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Category Archives: West Bank
We’ll give you 10 years for a few months
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has details on a deal in the works that, according to my Israel News Today translation, would involving swapping 10 years of US security guarantees for a continued moratorium on settlement building for a number … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, West Bank
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Go to school on the settlements
What exactly are Israeli settlements? Where are they? In East Jerusalem, the West Bank, in Palestinian towns? Where does Israel end and the Palestinian parts of the West Bank begin? Where are the settlement outposts? Where are Areas A, B … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, West Bank
Tagged Judea, Peace Now, peace process, Samaria, settlements, West Bank
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Happy New Year Everybody
President Obama’s annual greeting for Rosh Hashanah, naturally, highlights his efforts on the Middle East peace process. Israel’s prime minister offers a more sober New Year greeting. Benjamin Netanyahu mentions the recent killing of four Israelis in the West Bank … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, West Bank
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Confused by Middle East peace process?
If so, this paragraph that comes at the end of an AP story today might help break it down for you: The Israelis are negotiating with [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas, who has limited governing power in the West Bank under … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, West Bank
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A long way to go
Israel’s prime minister says he’s willing to go a long way to make peace with the Palestinians. If Benjamin Netanyahu is serious, what would that journey look like? The Likud party platform is instructive. On West Bank settlements, the platform … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, US State Dept, West Bank
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Clinton, Likud platform, Mitchell, Obama, peace talks
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Obama’s remarks
Remarks by the President in the Rose Garden after Bilateral Meetings WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU OF ISRAEL, PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, AND PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK OF EGYPT Rose Garden THE PRESIDENT: … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, West Bank
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Killings in the West Bank
Several people I’ve interviewed in recent days predicted this might happen and it sure didn’t take long. “The status quo, as bad as it is, sometimes is better than trying to move ahead and fail,” Reuven Hazan of Hebrew University … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, West Bank
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Reading about talks
Brian Katulis and David Avital must believe these Middle East peace talks have a shot at getting off the ground, because they go ahead and offer some practical advice for Team Obama. The White House would do well also to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PRI's The World, Religion, West Bank
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