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Obama and Elie Wiesel Talk Mideast Peace Over 'Good Kosher Lunch'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWhat's on the menu when two Nobel Peace Prize winners sit down for a meal? "A good Kosher lunch," according to Elie Wiesel, who met privately with President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate, said the two men discussed the Obama administration's attempts to break the stalemate in Middle East peace talks, the AP reported in the Washington Post.. Wiesel acknowledged the recent flareup in U.S.-Israeli relations over Israel's announcement of plans for new Jewish housing in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. "There were ...
Why a Hung Parliament in the U.K. Might Not Be So Bad
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIt looks increasingly likely that the British general elections will go right down to the wire. While the opposition Conservative party led the incumbent Labour party by as many as 17 percentage points last year, in recent weeks the race has become much more competitive. Many are now predicting that the election -- which must be held by early June -- may end in a hung parliament. ...
Netanyahu Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsANALYSIS (March 26) -- On Monday night, Jews around the world will celebrate Passover, the "Festival of Freedom" that commemorates the end of slavery in Egypt. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might not be in full festive mood. On the vexing issue of settlements, his freedom is constrained by the conflicting demands of a hard-line coalition and an increasingly demanding U.S. administration. Washington is sticking to its call for Israel to freeze settlement construction in east Jerusalem as well as the West Bank, even as Netanyahu's coalition partners continue to push through -- ...
Netanyahu and Obama Meet Behind Closed Doors
By Linda Gradstein - AOL News(March 23) -- President Barack Obama met at the White House today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel sought to ease the crisis in its relations with Washington. But just hours before the low-key private meeting, the Jerusalem city government announced its approval of 20 new homes in east Jerusalem, raising again the issue that soured relations in the first place earlier this month. "Things got a bit out of twist," Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev told AOL News, referring to the U.S.-Israeli tensions. "But we hope that we'll be back on track where we were before and ...
Obama to Meet With Netanyahu in Aftermath of Jerusalem Housing Flap
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIn the wake of a tense diplomatic dispute over settlements that upstaged Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Jerusalem and drew a rebuke from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet with President Obama in the Oval Office Tuesday night in an effort to get peace talks going again in the region. While visiting Israel two weeks ago, Biden was taken by surprise when the government said it had approved construction of 1,600 new new Jewish apartments on disputed land in East Jerusalem, an area held sacred by Palestinians and Christians, as well ...
Mutual Mending as Netanyahu Comes to Washington
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 22) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit here is being marked by a conciliatory speech today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a dinner tonight with Vice President Joe Biden and a meeting Tuesday with President Barack Obama. The agenda alone is a sign that the U.S. and Israel are trying to put the recent crisis over Israeli housing construction in East Jerusalem behind them, even if there is minimal substantive change in their positions on that issue. Netanyahu is in Washington for the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, ...
Biden Blasts Israel for New Building Plans
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM (March 9) -- Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had unusually harsh words for Israel after the government approved 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood. The new construction was announced as Israel and the Palestinians were set to resume U.S.-mediated "proximity" talks after more than a year without any negotiations. "I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem," Biden said. "The substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely ...
In Israel, Biden Condemns East Jerusalem Settlements
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyVice President Joe Biden released a statement shortly after arriving in Israel Tuesday that condemns a decision by the government to allow new settlements in disputed east Jerusalem. Israel's announcement of the construction of 1,600 new homes for Jews in east Jerusalem came just hours after Biden met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions that ...
Israel Under Fire for Pushing Arabs Out of East Jerusalem
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM (Dec. 2) - East Jerusalem, at the crux of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians for more than 40 years, is more contested than ever this week in light of several reports that suggest Israel is pursuing a deliberate policy of "judaizing" the city Palestinians view as their future capital. A classified European Union report, leaked to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz, slams Israeli policy in East Jerusalem and calls on EU countries to help strengthen Palestinian claims to the city. The Israeli government is particularly concerned at indications that the EU may soon officially ...
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