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Obama says Palestinian state still a viable option
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Obama met with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday in search of hopeful signs for the stalled peace process and declared that a sovereign state of Palestine beside Israel is still viable. Following a long...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, Trips and Vacations, Religion and Belief
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Letters: Obama, Israel and Mideast peace
Re "Obama's Israel visit," Editorial, March 19 Your editorial's subheadline says that "the U.S. must keep pressing for a two-state solution." I agree, but 100% of that pressure should be on the Palestinians. There has never been a real "peace process"...
Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Israel needs a new map
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just formed a new government in Israel. But nothing of substance will change. Peace negotiations will not resume; settlement activity will expand; war with Iran will still be threatened; and Israel will move even...
Tags: North Korea, Barack Obama, Iran, National Government, Philosophy
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UC San Diego council seeks divestment from firms with West Bank ties
L.A. NOWUC San Diego’s student government joined a widening movement urging the university system to divest from companies that some student activists contend are violating the human rights of Palestinians and aiding Israel’s occupation of the West... -
Obama in Israel: The start of a new era?
Israel, I fear, is on a suicidal path: It could cease to be the democratic home of the Jewish people. This is why I greatly appreciate President Obama's decision to come to Israel despite all the serious issues he faces in America. His visit could...
Tags: Barack Obama, Iran, Israel, Palestinian Unity Pact (2011), Religion and Belief
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Abbas needs an heir apparent
President Obama's visit to the Middle East next month is widely billed as an earnest attempt to double down on diplomacy and revive the moribund peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians. Unfortunately, the odds are stacked against the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, Yasser Arafat, Al Jazeera (tv network), Salam Fayyad
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Oscars 2013: 'Searching for Sugar Man' wins best documentary
The musical mystery “Searching for Sugar Man” won the Oscar for documentary on Sunday night. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, the film about an obscure Detroit singer made a remarkable near-sweep of eligible awards since its premiere at the 2012...
Tags: Man on Wire (movie), Searching for Sugar Man (movie), Epidemics and Plagues, Sundance Film Festival, Entertainment
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Moving past stalemate in the Middle East
With the U.S. administration's foreign policy team shaping up and planned visits by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East, there are renewed hopes for movement on the political process. While welcoming these developments, we...
Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, Israel, The Gatekeepers (movie), West Bank
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Misunderstanding the university: The Brooklyn College case
In recent days, Brooklyn College has found itself targeted by a vehement campaign against its political science department's decision to co-sponsor a forum on Thursday in which two speakers are expected to advocate a position that the campaigners heartily...
Tags: Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Brooklyn (New York City), Culture
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Israeli and Palestinian textbooks fail balance test, study finds
JERUSALEM – Israeli and Palestinian textbooks get failing grades when it comes to adequately and positively representing each other’s people, culture and history, according to a three-year, U.S-funded study released Monday. On the bright...
Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Research, U.S. Department of State, Separation of Church and State, Salam Fayyad
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Said Musa Maragha dies at 86; Arafat ally became an enemy
Said Musa Maragha, a Palestinian military commander who rose through the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization to become a trusted lieutenant of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, then broke away to lead Syrian-backed Palestinian rebels who besieged...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Yasser Arafat, Lebanon, Israel
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U.N. vote on Palestine status inflicts new divides in Europe, NATO
Thursday’s overwhelming U.N. vote to elevate the status of Palestine at the world body inflicts yet another fracture in the facade of Western solidarity, exposing a divide among European Union and NATO member states over U.S. policy in the Middle...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mahmoud Abbas, Iran, NATO, European Union
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