Middle East peace process

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• Palestinian TV showing Friday prayers in Yasuf Mosque live

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  Yasuf Mosque, in Salfit Governorate of the northern West Bank, was attacked last week by Israeli settlers. (The Israeli political establishment and major international players all expressed shock and denounced the attack.   It seems that attacking a mosque is worse, and taken more seriously, than attacking anything ...
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• New EU High Representative for Foreign Policy questions worth of Quartet

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  Akiva Eldar has reported in Haaretz that the new European Union High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs, Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland (who has replaced Javier Solana), said in an address to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg that “she had spoken with Israelis, Palestinians ...
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• Haaretz publishes map of Olmert’s offer to Abu Mazen

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  Here is the graphic of the map, as Haaretz reconstructed it, of the “unprecedented” offer made during direct contacts in 2008 between Israel’s then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen ): The accompanying article, published in Haaretz today, was written by Aluf ...
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• Chris Patten: EU and its members have paid €1bn in 2009 to maintain Israeli occupation

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  The Financial Times has published, today, an OpEd piece by Chris Patten [ co-chair of the International Crisis Group and a former European commissioner for external affairs ] on last week’s statement of policy on Palestine and Israel: “It was not quite as good as it should have been. Acting seemingly on ...
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• Yossi Beilin calls on George Mitchell to quit

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  During a recent visit to Washington, former Israeli Justice Minister Yossi Beilin said: “I believe the mission of Senator [ George ] Mitchell failed. I think Mr. Mitchell should resign. After one year in which nothing happened ¢but to the worse, I don’t think that he can continue his mission when the parties ...
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• European Ministers call for talks on status of Jerusalem

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  That’s a safe way out. The EU Foreign Ministers had been expected to vote — yes, vote, meaning that there was not unanimity, but those who are for or against the proposal would have to openly show their position — on a document containing a draft proposal supporting the Palestinian position that East Jerusalem ...
  2 weeks ago

• EU Ministers expected to issue statement on East Jerusalem today

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  Today could mark an important step in the Middle East peace process. EU Foreign Ministers are to meet to consider a statement on East Jerusalem and a future Palestinian state. As the Jerusalem Post’s Herb Keinon reports, there has been heavy lobbying: “Israel is pushing for a text much shorter than the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Where are the “moderate” settlers?

  
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• UAE holds Israel accountable over failure of peace talks

  
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  New York, Dec 2 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has held Israel accountable for the failure of the Middle East peace process, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Jarman, UAE’s permanent representative to the UN, said here Tuesday at a special meeting of the UN General Assembly, that the ...
  3 weeks ago

• EU Draft Document on Division of Jerusalem

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  The current holder of the rotating European Union presidency, Sweden, has put together a draft document calling for the division of Jerusalem between Israel and a future Palestinian state and implying that the EU would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood. Haaretz has obtained a copy of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Inspectors Barred From West Bank Sites

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  Civil administration inspectors attempting to issue stop-work orders around Judea and Samaria encountered settler resistance on Tuesday, with protesters blocking their entry from Kiryat Arba. … In some instances local leaders were present at the sites, such as Kiryat Arba Mayor Malachi Levinger, and Gush Etzion ...
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• Shalit Deal: Dispute Over Female Prisoners

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  Israel and Hamas agreed on the names of 400 prisoners to be freed in the first phase of an exchange deal for the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit, but a dispute remains over the names of 50 additional prisoners, a Hamas official told al-Hayat newspaper. … In addition, negotiations are ongoing over the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Israel Eases Search for New Batch of Fatah Fugitives

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  Israel has lifted orders for the capture of a new batch of fugitives from president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party provided they do not leave Palestinian-administered areas, a spokesman said on Friday. … Under the 2007 deal, agreed in a bid to boost Abbas after the Islamist Hamas movement ousted his loyalists from ...
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• A Tiny Diplomatic Crack

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  The prime minister’s announcement [last] week to halt construction in the West Bank settlements will not satisfy those who consider the existence of settlements an obstacle for peace. Limiting the hiatus to a 10-month period, after which construction will resume, excluding East Jerusalem from the freeze, permitting ...
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• The Mission: Saving Abbas

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  The construction freeze in the settlements is yet another oxygen tank en route to reviving the “diplomatic horizon,” without which we shall see the Palestinian Authority increasingly disintegrating. … Even the tough “ideologists” within the cabinet realized Wednesday that there is no other choice, and that ...
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• Settlements Inconsistent With Peace

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  “This is an order to halt construction in the state of Israel. This is a racist, immoral and illegal decision which is therefore invalid.” —Gershon Messika, head, Samaria Regional Council in the northern West Bank, November 30, 2009 VS. “You can convince Americans of the miracle of Israel’s founding ...
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• Israeli Security Needs and Palestinian Territorial Goals Can Be Reconciled

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, remarks , November 25, 2009: “[Last weeks] announcement by the Government of Israel helps move forward toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We believe that through good-faith negotiations the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict ...
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• Understanding the Settlement Moratorium

  
  Middle East Progress — Authority: 528
  On November 25, the Israeli cabinet approved a plan to halt settlement construction in the West Bank for ten months. The freeze applies to new home construction, but not building currently in progress, construction of public buildings such as synagogues and schools, or building in East Jerusalem. On November 26, ...
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• Ramallah – Palestinian Authority de facto capital city – quiet during Eid

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  As Ramallah prepared for the Eid al-Adha (Muslim holiday), boxes of oranges appeared along the sidewalks and streets outside shops selling fruits and vegetables.  The oranges also ripened on trees planted years ago, here and there in small private yards around individual stone houses in central Ramallah, a colorful ...
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• Hillary’s Bombshell: Obama Administration Subtly Launches Dramatic Policy Change on Peace Process

  
  Command the Raven — Authority: 150
  From Rubin ReportsHillary’s Bombshell: Obama Administration Subtly Launches Dramatic Policy Change on Peace ProcessPosted: 27 Nov 2009 11:28 AM PST[Please subscribe for more exclusive stories like this one]By Barry RubinIn a one-paragraph statement welcoming Israel’s ten-month-long freeze on building apartments in ...
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