Feb 19 2014 - 1:12pm Will the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state?
February 19, 2014

Through recent rounds of peace negotiations regarding the Middle East, the recognition of a "Jewish state" has become an elementary component of the current Israeli government negotiation strategy.

Feb 19 2014 - 12:49pm Livni: Disengagement from Gaza should not be reason for no more compromise
February 19, 2014

Livni, who heads Israel's negotiating team with the Palestinians, said that just as Israel will need to make compromises, so too will the Palestinians.

Feb 19 2014 - 12:46pm US to demand 'partial Israeli settlement freeze'
February 19, 2014

Washington is to demand Israel implement a partial settlement freeze after US Secretary of State John Kerry presents his framework for extending peace talks, army radio reported on Wednesday.

Feb 18 2014 - 11:18am Rights of return: Spain, Jews and the Palestinians
February 18, 2014

One day perhaps we will see Arab countries and Israel extending some kind of right of return, which would be a boon to a region that has lost its diversity, spell the end to exclusionary nationalism's and prove that Arabs and Jews are “brothers” and “sisters," not feuding “cousins."

Feb 18 2014 - 11:15am US said ready to compile list of Palestinian refugees to return in deal
February 18, 2014

The US reportedly has recently offered to compile a list of Palestinian refugees interested in settling in Israel, under the assumption that a small number would be approved to do so by the Israeli government, according to a Palestinian source cited in an Israeli report

Feb 18 2014 - 11:20am Kerry to see Palestinian leader in Paris
February 18, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Paris this week to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to continue his push for an outline for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.

Feb 17 2014 - 11:48am Abbas: Palestinians won't share Al-Aqsa Mosque, but Jews can pray at Western Wall
February 17, 2014

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday the Palestinian Authority would not agree to share sovereignty over the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Temple Mount) in Jerusalem in the course of a peace deal with Israel, but would allow freedom of worship for Jews in the Western Wall Plaza.

Feb 17 2014 - 11:46am The Jewish-democratic Rubik's cube
February 17, 2014

The time has arrived for Jewish and Arab democrats to stop dancing to the tune of the right and define the state in which they want to live. The time has arrived for Arabs and Jews to delineate the message to both peoples.

Feb 17 2014 - 11:40am Abbas, Talking to Israeli Students About Peace, Finds a Receptive Audience
February 17, 2014

He tried to allay some common Israeli fears, declaring, for example, that he did not intend "to drown Israel with millions of refugees" and describing claims to the contrary as "propaganda" and "nonsense."

Feb 14 2014 - 11:14am Israel’s Big Question
February 14, 2014

So responding to the Kerry plan, when it comes, is about something very deep: What is the nation state of the Jewish people — and how will Jews abroad and Israel’s closest ally, America, relate to it in the future?


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