Why Palestinian Statehood is a Question for the U.N.
As the Palestinians seek U.N. support for a state of their own, Washington has advanced two arguments to dissuade them: first, that...
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Oct 14, 20101 min read
Obama Offers Sober Assessment of Middle East Peace Prospects
After hosting an historic two-day nuclear summit, US President Barack Obama offered reporters a sober assessment of the likelihood of...
Mar 15, 20101 min read
US-Israeli Relations Enter Serious Crisis, Likely to Affect Peace Talks
Israel officials recently announced plans to build of over 1,500 new homes in Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem. The settlement plans were...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Arab League Endorses Indirect Talks Between Israel and Palestine
More than a year after discussions deteriorated, the Arab League has agreed to back indirect talks between Palestine and Israel. Arab...
Feb 26, 20101 min read
Israeli Settlements Continue
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, plans were approved to build 600 new settler housing units in Occupied East Jerusalem near...
Jan 29, 20101 min read
Bin Laden Threatens More Attacks On U.S.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has warned of further terrorist attacks against the United States, unless U.S. officials pledge to...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Hamas, Fatah Still at Odds
Palestinian’s will have to wait a little longer to see a reconciliation between its major parties, Fatah and Hamas, after Palestinian...
Nov 20, 20091 min read
Israel Negotiating with Hamas According to Abbas; Obama Criticizes Settlement Expansion
On Thursday in an interview with the BBC, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israel is carrying out secret negotiations with...
Nov 18, 20091 min read
Middle East Peace Process: Roadblocks At Every Turn
The Middle East peace process seems to be finding obstacles at every turn. The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has given hints that...
Nov 16, 20091 min read
Palestinian Officials Considering Unilateral Declaration of Statehood
With bilateral negotiations at a standstill, Palestinian leaders have announced that they are considering requesting recognition of...
Nov 4, 20091 min read
The house condemns the Goldstone Report as “irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideratio
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen H.R. Res 867 has been adopted by the House of Representatives on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009. H.R. Res 867 “[Called]...
Nov 2, 20091 min read
Clinton's Blunder
It appears that Secretary of State Clinton has caused even more problems for an Israeli and Palestinian peace agreement. In the past, the...
Oct 27, 20091 min read
Clinton Dispatched to Israel
. She will be arriving this Sunday. Although special envoy George Mitchell had been the lead-person in the diplomatic approach to the...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
UN Human Rights Chief backs report on Gaza war crimes
Navi Pillay, the United Nation’s top human rights official, backed the Goldstone report that detailed war crimes committed in Gaza last...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
UN Human Rights Counsel releases draft resolution condoning Israel action in the Occupied Territorie
A draft UN HRC resolution condemns Israel for restricting access to religious sites, restrictions on movement, and violations of...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Israel Holding Hundreds Without Trial
B’Tsalem and HaMoked, two Israeli human rights groups, released a report that shows over 300 Palestinians are being held in...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
UNHCR reopens debate on the Goldstone report.
The Goldstone report, a UN investigation that alleges war crimes were committed during fighting in the Gaza Strip this last winter, will...
Sep 15, 20091 min read
UN Condemns ‘War Crimes’ in Gaza
BBC News reports that a UN report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that ended at the beginning of 2009, concludes that there is...
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