The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
I just listened to U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell's press conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the other day. Given the...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- George Mitchell, the former US senator from Maine who helped hammer out a peace agreement in Northern Ireland, did not look daunted when he took the podium today to announce that Israel had...
The Washington Note (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Fadi Elsalameen , Publisher of The Palestine Note , and I interviewed J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami about a number of issues in the wake of J Street's highly successful national policy conference last month. In this clip, Ben-Ami responds to questions about Iran, Obama's foreign policy course, the effectiveness of Israel-Palestine Envoy George Mitchell, and about the task...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
From NBC's Susan KrollSpecial envoy for Mideast peace George Mitchell told reporters today that the Israelis' announcment to limit settlement construction for 10 months to try to revive peace negotiations with the Palestinians could mark a step toward restarting peace talks. "It falls short of a full settlement freeze, but it is more than any Israeli government has done before and...
JoeSettler (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Obama and George Mitchell are sending out spies to Jewish towns. One theory is that it is to prevent more Gilo gaffs, as until now, Obama administration people have shown a complete lack of knowledge on the ground of the ground. But more likely it is to just see what they want to destroy. Here is an article by Ben Caspit of Maariv (no link yet. I'm working on it) via David Bedein. Ma'ariv...
Israel & Palestijnen Nieuws Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... gevraagd worden. Of de Palestijnen verkijken zich dit keer op de zaak... RP ---------------- Mitchell, Clinton welcome Israel settlement moratorium By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1130654.html The Obama administration welcomed Israel's decision Wednesday to freeze new construction in settlements in the West Bank temporarily as...
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The Obama administration was so excited by Israel's declaration of a temporary 'settlement freeze' on Wednesday that the State Department arranged a special press conference with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell. Here's that press conference. A transcript and some discussion will follow.Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Mememorandum).And here's the transcript: MR. WOOD: Good afternoon,...
Tel-Chai Nation (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In this report, it's told that George Mitchell tried to pressure the Israeli government to stop building in the Gilo neighborhood:(IsraelNN.com) U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell reportedly asked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, during one of their recent meetings, to freeze a construction project of dozens of housing units in Gilo. Netanyahu turned him down.[...]Netanyahu...
NewsWatch: Energy (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Ladies and gentlemen, The Godfather of Gas, the Santa Claus of Shale, the Wizard of The Woodlands, Mr. George Mitchell. (Nick de la Torre/Chronicle) This weekend we wrote about the important role George Mitchell and Mitchell Energy played in...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Houston oilman and developer George Mitchell's persistence in trying to coax energy from stubborn formations laid the foundation for the emergence of shale natural gas as a potentially huge energy source.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the U.S. stance regarding the Israeli settlement has not been changed, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday. George Mitchell, who met Abbas Monday evening in Jordan, said "Washington considers the settlement activities illegal and refuses the Israeli attempts...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A senior Palestinian official said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to hold talks later Monday night with U.S. peace envoy George Mitchell in the Jordanian capital Amman. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that Abbas would arrive in Amman from Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on Monday evening to meet Mitchell, who is already thereon a...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell on Monday emphasized his country's commitment to working "seriously" to bring about peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis based on the two-state solution. &$ &$Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) meets with U.S. Mideast special envoy George Mitchell in Amman, capital of Jordan, Nov. 2, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)&$...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II conferred Monday with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, underlining the leading US role in ensuring the relaunch of serious peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel, according to a royal court s...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Jerusalem - Washington's special envoy to the Middle East ended a more than two-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday, preparing the ground for a one-day visit by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. George Mitchell...
