Mar 5 2014 - 11:17am The Powerless Peacemaker
March 5, 2014

While there are many uncertainties and unknowns about Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, one thing is stunningly clear right now: This White House -- whatever its inclinations and predispositions -- has no intention of having either type of fight, anytime soon.​

Mar 5 2014 - 11:14am The Powerless Peacemaker
March 5, 2014

While there are many uncertainties and unknowns about Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, one thing is stunningly clear right now: This White House -- whatever its inclinations and predispositions -- has no intention of having either type of fight, anytime soon.​

Mar 5 2014 - 11:13am UN report: 300,000 Palestinians live in Area C of West Bank
March 5, 2014

Some 300,000 Palestinians live under full Israeli control in Area C of the West Bank, according to new data published Tuesday by a UN body. That figure is considerably higher than 2008 estimates of 150,000 to 180,000 made by the Israeli NGO, Bimkom, Planners for Planning Rights.

Mar 5 2014 - 10:56am 'Jewish state' recognition adds new Israeli-Palestinian trip wire
March 5, 2014

As the U.S. struggles to put together a framework deal allowing negotiations to proceed beyond an initial April deadline, they have run into an unexpected roadblock: Israel's firm demand to be recognized as a specifically Jewish state and the Palestinians' adamant rejection of any such idea.

Mar 4 2014 - 11:51am Israeli settlement construction doubles in 2013
March 4, 2014

Israel began building more than twice as many West Bank settlement homes in 2013 than it did the previous year, Israel's central bureau of statistics said Monday, just hours before its prime minster was to face President Barack Obama in Washington for what was expected to be a tense meeting.

Mar 4 2014 - 11:49am Obama puts Israel on notice
March 4, 2014

But what far too many of them fail to appreciate is that their country’s policies and conduct are primarily responsible for Israel’s worsening reputation. What is perceived to be a PR problem is actually a "reality problem." And realities have consequences.

Mar 4 2014 - 11:46am Obama: Tough choices nearing in Mideast talks
March 4, 2014

Seeking to salvage an elusive Middle East peace plan, President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday to make the "tough decisions" needed to move forward on talks with the Palestinians.

Mar 3 2014 - 10:26am Obama to Israel -- Time Is Running Out
March 3, 2014

When PM Netanyahu visits the White House tomorrow, President Barack Obama will tell him that his country could face a bleak future -- one of international isolation and demographic disaster -- if he refuses to endorse a U.S.-drafted framework agreement for peace with the Palestinians.

Mar 3 2014 - 10:24am Ibish: Nationalism is a familiar force chasing Islamists in the region
March 3, 2014

What many in the West have, even now, not understood is that nationalism – not the pan-Arab nationalism of the 1950s and 1960s, but state-specific nationalism of North African countries, for example – is still the most potent political sentiment in most of the Arab world.

Mar 3 2014 - 10:21am ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali: Americans must never ask themselves, ‘Who Lost Egypt?’
March 3, 2014

It’s easy to imagine that there is at least one American commentator, if not many, already contemplating writing a book with a working title of “Who Lost Egypt?” If there is one book I would be most willing to prevent through the prior restraint of wise policies, it would have to be that.


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