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Abbas needs an heir apparent
President Obama's visit to the Middle East next month is widely billed as an earnest attempt to double down on diplomacy and revive the moribund peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians. Unfortunately, the odds are stacked against the...
Tags: Government, George W. Bush, Palestinian National Authority, Barack Obama, West Bank
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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Tom Coburn, Fox News Channel (tv network), Carl Levin, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel
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Gaza militants break cease-fire with rocket attack into Israel
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian unrest spread Tuesday to the Gaza Strip, where militants fired a rocket into southern Israel, shattering one of the longest periods of quiet along that border in recent memory. It was the first rocket fired since the signing...
Tags: Politics, West Bank, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Armed Conflicts
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Gaza cease-fire unraveling amid renewed air attacks
JERUSALEM -- A 4-month-old cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip appeared to be collapsing early Wednesday after militants fired projectiles into southern Israel and the Israel Defense Forces responded with airstrikes against two...Tags: Israel Defense Forces, Politics, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel
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Hamas reelects Meshaal as leader, official says
GAZA CITY — The leadership council of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza Strip, has reelected Khaled Meshaal to lead the militant organization for the next four years, a senior official with the movement said Monday. No official...
Tags: Elections, Jerusalem (Israel), Politics, Bashar Assad, West Bank
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Palestinians at funeral protest death of prisoner
SAIR, West Bank — As Israel looked for ways to contain growing Palestinian anger over the death of a West Bank detainee in its custody, thousands of mourners gathered Monday for the funeral of the man Palestinian officials say succumbed to torture...
Tags: Government, Medical Procedures and Tests, West Bank, Israel, Injuries and Wounds
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Letters: Who's blocking Mideast peace?
Re “Moving past stalemate,” Opinion, Feb. 19 Maen Rashid Areikat relies on what has become the standard Palestinian rationalization for refusing to return to negotiations with Israel until the settlement issue is resolved. He relieves the...Tags: Palestinian National Authority, United Nations, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, International Relations
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Opening the door to peace
Given how low the expectations were for President Barack Obama's highly publicized trip to the Middle East, it may not be saying much to declare that he exceeded them. But given the precarious state of Israeli-Palestinian relations, it would also be...
Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Government, Palestinian National Authority, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Palestinian politics do matter
With President Obama's visit to Israel and the occupied territories now behind us, attention is likely to turn to how we might restart the peace process. But if the past is any indication, one crucial element will be largely ignored in the discussion:...
Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Government, Brookings Institution, U.S. Congress, Palestinian National Authority
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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: Palestinian National Authority, West Bank, Barack Obama, Judaism, Religion and Belief
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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: Palestinian National Authority, Barack Obama, West Bank, Judaism, Palestine
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Low expectations for Obama's Israel visit
President Obama will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for his first visit since being elected in 2008. We wish him the best, but frankly, we have very low expectations. Indeed, it's hard to figure out why he's making the trip at all. The peace process...Tags: Barack Obama, West Bank, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Benjamin Netanyahu
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