Blogs your wayElder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
When a mid-level government official in Israel insults the White House without the knowledge of the Israeli prime minister, it is a major international incident that is escalated by the administration even after a series of apologies. When the Palestinian Authority insults the US Vice President directly, it gets papered over. From David Bedein at The Bulletin: The Bulletin has learned that Vice President...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday
Emboldened by the Israel crisis with the US over East Jerusalem building plans, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is again insisting on 'a complete cessation of settlement activities' before renewed negotiations.
Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Libya is upset that some major Arab leaders may not attend an upcoming Arab Summit scheduled for the end of March. Six leaders might not attend. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has a good excuse, as he is recovering from surgery in Germany, but the others who are not expected to attend include leaders from Lebanon, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Morocco, mostly for political reasons. In addition, there is the...
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Can't say I didn't warn you. The pressure tactics the Obama administration applied to Honduras -- such as the refusal to meet with high government officials -- now are being applied to Israel : [I]n Jerusalem, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu called his inner cabinet into its second session on the crisis that same night. The seven ministers were asked to review the situation after President Obama...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
European Union (EU)'s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday and will stay there for a few hours to inspect humanitarian situation under an Israeli blockade. Ashton is the highest Western diplomat to visit Gaza since the Islamic Hamas movement took over the territory by force from security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas in June 2007. However, she will not...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the European Union (EU) on Wednesday to play a more active role in the Middle East peace process. Abbas made the appeal during a meeting with new EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at his office in the West Bank Ramallah. Ashton will be visiting several states in the region including Israel. Abbas urged Ashton to continue the European economic aid...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled a planned tour to some African countries citing the flaming violence in the Palestinian territories and Jerusalem, an official said on Wednesday. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Xinhua by telephone that Abbas has decided to stay at his office in Ramallah to follow up the situation on the ground in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Erekat himself...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Palestinian president appeals to EU foreign policy chief to pressure Israel over housing settlements Israel faced new international pressure over the deadlocked Middle East peace process today with a visit by Lady Ashton, the European Union's new foreign policy chief, to the blockaded Gaza Strip controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. Ashton was touring United Nations offices, schools and refugee...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Saud Abu Ramadan Palestinian protests against the Israeli measures in Jerusalem continued on Wednesday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel to halt its measures and settlement construction in Jerusalem. Witnesses said fierce clashes between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli soldiers continued on Wednesday over Israel's opening of a rebuilt Hurva synagogue, located several...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
No crisis, says the White House, but American patience with Israel has run out IT HAS been like a lovers’ tiff without the love—quickly tamped down but with none of the kissing and making up, and no soothing of the underlying rage. As Palestinian violence flared in Jerusalem, Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said through gritted teeth on March 16th that Israel...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Israel’s prime minister has enraged his main ally and hurt the peace process: it is not too late to change course BINYAMIN NETANYAHU is one of the great survivors of Israeli politics. Whether he is the man to secure his country’s long-term survival is more questionable. In 1997 The Economist acknowledged his “easy eloquence and optimistic approach”, yet called for him to resign...
Jerusalem Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hamas seeks to supplant the West Bank Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad.
Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wednesday, March 17 , 2010 Why glorify the murderers? Dalal Mughrabi helped kill 38 innocent men, women and children in Israel. Palestinians named a square after her. By Ron Kehrmann, Yossi Mendelevich and Yossi Zur March 17, 2010 Vice President Joe Biden took umbrage last week when Israel announced during his visit that it had approved new housing construction in East Jerusalem. But another contentious...
Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The prospect of the US losing its influence in the Middle East is real enough and frightening enough. It is the goal of the Iranian government, and so far they have won every round in the fight. In Lebanon - a knockout. In Iraq, they are winning on points as they are in Gaza, and when they explode their first nuclear device, Iran will have won another knockout victory. On the other hand, Lee Smith...
Israel & Palestijnen Nieuws Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Een goeie analyse van een linkse journalist bij het linkse Haaretz. Het volgende is verontrustend: 5. But perhaps what is most important is this: Palestinians see the Obama administration's decision to attack Israel as an invitation to adopt a more confrontational line. A previous settlement slowdown led Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to exploit the opportunity and make any new negotiations conditional...
Videos