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Netanyahu Between a Rock and a Hard Place

ANALYSIS (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...

Netanyahu and Obama Meet Behind Closed Doors

(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,...

Mutual Mending as Netanyahu Comes to Washington

WASHINGTON (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...

Biden Blasts Israel for New Building Plans

JERUSALEM (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...

Israel Under Fire for Pushing Arabs Out of East Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (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...

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Daoud Kuttab: Why the Sudden Arab Interest in East Jerusalem?

A flurry of visits by Arab and Islamic officials to East Jerusalem in the past few weeks has left Palestinians wondering what is happening.

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05/24/12 Peace Was Not at Hand Source: The Blog - The Weekly Standard At the time, back in 2008, Olmert explained his proposal to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In her memoir No Higher Honor , she recounts what happened : I worried that there might never be another chance like this oneâ¦. to have an Israeli prime minister on record offering those remarkable elements and a Palestinian president accepting them would have pushed the peace process to a new level.
05/24/12 78% of east Jerusalem in poverty, report finds Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel Poverty is increasing in east Jerusalem, especially among children, according to a new report released by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel this week.
05/20/12 Palestinians and Israelis clash in Jerusalem Source: Al Jazeera Israeli marchers scuffled with Palestinians as a procession marking the capture of East Jerusalem entered the old city's Muslim quarter, police said.
05/20/12 Palestinians and Israelis clash in Jerusalem march Source: National Post - Don Mills - ON - Canada Right-wing Israeli marchers scuffled with Palestinians as a procession marking the Jewish state's annexation of east Jerusalem entered the old city's Muslim quarter on Sunday, police said.
05/20/12 Palestinians to protect Al Aqsa from colonists Source: Gulf News Defying Israeli restrictions and heavy security, thousands of Palestinians from the 1948 areas poured into occupied East Jerusalem to protect the Al Aqsa Mosque from colonists as they paraded the city to mark the annexation of the East Jerusalem during the 1967 war.