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Statement of ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali at the UN Conference on the Question of Palestine in Ecuador
March 26, 2014 Over recent decades, particularly in the context of UNSC Resolution 242 and all subsequent resolutions following the 1967 war, an overwhelming international consensus has emerged in favor of peace in the Middle East based on two states -- Israel and Palestine -- living side by side. |
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U.S.: Israel’s discrimination keeps it out of visa waiver deal
March 26, 2014 Discrimination against visiting Arab-Americans is primary reason Israel ineligible for a program allowing Israeli tourists into the U.S. without visas. |
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The Case For Equality For Israel’s Arab Citizens
March 26, 2014 Being a Palestinian Arab citizen in the nation-state of the Jewish people is challenging. Both a sense of justice and of self-interest should lead Israel not to make it any harder for the people who represent some 20 percent of the country’s population |
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Arab League rejects Israel as Jewish homeland
March 26, 2014 Arab leaders said Wednesday they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, blaming it for a lack of progress in the Mideast peace process. |
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Israelis, Palestinians endorse Arab peace plan
March 25, 2014 A newly formed group of Israeli and Palestinian politicians on Monday urged the Arab League to renew a comprehensive peace offer to Israel, saying such a gesture would give a much-needed boost to troubled U.S.-backed peace talks. |
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Two-staters, unite behind Kerry
March 25, 2014 You don’t have to love everything that the U.S. Secretary of State will present in his 'framework’ paper - but there is too much at stake not to support a chance for peace. |
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Palestinians favor extending talks if prisoners freed
March 25, 2014 A majority of Palestinians would support extending peace talks with Israel beyond an April deadline, but only in exchange for the release of additional prisoners, according to a poll published Monday. |
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Israeli police: Arab area of Jerusalem vandalized
March 24, 2014 Israeli police say vandals have slashed car tires and sprayed a bus with hate graffiti in a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem. |
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GCC impasse is about the role Egypt plays in region
March 24, 2014 The unprecedented withdrawal of their ambassadors to Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – as well as Egypt – probably constitutes the most serious rift in the Gulf Cooperation Council since its foundation. |
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Standoff Over Prisoner Release Threatens Mideast Talks
March 24, 2014 The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks revived by Washington last summer are scheduled to continue until April 29, but a showdown — and possible breakdown — is likely this week over the anticipated release of a fourth batch of Palestinian prisoners. |