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Palestinians Back Abbas on Settlement Slowdown
By not in system - AOL NewsRAMALLAH, West Bank (Oct. 2) -- Dozens of senior Palestinians on Saturday backed President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it builds in West Bank settlements, dealing a new setback to troubled U.S. efforts to salvage peace talks. Israel refuses to extend a 10-month-old curb on settlement construction, while Abbas says there is no point in negotiating as long as settlements eat up more of the land the Palestinians want for a future state. The Obama administration has said it will keep pushing to find a solution to the impasse, and U.S. envoy George Mitchell is now ...
Confessions of an Accused 'Self-Hating Jew'
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyI am proud to be Jewish and though I am not in any way observant or even very well-informed about many customs of Talmudic law, I love the traditions, the food, and the deep loyalty my ethnic tribe inspires. (Also, who doesn't like to be "chosen?") I'm not an expert on Middle East geopolitics but nevertheless found myself discussing Israel's global posture in a recent post. I was writing in defense of Helen Thomas, an abruptly retired White House press corps dean who recently voiced a pretty controversial opinion (both in its inflammatory content and its audacious delivery to a television ...
George Mitchell Lays Groundwork as Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Talks
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyIf there were no conflict, Ramallah and Jerusalem would be considered neighboring towns. By car, they lie only 16 miles apart; even fewer as the crow flies. The distance might as well be an ocean. Former Sen. George Mitchell must be tired. He's swum this ocean's length already, dozens of times. Over the last weeks Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, a diplomat decorated for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process, has shuttled back and forth between Jerusalem and Ramallah, working to lay the groundwork allowing mediated talks to begin between Israeli Prime ...
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 ...
Palestinians Hail Rerouting of Israeli 'Security Fence'
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsBIL'IN, West Bank (Feb. 11) – The bulldozer biting into the rocky hillside near this West Bank village is a victory for five years of struggle against the controversial barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank. Palestinian villagers here appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court soon after the barrier cut them off from more than half of their farmland, mostly olive trees and fields of beans. In September 2007 the court ordered the Defense Ministry to come up with a route that eases the hardship for the Palestinians. For years, the villagers and their supporters have gathered ...
Israel Sees Pattern of Hostility Emerging in Britain
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Dec. 15) -- Israel's relationship with Britain hit a new low Tuesday when it was revealed that a London judge had issued an arrest warrant for former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni over her role in the Gaza invasion earlier this year. The warrant has embarrassed Britain's government, led Israel to warn that its relations with the United Kingdom are under threat and made some leading British Jews worry that hostility against Israel is rising in the country. "This is part of a generally deteriorating atmosphere toward Israel," says Andrew Balcombe, chairman of the Zionist Federation of ...
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 ...
Pro-Israel Lobby Is Gaining Traction in the U.K.
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWell, it would appear that the so-called "Israel lobby" isn't just a Washington phenomenon. On Monday, British television's Channel Four aired a one-hour exposé revealing the pervasive influence of the pro-Israel lobby in the highest realms of British politics and media. The documentary's producers were motivated by the belief that this powerful lobby had been inadequately studied, even ignored, by Britain's mainstream press. And so they set out to explore the financial, political and journalistic means by which this group exerts its influence. ...
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