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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...
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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. &$ &$Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) meets with U.S. Mideast special envoy George Mitchell in Amman, capital of Jordan, Nov. 2, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)&$...
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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...
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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...
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ArchitectureChicago PLUS (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the time of the building's 1885 opening. Another stab at authenticity has seen the removal of the George Mitchell's Artists Snack Shop sign, a festival of light that was Pop long before Pop was Pop. You can see it in all its lit glory here . Obviously, the sign was not part of Solon Beman's design for the building, originally a showroom for Studebaker automobiles. Of course, the temporary...
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Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | yesterday
... (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Mitchell Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murtha Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Owens Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Perriello Peters Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Pomeroy Price (NC) Quigley Rahall Rangel...
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PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
... relations with the government of Israel to levels unmatched since the James Baker days. Meanwhile, George Mitchell's trips to the region are increasingly reminiscent of the Colin Powell visits in 2002 and 2003--producing little but embarrassment. The Israeli "100 percent settlement freeze" and the Arab outreach to Israel, early goals of the Obama team, are now forgotten,...
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Thunder Pig (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Mitchell Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murtha Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Owens Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Perriello Peters Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Pomeroy Price (NC) Quigley Rahall Rangel...
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The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in previous meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Obama’s Mideast envoy George Mitchell. Netanyahu reportedly requested the U.S. tell Fayyad that it would not support his proposal and would veto it in the Security Council. Haaretz reported Netanyahu has yet to receive a clear response from Washington on its stance on Fayyad’s plan. ‘Obama can create headache for...
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The Right Perspective (Free subscription) | yesterday
Israeli sources said Netanyahu, who is expected to arrive in Washington on Sunday, earlier held talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and special Mideast envoy George Mitchell to persuade the US not to support the Palestinian proposal which could potentially be recognized by the United Nations Security Council.
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Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
THE DREYFUSS REPORT 11/6/09 Obama Fails in Middle East Robert Dreyfuss The announcement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he will not run for reelection is the exclamation point on the utter collapse of the Obama adminstration's Middle East policy. Launched to great expectations -- the appointment of George Mitchell, Obama's Cairo declaration that the plight of the Palestinians...
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The Bridge (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Mitchell Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murtha Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Owens Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Perriello Peters Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Pomeroy Price (NC) Quigley Rahall Rangel...
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... solution” just days after his January 2009 inauguration by appointing former Senator George Mitchell as his Special Envoy for Middle East Peace. In September 2009, Obama convened a trilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in New York and addressed the annual opening session of the United Nations General Assembly. He indicated...
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War in Context (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Obama fails in Middle East By Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, November 6, 2009 The announcement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he will not run for reelection is the exclamation point on the utter collapse of the Obama adminstration’s Middle East policy. Launched to great expectations — the appointment of George Mitchell, Obama’s Cairo declaration that the [...]...