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Bulldozer Driver Who Killed Rachel Corrie to Testify Behind Screen

(Oct. 20) -- It was 7 1/2 years ago that an Israeli bulldozer ran over and killed Rachel Corrie, a Washington state resident, who was protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza. Subsequently, an Israeli military investigation (never published) cleared the driver, and no charges were filed in the incident. As...

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak: Mosque-Burners Are 'Terrorists'

(Oct. 4) -- Play with fire and you're bound to get burned -- maybe even by your own countrymen. That's the lesson that arsonists -- allegedly disgruntled Jewish settlers -- learned today after torching a mosque and at least a dozen copies of the Koran in Beit Fajjar, a Muslim Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank....

Will Barack Obama Go 0-4 on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine?

(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...

Top Envoy Cites Iran Threat Before Peace Talks

WASHINGTON (Aug. 31) -- The latest peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority may be most noticeable for who won't be there but will be on everyone's mind: Iran. The nuclear wannabe nation poses what Israel considers an existential threat more dangerous than the long-simmering conflict with the Palestinians....

Opinion: The Long Road for Obama and Netanyahu

(July 5) -- "It doesn't take a red-haired Russian spy to know that there are tensions between the U.S. and Israel." So said Michael Herzog, a retiring brigadier general in the Israeli Defense Forces, a few days ago. Indeed, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama meet on Tuesday, there are...

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If Kyoto Dies In Durban, It Will Be A Death Knell For The Climate Fight

"It's a relief after the weeks I've spent deep in the entrails of the Middle East peace process to talk about something that's relatively easy to solve."

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Daoud Kuttab: All Systems Are Go for Palestine's UN Strategy

If anyone outside Palestine had doubts that the Palestinian Authority was hesitant about going to the UN to request the recognition of Palestine as a full member, a trip to Ramallah would quickly put an end to this skepticism.

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Tony Blair: 'I Warned Gaddafi'

The Middle East is erupting in flames -- and Tony Blair has to fix it.

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What Have Obama and Netanyahu Wrought?

What conclusions are to be drawn about the state of Middle East peacemaking from the extraordinary spectacle of the adversarial encounter between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their several major adversarial addresses in the second half of May? The spectacle did not bring an...

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Israel Allies Lobby Against U.N. Recognition Of Palestinian State

As more signs point to the lack of progress in the Middle East peace process, American Jewish groups and supporters of Israel are working to head off an expected September vote in the United Nations General Assembly to recognize a state of Palestine.

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06/22/11 Middle East Peace Process Source: U.S. Consulate in Ecuador At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session.
01/11/11 Middle East peace, not process Source: The Japan Times The United States should stop pushing for the resumption of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.