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Palestinian Attempt To Prevent OECD Conference In Jerusalem

The PLO’s international foreign relations department called on member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to boycott the organization’s conference scheduled for October 20-22, which will focus on the development of environmentally sustainable tourism… Continue reading

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Palestinian President Abbas Presents Four Alternatives If Peace Talks Fail

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is urging Arab leaders to consider alternatives if peace talks with Israel fail, including pressing the United States to recognize a unilateral declaration of statehood and, if it were to fail, to take the demand to the United Nations. President Abbas presented his four alternatives, which he described… Continue reading

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Netanyahu Offers Conditional Settlement Freeze In Return For Recognition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday at the opening of the Knesset winter session that he would renew a temporary halt of settlement building in the West Bank in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state… Continue reading

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Arab League to Give US One Month to Save Peace Talks

Diplomats at Arab League meeting in Libya say some countries suggesting return to indirect talks to avoid total breakdown of negotiations; Moussa blames Israeli negativity for impasse in peace process… Continue reading

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Obama’s Ineptness On Middle East Issues Explained

Remember, this isn’t the first time in the last month that Obama has set himself up for humiliation on the issue. He also made his big UN speech which presented the Israel-Palestinian conflict as the world’s most important issue and made the potentially embarrassing prediction that he would resolve the conflict within… Continue reading

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Summary of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Strip

The Israeli Government, together with the IDF, coordinates the delivery of a variety of Humanitarian Aid & Development Assistance to the civilian population of the Gaza Strip on a daily basis. The following report details cross-border activities for the last week of September… Continue reading

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Continuing the Peace Talks Is Vital For Israel

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that continuing the peace talks with the Palestinians is a vital interest for the State of Israel… Continue reading

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PM Netanyahu Calls On PA President And Leadership To Continue Peace Talks

In a statement issued by the PM’s Office, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority leadership to continue the peace talks in order to reach an historic peace agreement within one year… Continue reading

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Says Freeze is Not the Main Goal of Negotiations

“Whoever offered the idea to freeze settlements as a main goal and priority didn’t see the real goal of the negotiations, which is to define borders,” Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the London-based Arab newspaper al-Hayat in an interview… Continue reading

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Why Netanyahu Rejected a US Offer to Extend the Construction Moratorium

Contents of a White House letter have been published saying what the Obama Administration will offer Israel if it extends the moratorium on building inside West Bank settlements for two months. The specific proposals reveal again how the White House doesn’t seem to understand the situation, or perhaps is… Continue reading

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European Union Foreign Policy Chief Urges Israel to Reinstate Settlement Freeze

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, rushed to the region for talks with Abbas and Netanyahu on Thursday and Friday, underscoring the sense of urgency. A U.S. emissary is also racing against the clock to salvage Mideast peace negotiations facing collapse because of a spat over Israeli settlements. The EU is part of the Middle East Quartet, which… Continue reading

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Abbas Looks For A Way to End Peace Talks

Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas claims that he can’t negotiate with Israel if Israel once again begins to construct buildings on existing settlements after a nine-month freeze on construction. Let’s evaluate this statement… Continue reading

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Palestinian Preconditions for Peace Talks

The Palestinian Authority has preconditioned further peace talks on a halt to all Jewish building in the disputed territories. Israel, on the other hand, seeks to reach a negotiated peace settlement with its Palestinian neighbors as soon as possible… Continue reading

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Death Penalty for Selling Land to Jews

Israel’s peace partner reaffirmed on Sunday that Palestinians convicted of selling land to Jews would face the death penalty for “high treason.” PA officials claim the death penalty deters Arabs from selling land to Jews living in Judea and Samaria, which they envision free of Jewish residents in a future Palestinian state… Continue reading

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President Abbas Addresses the General Debate of the 65th Session of the General Assembly

Based upon our genuine desire to realizing a future of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region, we have decided to enter into final status negotiations. We will exert every effort to reach an agreement for Palestinian-Israeli peace within one year, in accordance with resolutions of international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Roadmap and the vision of the two-State solution… Continue reading

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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks, But Without a Jewish State?

It did not take very long for the Palestinian Authority to make its unequivocal rejection of a Jewish State crystal clear following the pomp and circumstance of resumed negotiations between it and Israel in Washington last week… Continue reading

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Iran Strongly Criticizes Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Strong criticism has been voiced in Iran this week over the resumption of the political dialogue between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. President Ahmadinejad himself personally lashed out against PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), claiming he had no mandate whatsoever to… Continue reading

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Victims On The Road To ‘Peace’

A persistent myth of the Arab-Israeli conflict is that Palestinian terrorists kill Jews in order to “disrupt the peace process,’’ and that the best response to terrorism is to persevere with negotiations. That explanation for last week’s carnage was repeated everywhere… Continue reading

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Netanyahu Hopes To Have Mideast Peace Agreement In A Year

There is no guarantee that talks between Israel and the Palestinians will succeed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Jewish New Year greeting released Tuesday, but he promised to strive for… Continue reading

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Iranian Envoy: Israel-PA Direct Talks Doomed to Failure

The new round of talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will fail to produce any positive results for the oppressed Palestinian people. The real representatives of the Palestinian people (i.e. Iran’s proxy Hamas) had serious qualms about these negotiations… Continue reading

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Barack Hearts Bibi

We have entered into a new period of U.S. policy toward Israel for the Obama Administration. Basically, President Barack Obama needs Israel, requires its cooperation, and is eager to get along with… Continue reading

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Historical Speech at the White House Sept 01, 2010

Historical speech of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu about achieving peace in the Middle East following bilateral meetings and a working dinner at the White House, september 01, 2010… Continue reading

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Hamas Exploits Britain for Political Propaganda and Legal Activities

Hamas is supported by the Arab Organization for Human Rights branch in London against the Palestinian Authority. It is another example of how Hamas exploits Britain for political, propaganda and legal activities… Continue reading

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Transfer of Gaza Strip Merchandise and Humanitarian Aid For the Week of August 22nd-26th 2010

During the week of 22nd – 26th August 2010, a total of 1,074 truckloads (24,288 tons) of humanitarian aid and development assistance for the local civilian population and 1,697,598 liters of diesel fuel entered the Gaza Strip… Continue reading

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Transfer of Gaza Strip Merchandise and Humanitarian Aid For the Week of August 13th-19th 2010

During the week of 13th – 19th August 2010, a total of 1,055 truckloads entered the Gaza Strip, carrying 22,849 tons of goods, humanitarian aid, and development assistance for the local civilian population… Continue reading