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Sinking Peace: Leaked Documents Said to Show Decline of Middle East Talks
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyThe Guardian and Al Jazeera served the world a fresh batch of leaked documents Sunday, with the material spanning a decade in the Israel-Palestine peace process. The picture is nothing if not depressing; the story is one of desperation, humiliation and dead-ends. The explosive news is the great concessions allegedly made by the Palestinians to the Israelis in round after round of talks. (The New York Times reports that State Department officials will not vouch for the documents' authenticity.) Palestinian negotiators appear to have offered to allow Israel to annex all but one of the East ...
Now Israel Has a 'Tea Party'
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- The "Teh" Party? Likud Party activists in Israel have set up a protest movement against the peace process modeled after the tea party movement in the United States. "The Israeli group will hold a rally Sunday at the Zionist Organization of America House in Tel Aviv, under the banner 'Saying No to Obama,' where they plan to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policy and the American pressure on Israel to renew the settlement construction freeze," reports Haaretz. Members of the Knesset -- Israel's parliament -- who are participating in the rally believe an Israeli-style ...
Will Barack Obama Go 0-4 on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 1) -- President Barack Obama is taking on three trouble spots in the Middle East this week: Iraq, Iran and Israel-Palestine. Though technically not in the Middle East, it's fair to add Afghanistan into the mix, linked as it is to the "war on terror," which Obama arguably continues to wage, despite a high-profile attempt to re-brand the effort over the past two years. The analysis from The New York Times is cautiously optimistic: "While Mr. Obama's thinking contains elements of the logic that drove his predecessors, there are also some critical differences, and success or failure hinges ...
Netanyahu's Chummy Obama Visit Skirted Unresolved Issues
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyDespite the theater of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's feel-good reception with President Barack Obama on Tuesday -- the meeting of the wives, the walk down the White House driveway together, like old friends, after months of differences -- let no one think the path forward will be smooth from here on out. Starting today. Already the White House has none-too-subtly said that Obama's promise to come to Israel was nothing more than the sort of throw-away niceties one gives a guest who's just spent a reasonably nice time having dinner at your home. Already no one quite believes ...
Northern Ireland PM Steps Down Amid Sex Scandal, Imperiling Peace Process
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIn a story that is getting more bizarre -- and more troubling -- by the moment, Northern Ireland Prime Minister Peter Robinson resigned yesterday amid a financial scandal surrounding his wife's affair with a teenager. The scandal -- which has roiled the country's deeply traditional society -- now threatens to derail its fragile peace process as well. ...
Bush in Israel for Anniversary Celebrations
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Bush arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel this morning for a two-day visit marking Israel's 60th anniversary as a nation. The president was welcomed at the airport by Israeli president Shimon Peres. While in the Middle East, the president will meet with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to continue his push for a comprehensive peace agreement before he leaves office. He will also meet with Arab allies n Saudi Arabia, and make a stop at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt for talks with Egypt's, Jordan's, Lebanon's, and Afghanistan's leaders.The president began his visit with high praise for Israel and ...
Bush Predicts Peace Deal Will Be Reached
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySpeaking from Ramallah, on the West Bank, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his side, President Bush confidently predicted that a peace deal between the Palestinians and Israelis would be signed by the end of his presidency. The president made the comments after a meeting with Abbas on the second day of his trip to the Middle East. The trip is intended to jump start the peace process and build momentum toward an agreement on final status issues that have long prevented the creation of a Palestinian state.As he did after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, the president ...
Bush Arrives in Israel for Historic Visit
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Bush was welcomed to Israel today with a ceremony at Tel Aviv's airport headed by Israeli President Simon Peres. It was the beginning to a nine-day visit to Israel and the West Bank in an effort by the Administration to build momentum for the nascent final status talks between the Israelis and Palestinians.The greeting on the tarmac at Tel Aviv was warm and friendly, with Israeli President Peres telling the president, "You are our strongest and most trusted ally in the battle against terrorism and fundamentalism and a strong supporter of our quest for peace and stability." President ...
Peace Talks in Advance of Bush Visit
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Bush embarks on a nine-day trip to the Middle East tonight. The trip is designed to follow up on the Annapolis Conference, at which Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hammered out a framework agreement that included as a goal reaching a final peace settlement by the end of this year. It was the first time the Palestinians and Israelis agreed on a deadline for negotiations.Now, one day before Bush arrives for his visit, the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority have met and authorized the start of negotiations over "core issues," in the decades long conflict. The core ...
Bush Says U.S. Cannot Impose Peace
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyFresh off a successful Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, President Bush sat down with CNN for a follow up interview. The president committed himself to personally "facilitate" a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians by the end of 2008, but cautioned, "America can't impose our vision on the two parties. If that happens, then there's not going to be a deal that will last."The president said that rather than take a trip to the region to participate in the negotiations, which he did not think would be constructive, he would work directly with the principals, ...
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