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'Peace is possible,' Obama insists in Middle East
JERUSALEM (AP) — Insisting "peace is possible," President Barack Obama on Thursday prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with few, if any, pre-conditions, softening his earlier demands that Israel stop...
Tags: Israel, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Salam Fayyad, Palestinian National Authority
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Obama says Palestinian state still a viable option
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Obama met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday in search of hopeful signs for the stalled peace process and declared that a sovereign state of Palestine beside Israel is still viable. Following a long...Tags: Israel, West Bank, Palestinian National Authority, Trips and Vacations, Arts and Culture
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Blocking entry of radicals is good for Israel and U.S.
In their commentary, Zainab Choudry and Saqib Ali ("Don't let Israel discriminate," April 30) objected to Senate Bill 462 (the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013) introduced recently in the U.S. Senate that advocates Israel's right to deny...
Tags: Civil Rights, Israel, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues
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2 killings shatter relative calm between Israelis, Palestinians
JERUSALEM -- Tensions rose Tuesday between Israelis and Palestinians after two separate killings -- one by each side -- shattered what had been a period of relative calm in recent months. At a northern West Bank hitchhiking stop, an Israeli settler...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Murder, Armed Conflicts, Politics
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Australia investigating mysterious 2010 death in Israeli prison
JERUSALEM -- Government officials in Australia vowed Wednesday to investigate the secret detention and mysterious death of a Jewish Australian immigrant who was found hanged to death in a high-security Israeli prison cell in 2010. Australian Foreign...
Tags: Civil Rights, Israel, Justice and Rights, Politics, Prisons
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U.S. and Israel push the boundaries of international law
William PfaffPARIS -- In 2009, the former head of the international law department of Israel's military establishment, Daniel Reisner, said that "International law progresses through violations. We invented the targeted assassination thesis and we had to push it. At...Tags: International Relations, Israel, Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush
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Netanyahu's choices
As President Barack Obama begins his second term, he faces a series of Middle East challenges far more daunting than when he began his presidency in 2009. These problems include: •what to do about the Arab-Israeli conflict, with peace talks between...
Tags: Social Sciences, Al-Qaeda, Mahmoud Abbas, Likud, Government
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Iran's leader visits Cairo, easing long estrangement
CAIRO -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a kiss on the cheek by Egypt's new Islamist leader in a historic trip to strengthen relations between the two nations after decades of estrangement and suspicion. Iran...
Tags: Civil Rights, International Monetary Fund, Justice and Rights, Religious Conflicts, Mohamed Morsi
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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: Carl Levin, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Afghanistan, George W. Bush
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Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...
Tags: International Monetary Fund, Al-Qaeda, Mohamed Morsi, Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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A controversial speaker's right to speak
Maybe it was too nice out to protest. Or maybe no one cared what a few hundred conservatives were talking about in this one-party state. But only about 10 people convened Saturday with signs outside the DoubleTree Hotel in Annapolis to oppose Pamela...Tags: Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Punishment, Religious Conflicts
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Hagel and defense
Biography isn't policy. President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two Purple Hearts from a war many...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Chuck Hagel, Politics, Iran
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