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Truthdig (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
President Obama just got a report card from Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and it’s not good. According to Abbas, Obama “is doing nothing for the peace process” between Israelis and Palestinians thus far, and in fact, Obama might do well to follow Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead when it comes to Mideast diplomacy, judging by Abbas’...
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Lula treads a fine line with Iran Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has come a long way since his days as a factory worker. The former union leader, who spent his youth churning out sheet metal, has enjoyed more popularity in office than many politicians experience in a lifetime. Since winning the presidency seven years ago, he has lifted a large portion of Brazil’s poor out of poverty, shrunk...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Palestinians will not launch a new uprising against Israel despite their frustration at the deadlock in US-sponsored peace efforts, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday. Israel has rejected US calls to freeze settlements in the West Bank, and Abbas - eyeing the internal challenge from Hamas - has refused to yield on this core demand and revive negotiations. But Abbas made clear that Palestinians...
J O S H U A P U N D I T (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Iranians launched their Modafean-e Aseman-e-Velayat (Defenders air defense) 'war games' yesterday,with the express aim of practicing protection of their nuclear sites from attack.This was a response to the joint US-Israel Juniper Cobra 10 anti-ballistic exercise that took place two weeks ago, designed to test how well the joint missile defense systems would work against Iranian missiles launched...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who met with Egypt'...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who met with Egypt's president in Cairo Sunday, confirmed progress in the negotiations to free captured soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas, arrived here Sunday for talks with his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez. Abbas' visit came five days after a tour by Israeli President Shimon Peres of the country. Abbas, accompanied by chief negotiator of the Palestine Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat and Foreign Minister Riad Al-Malik, arrived at the Military Base...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Israeli President Shimon Peres has reported "progress" in talks to free soldier Gilad Shalit, held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for the past three years. He did not elaborate about indirect negotiations between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
IN A MEETING in Cairo yesterday Israeli president Shimon Peres and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak discussed efforts to conclude a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas, amid a flurry of Arab media reports that a deal was close.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas began an official visit to Argentina Sunday that includes a meeting with President Cristina Kirchner to discuss the Middle East, just days after a visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres. "President Abbas' visit brings the opportunity of exchanging views on the Middle East situation, the state of Palestinian-Israeli talks and the possibility of Argentina cooperating...
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
New reports declaring an imminent end to Gilad Shalit's years as a prisoner of Hamas are rife throughout media and within diplomatic channels. Israeli President Shimon Peres, returning from a one-day trip to Cairo where he met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, confirmed to reporters that "progress has been made," in the Shalit affair. News networks reported on Sunday that Israel has...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Israel Beiteinu will “staunchly oppose” the creation of “an interim Palestinian state,” Israeli Foreign Minister and party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday amid rumors that the government was pushing for an interim agreement. “The issue has not been discussed in any forum … I fervently hope it’s a fabrication,” he told reporters before Sunday’s...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Sunday acknowledged differences over the contentious issue of Jerusalem, after talks in Cairo. "I don't deny there are differences in our positions, but I believe they are bridgeable," Peres told reporters after the talks. He said Jerusalem was under Israeli sovereignty and any change in the status quo had to come...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Israeli President Shimon Peres was heading to Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on the troubled Middle East peace talks, his spokeswoman said. "Mr Peres is due to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak one on one during the late morning in Cairo," Peres spokeswoman Ayelet Frish said. "He will return to Israel in the afternoon." The two leaders will...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving Mahmoud Abbas in Bahia one of the Brazilian States (the governor is a Jew),leftist president Lula da Silva said that Israel has to stop building in the "palestinian capital" meaning of course Jerusalem, and that Israel is the...
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