Rabbi Ovadia slams US: We're not their slaves
July 27, 2009 Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: "'You can't build here, you can't build there' – it's as if we were their slaves. We are being ruled by slaves. Our messiah will come and throw them out." |
Israeli derision at mufti-Hitler link
July 24, 2009 The order has been greeted inside the Israeli Foreign Ministry with derision, "laughter, scepticism and a sense of misplaced communication that this doesn't help one bit the real argument." |
UN Secretary General: Israel must halt settlement building
July 23, 2009 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon added that "Israel must desist from unilateral moves in Jerusalem, such as destroying houses." |
U.S., Israel at odds over 2003 settlements accord
July 22, 2009 Hussein Ibish: "Even if the people involved in the 2003 to 2005 conversations feel there was an agreement, it no longer has any relevance to the foreign policy approach of the current administration and is therefore moot." |
The “Inevitability” of Peace
July 21, 2009 Watch Dr. Asali discuss Jimmy Carter's "inevitability" of peace with Jonathan Schanzer and Toni Verstandig during a United States Institute of Peace panel, moderated by former US ambassador to Israel, Sam Lewis. |
Mitchell heads to Mideast after new spat
July 21, 2009 State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley: "we are concerned that unilateral actions taken by the Israelis or the Palestinians cannot prejudge the outcome of these negotiations." |
What Netanyahu wants from Obama's 'self-hating Jews'
July 20, 2009 Akiva Eldar: "traditional supporters of the Israeli right are are giving way to younger, liberal forces who identify with Obama's values." |
Arabs Need to Talk to the Israelis
July 17, 2009 Crown Prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa: "All sides need to take simultaneous, good-faith action if peace is to have a chance." |
Obama and Medvedev Meet
July 16, 2009 Ziad Asali discusses the role Russia can play in implementing the road map and in negotiating with Iran on Russia Today |
Secretary Clinton Discusses Palestine at Council on Foreign Relations
July 15, 2009 ATFP today warmly welcomed remarks by Secretary Clinton reiterating US support for the creation of a Palestinian state and an end to Israeli settlement activity. |