotiation’
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted yesterday in an interview with PBS that he could be open to negotiating the status of Jerusalem, a perpetual...
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Inside a Foundation for Defense of Democracies sponsored Junket to Israel
By John Walbridge I am in Israel at the moment, having just completed a terrorism tour for academics sponsored by a group called the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. The organizer described...
View ArticleJewish Youths Get Light Sentences For Brutal Killing of Palestinian in Jerusalem
via Lobe Log A case adjudicated in the Jerusalem municipal court recently illustrates the total lack of equal justice for Palestinians. It also demonstrates how the Israeli press often elides details...
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Romney Lowers Threshold For Military Involvement In Iran, Says He’d Back...
via Think Progress Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem, a top foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney said the GOP presidential nominee would support an Israeli decision to attack Iran’s nuclear program....
View ArticleThe Daily Talking Points
via Lobe Log News and views relevant to US foreign policy for Sept. 10 “The Interview: Zbigniew Brzezinski”: An interview with former US Secretary of State Zbigniew Brzezinski in the Tokyo-based...
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On the trail in Virginia
via Lobe Log By Scott McConnell I spent the weekend canvassing for Obama in the Virginia Beach area. The task for the hundreds of volunteers who descended from DC and New York was to make sure the...
View ArticleWhat Obama can do in Israel-Palestine
via Lobe Log by Mitchell Plitnick The Israeli elections ushered in a record number of new Knesset members, yet the prospects for resolving Israel’s 45-year old occupation of Palestinian land are as dim...
View ArticleSetbacks Push Mideast Peace to Back Burner
by Mitchell Plitnick via IPS News The optimism expressed by U.S. President Barack Obama and newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry about restarting the peace process between Israel and the...
View ArticleObama’s Near East Trip: Time to be Bold
via Lobe Log by Robert E. Hunter The stakes in President Barak Obama’s impending visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan have risen steadily in recent days. It is taking take place, after all, almost...
View ArticleObama’s Subtle Message To Israel: You’re Not My Top Priority Anymore
via Lobe Log by Mitchell Plitnick All was not as it seemed during President Barack Obama’s appearances in Jerusalem and Ramallah, where he addressed audiences of Israelis and Palestinians. On the...
View ArticleEurope Urged to Step into Breach of Failed Mideast Peace
by Mitchell Plitnick via IPS News The Oslo peace process has failed and Europe must take stronger leadership in the Middle East, according to a distinguished group of former European leaders that is...
View ArticleNew Israel-Palestine Talks: Is Peace Really Possible?
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick I’m always pleased when something surprises me in the realm of Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy. It doesn’t happen often. Today’s announcement that Secretary of State John...
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Still Seeking Strategy
via LobeLog by Robert E. Hunter For Secretary of State John Kerry, the good news this past week is that he has finally got Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to agree to talk directly...
View ArticleIsraeli-Palestinian Talks: Why Now and To What End?
via LobeLog by Emile Nakhleh The recently restarted talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are the only peaceful political activity amidst on-going violence in Syria, Iraq, Libya,...
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US on Israeli Settlements: A Policy Without A Policy
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick Some days, it must be really difficult to be the State Department’s spokesperson. It doesn’t seem like a bad job to have at all, but on certain questions it’s...
View ArticleA Dangerous Proposal For Israel-Palestine “Peace”
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick The tentative outreach from Washington toward Tehran has spurred speculation about a wide variety of connected issues. The desperation with which Israeli Prime Minister...
View ArticleKerry Lands In The Israel-Palestine Blame Game
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Israel on Jan. 2, starting 2014 with an attempt to save what is increasingly looking like a doomed round of negotiations...
View ArticleIsraelis and Palestinians Moving Apart, Not Closer
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick It’s a busy week for Secretary of State John Kerry. On Monday, he received Israel’s top two negotiators, Tzipi Livni and Isaac Molho. Then he packed his bags and headed...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Rule On Explosive Jerusalem Passport Issue
via LobeLog by Mitchell Plitnick Return trips to the Supreme Court are not unheard of, but they’re not particularly common either. Should we be surprised that a case involving Israel would get a second...
View ArticleThe US Must Do Less To Resolve the Israel-Palestine Conflict
via Lobelog by Mitchell Plitnick Former American diplomat Aaron David Miller is a frequent and worthwhile contributor to US foreign policy discussions in both Washington and the news media. His long...
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