May 26, 2010 - 1:59pm What Do They Want from the Palestinians?
May 26, 2010

Like a thief who asks his victim for payment, so too has Israel demanded that the Palestinians show their settler overlords their gratefulness and to continue to buy with their money products from the factories in the settlements.

May 26, 2010 - 10:17am PA's Abbas slams Iran
May 26, 2010

"We, the Palestinian people, are like a hijacked airplane," he said. "The decision-making power is not in our hands, but rather, in the hands of the Iranians. For that reason, the Palestinian people's unity, just like the plane, is also hijacked."

May 26, 2010 - 10:09am Effective resistance to illegal occupation
May 26, 2010

For Israel to begin to make a clear distinction between settlements and itself, the outside world must make this distinction. A boycott of the products of settlements is a good start.

May 25, 2010 - 11:21am Mideast peace is a global issue
May 25, 2010

Previous reconciliation efforts fell on deaf ears, feeding the fanaticism that now plagues the world, says Saad Hariri. The time for arbitration may be at hand.

May 25, 2010 - 11:19am U.S. to set deadline for Middle East peace
May 25, 2010

George Mitchell, the Obama administration's special envoy for Middle East peace, plans to set a deadline for an Israel-Palestinian agreement, applying lessons learned from his successful mediation in a previous conflict.

May 24, 2010 - 12:18pm On being an Arab lawmaker in Israel
May 24, 2010

Ahmad Tibi, a member of Israel's parliament, talks about why he thinks democracy in Israel applies only to Jewish citizens, why he'll never accept Israel as a Jewish state and why he'll never leave.

May 24, 2010 - 12:17pm Wall Street Journal Interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres
May 24, 2010

Netanyahu, by agreeing to a two-state solution, brought an end to the debate in Israel at least on a theoretical level. I appreciate what Fayyad is doing in the West Bank, and I want to help as much as I can. I appreciate Abu Mazen too and Abu Ala.

May 21, 2010 - 11:48am Can Palestinians peacefully build a state?
May 21, 2010

Their prime minister, Salam Fayyad, is giving it a go. But he is caught between his own people’s demands and those of Israel.

May 21, 2010 - 11:42am Palestinians Offer Wider Concessions on Land
May 21, 2010

Palestinian negotiators have surprised Washington with a bold opening offer to White House peace envoy George Mitchell that includes concessions on territory beyond those offered in past Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, according to officials briefed on the current negotiations.

May 20, 2010 - 4:58pm Resources on the American National Security Interest in Israeli-Palestinian Peace
May 20, 2010

Our purpose is to illustrate the growth of this understanding in Washington over the past few years and the depth of US commitment to securing a negotiated two state agreement.


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