MIDEAST EXPERTS FEAR PEACE TALKS ARE TOO AMBITIOUS
Some veteran peace process practitioners say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial solution because the gaps between the positions are too wide.
09/03/2010 05:40, nytimes |
ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS
Israeli and Palestinian leaders opened direct peace talks under U.S. auspices on Thursday and agreed to meet every two weeks to try to forge a deal within a year. Israel - Palestinian people - United States - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict
09/03/2010 05:00, msnbc |
MIDEAST EXPERTS FEAR PEACE TALKS ARE TOO AMBITIOUS
Some veteran peace process practitioners and policy experts say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial or interim solution.
09/03/2010 04:00, nytimes |
TURKISH ACTION FILM DEPICTS ISRAELI RAID
 “Valley of the Wolves: Palestine” is built around the unsuccessful attempt in May by a six-boat Turkish flotilla to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.
09/03/2010 03:40, nytimes |
FACEBOOK CROSS-DRESSER'S PHOTO INCITES FAMILY MEMBERS
Eight members of an Arab family from northern Israel, upset about a male relative's cross-dressing photos he shared on Facebook, were indicted Thursday on charges tied to their kidnapping and punishment of the 19-year-old man.
09/03/2010 03:00, msnbc |
WORLD BRIEFING | EUROPE: TURKEY: U.N. PANEL GETS REPORT ON FLOTILLA RAID
The United Nations panel is to examine documents from Turkey and Israel and deliver its first progress report in mid-September.
09/03/2010 03:00, nytimes |
WORLD BRIEFING | MIDDLE EAST: GAZA: MILITANT GROUPS PROMISE MORE ATTACKS
Thirteen militant groups in Gaza vowed Thursday to step up attacks on Israeli targets to foil peace negotiations.
09/03/2010 02:40, nytimes |
WORLD BRIEFING | MIDDLE EAST: GAZA: MILITANT GROUPS PROMISE MORE ATTACKS
Thirteen militant groups in Gaza vowed Thursday to step up attacks on Israeli targets to foil peace negotiations.
09/03/2010 02:40, nytimes |
MIDDLE EAST TALKS BEGIN WITH WORK PLAN
 Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Bank threatens to derail the effort.Israeli and Palestinian leaders formally reopened peace talks Thursday by setting a work plan for...
09/03/2010 02:00, LaTimes |
MIDDLE EAST TALKS BEGIN WITH WORK PLAN
Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Bank threatens to derail the effort.Israeli and Palestinian leaders formally reopened peace talks Thursday by setting a work plan for...
09/03/2010 02:00, LaTimes |
MIDDLE EAST TALKS BEGIN WITH WORK PLAN
Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Bank threatens to derail the effort.Israeli and Palestinian leaders formally reopened peace talks Thursday by setting a work plan for...
09/03/2010 02:00, LaTimes |
NEWSWEEK: WHY MIDEAST PEACE TALKS SHOULD BE SECRET
By making a spectacle of negotiations, leaders have made Israelis and Palestinians less likely to agree. They should have conducted back-channel, off-the-record talks.
09/02/2010 22:40, msnbc |
ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS RESUME DIRECT TALKS
Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, the Obama administration is overseeing the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.
09/02/2010 15:00, msnbc |
NAZI-HUNTER WORKED FOR MOSSAD, BIOGRAPHY SAYS
 Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal, who became famous for spending years tracking down Nazi war criminals, was working for Israel's spy agency Mossad, according to a new biography.
09/02/2010 14:00, msnbc |
WIESENTHAL WORKED FOR ISRAELI SPY AGENCY, BOOK ALLEGES
Simon Wiesenthal, who ran a one-man Nazi-hunting operation, worked for Israel’s spy agency, a new biography claims.
09/02/2010 09:00, nytimes |
BOOK ALLEGES WIESENTHAL WORKED FOR ISRAELI SPY AGENCY
A new biography of Simon Wiesenthal asserts that the one-man Nazi-hunting operation was on the payroll of Israel’s spy agency.
09/02/2010 08:40, nytimes |
NETANYAHU AND ABBAS TO BEGIN DIRECT MIDEAST PEACE TALKS
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders were to open direct peace talks on Thursday after gathering at the White House for a moment of diplomatic theater on Wednesday night.
09/02/2010 08:00, nytimes |
NETANYAHU AND ABBAS TO BEGIN DIRECT MIDEAST PEACE TALKS
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders were to open direct peace talks on Thursday after gathering at the White House for a moment of diplomatic theater on Wednesday night.
09/02/2010 07:40, nytimes |
OBAMA SAYS TIME RIPE FOR MIDEAST PEACE ACCORD
Meeting separately with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, on the eve of Israeli-Palestinian talks, he calls on them to seize the moment to craft a two-state plan.President Obama began a new effort Wednesday to coax Israelis and Palestinians toward peace, telling Middle East leaders on the eve of ...
09/02/2010 03:00, LaTimes |
OBAMA SAYS TIME RIPE FOR MIDEAST PEACE ACCORD
 Meeting separately with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, on the eve of Israeli-Palestinian talks, he calls on them to seize the moment to craft a two-state plan.President Obama began a new effort Wednesday to coax Israelis and Palestinians toward peace, telling Middle East leaders on the eve of ...
09/02/2010 03:00, LaTimes |
OBAMA IGNITES NEW ROUND OF MIDEAST PEACE TALKS
US President Barack Obama met individual with both Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmous Abbas; Hamas was not included.
09/02/2010 02:40, RussiaToday |
OBAMA SAYS TIME RIPE FOR MIDEAST PEACE ACCORD
Meeting separately with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, on the eve of Israeli-Palestinian talks, he calls on them to seize the moment to craft a two-state plan.President Obama began a new effort Wednesday to coax Israelis and Palestinians toward peace, telling Middle East leaders on the eve of ...
09/02/2010 02:40, LaTimes |
HAMAS ACCUSES PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OF RAIDS AGAINST IT AFTER KILLING OF 4 ISRAELIS
Officials of Hamas, which claimed responsibility for the drive-by shooting, accuse the Palestinian Authority of raiding the homes of 250 Hamas members. An authority official denies the allegation.As Israeli and Palestinian leaders opened peace talks Wednesday in Washington, tensions heightened back ...
09/02/2010 00:00, LaTimes |
HAMAS ACCUSES PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OF RAIDS AGAINST IT AFTER KILLING OF 4 ISRAELIS
Officials of Hamas, which claimed responsibility for the drive-by shooting, accuse the Palestinian Authority of raiding the homes of 250 Hamas members. An authority official denies the allegation.As Israeli and Palestinian leaders opened peace talks Wednesday in Washington, tensions heightened back ...
09/02/2010 00:00, LaTimes |
HAMAS ACCUSES PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OF RAIDS AGAINST IT AFTER KILLING OF 4 ISRAELIS
Officials of Hamas, which claimed responsibility for the drive-by shooting, accuse the Palestinian Authority of raiding the homes of 250 Hamas members. An authority official denies the allegation.As Israeli and Palestinian leaders opened peace talks Wednesday in Washington, tensions heightened back ...
09/02/2010 00:00, LaTimes |
ISRAELI PEACE EFFORT RESTS ON NETANYAHU’S SHOULDERS
The Israeli prime minister believes only someone like himself, with his hawkish credentials, has the will and support to produce lasting peace with the Palestinians.
09/01/2010 19:40, nytimes |
AS FUNERALS ARE HELD FOR 4 ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS HUNT THEIR KILLERS
Palestinian troops rounded up dozens of men suspected of ties to Hamas as Israeli settlers held a mass funeral for two women and two men who were shot dead in their car on Tuesday night.
09/01/2010 19:20, nytimes |
AS FUNERALS ARE HELD FOR 4 ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS HUNT THEIR KILLERS
Palestinian troops rounded up dozens of men suspected of ties to Hamas as Israeli settlers held a mass funeral for two women and two men who were shot dead in their car on Tuesday night.
09/01/2010 19:20, nytimes |
ISRAELI PEACE EFFORT RESTS ON NETANYAHU’S SHOULDERS
The Israeli prime minister believes only someone like himself, with his hawkish credentials, has the will and support to produce lasting peace with the Palestinians.
09/01/2010 19:20, nytimes |
OBAMA MEETS NETANYAHU AS MIDEAST PEACE TALKS BEGIN
The one-on-one session with the Israeli prime minister in Washington on Wednesday began under the cloud of an attack Tuesday in the West Bank.
09/01/2010 19:20, nytimes |
OBAMA MEETS NETANYAHU AS MIDEAST PEACE TALKS BEGIN
The one-on-one session with the Israeli prime minister in Washington on Wednesday began under the cloud of an attack Tuesday in the West Bank.
09/01/2010 19:00, nytimes |
ISRAEL PLEDGES TO RESUME CONSTRUCTION IN WEST BANK
Israeli settlers have stated that they will resume construction works in the Palestinian Autonomy. This comes after four Israelis were killed when gunmen attacked a car near the city of Hebron.
09/01/2010 18:01, RussiaToday |
PALESTINIANS ARREST 250 HAMAS MEMBERS AFTER SHOOTING DEATHS OF 4 ISRAELIS
The Palestinian Authority appears to be sending a message that it is committed to peace talks about to begin in Washington.Palestinian security forces arrested more than 250 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shoot...
09/01/2010 15:40, LaTimes |
PALESTINIANS ARREST 250 HAMAS MEMBERS AFTER SHOOTING DEATHS OF 4 ISRAELIS
 The Palestinian Authority appears to be sending a message that it is committed to peace talks about to begin in Washington.Palestinian security forces arrested more than 250 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shoot...
09/01/2010 15:40, LaTimes |
PALESTINIANS ARREST 250 HAMAS MEMBERS AFTER SHOOTING DEATHS OF 4 ISRAELIS
The Palestinian Authority appears to be sending a message that it is committed to peace talks about to begin in Washington.Palestinian security forces arrested more than 250 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shoot...
09/01/2010 15:40, LaTimes |
OBAMA OPENS LONG-SHOT TALKS ON MIDEAST PEACE
 President Barack Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for talks aimed at forging an agreement within one year. Barack Obama - Israel - President - United States - President of the United States
09/01/2010 12:00, msnbc |
OBAMA OPENS LONG-SHOT TALKS ON MIDEAST PEACE
President Barack Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for talks aimed at forging an agreement within one year.
09/01/2010 11:40, msnbc |
NEWS ANALYSIS: CONFRONTING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, OBAMA FACES TOUGH ODDS
Israeli-Palestinian peace, Iraq and Iran have bedeviled others.
09/01/2010 03:20, nytimes |
4 ISRAELIS KILLED IN WEST BANK AS PEACE SUMMIT NEARS
The militant Hamas movement takes responsibility for the attack near Hebron as leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority head to Washington for talks.As Israeli and Palestinian leaders headed to Washington for a much-anticipated peace summit, four Israelis were killed Tuesday near the disputed...
09/01/2010 00:00, LaTimes |
4 ISRAELIS KILLED IN WEST BANK AS PEACE SUMMIT NEARS
The militant Hamas movement takes responsibility for the attack near Hebron as leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority head to Washington for talks.As Israeli and Palestinian leaders headed to Washington for a much-anticipated peace summit, four Israelis were killed Tuesday near the disputed...
08/31/2010 23:40, LaTimes |
4 ISRAELIS KILLED IN WEST BANK AS PEACE SUMMIT NEARS
The militant Hamas movement takes responsibility for the attack near Hebron as leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority head to Washington for talks.As Israeli and Palestinian leaders headed to Washington for a much-anticipated peace summit, four Israelis were killed Tuesday near the disputed...
08/31/2010 23:40, LaTimes |
4 ISRAELI SETTLERS KILLED IN WEST BANK
The Israelis were killed on Tuesday evening when their car was fired on near the settlement of Kiryat Arba.
08/31/2010 21:30, nytimes |
4 ISRAELI SETTLERS KILLED IN WEST BANK SHOOTING
The Israelis were killed on Tuesday evening when their car was fired on near the settlement of Kiryat Arba.
08/31/2010 21:29, nytimes |
SHOOTER KILLS 4 ISRAELIS IN WEST BANK
A gunman killed four Israelis in a shooting attack on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, NBC News said.
08/31/2010 19:40, msnbc |
MIDEAST TALKS REOPEN UNDER TOUGH CONDITIONS
 The U.S. relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts - and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet.
08/31/2010 01:00, msnbc |
ISRAELI ENVOY HEADS HOME AFTER TOUGH 2 YEARS
 Israel's outgoing U.N. ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, calls her job "an almost impossible mission," but she's still heading home on a note of hope.
08/30/2010 23:20, msnbc |
COSMIC LOG: PREHISTORIC FEASTING HALL FOUND
 Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Archaeologists find a cave in Israel that was clearly used for funerals and feasts 12,000 years ago, during a time when humans were just starting to settle down in villages.
08/30/2010 21:40, msnbc |
NEWSWEEK: NETANYAHU AN UNLIKELY PEACEMAKER
This week Netanyahu travels to Washington for the long-anticipated start of direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians. To a large extent, their success depends on his willingness to go against the tide of just about everything in his life, past and present.
08/30/2010 19:40, msnbc |
ISRAELI RESEARCHERS FIND ANCIENT DISPOSABLE CUTLERY
 Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world's oldest known disposable knives.
08/30/2010 17:20, msnbc |
EARLY OBSTACLE AT START OF MIDEAST TALKS
If the Israeli and Palestinian leaders move beyond the Sept. 26 expiration of Israel’s settlement moratorium, they will demonstrate that this time, they mean business.
08/30/2010 05:20, nytimes |