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Palestinians Express Doubts Over 2-State Future

JERUSALEM (Dec. 12) -- Conventional wisdom on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking has long held that Israel should relinquish most of the lands it occupied in 1967 in favor of a Palestinian state - the "two-state solution" that much of the world has supported for years. But the utter lack of progress in peace talks and...

Poll Shows Most Israelis Want Peace but Doubt It's Possible

(Dec. 9) -- Most Israelis are apparently willing to make the tough territorial sacrifices required for a lasting peace with the Palestinians, even if their government seems far from doing so. And most Americans would like to see that happen with a neutral United States playing the mediator. But there's a considerable...

Officials: US Drops Demand for Israeli Settlement Freeze

WASHINGTON (Dec. 7) -- President Barack Obama has abandoned attempts to persuade Israel to slow West Bank settlement activity, officials said Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and one of the president's top foreign policy initiatives. After months of trying to broker a...

Plan for Reviving Mideast Talks Bets on Quick Border Deal

JERUSALEM (Nov. 14) -- Washington's new proposal for reviving Mideast talks, presented Sunday to Israel's Cabinet, rests on the bold expectation that Israelis and Palestinians will be able to sketch a border between them in three months. That's the period the plan sets aside for a one-time extension of a ban on new...

As Netanyahu Heads to US, Israel Keeps Building

JERUSALEM (Nov. 5) -- A page of gray, text-heavy official announcements published in an Israeli newspaper could torpedo President Barack Obama's strategy for the renewal of Middle East peace talks. The announcements came on the eve of a crucial visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S., where he will...

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05/31/12 US for Mideast peace talks, not unilateralism Source: Boston.com - Boston MA Clinton spoke Thursday in Denmark a day after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (EH'-hud bah-RAHK') said Israel cannot wait forever to reach accord.
01/03/12 Abbas: Israel will face 'hard measures' if attempt to... Source: Haaretz Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened Tuesday to take "new measures" against Israel attempts to renew Mideast peace talks fail, as chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met in Amman.