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There Was Never a 'Settlement Freeze' to Begin With

(Sept. 28) -- Middle East peace negotiations have reached an impasse with Israel's cessation of a 10-month "settlement freeze" on Sunday. But, in reality, during the 10-month period of the so-called freeze, settlement construction continued. Haaretz's Dror Etkes unpacks the numbers from Israel's Central Bureau of...

Palestinians Blink in Settlement Poker Match

JERUSALEM (Sept. 27) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have emerged victorious -- for now -- after a tense weekend of brinkmanship over West Bank settlement building that wrong-footed the Obama administration, divided the Palestinian leadership and perhaps humiliated both of them. Netanyahu's refusal...

Clinton Says 'Time Is Ripe' for Mideast Peace Deal

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Sept. 14) -- Convening a new round of negotiations Tuesday between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the "time is ripe" for a Mideast peace deal. Clinton sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to...

Obama, Netanyahu Agree to Focus on Peace Talks

WASHINGTON (July 6) -- Eager to show unity to the world, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed talk of a rift as wildly unfounded, and Netanyahu pledged concrete, "very robust" steps to revive sluggish Mideast peace efforts with the Palestinians. In a warm, yet...