3 Sep 2010 4:55 PM By Lara Friedman

One solution: Two states

WASHINGTON, DC - The steady march of settlements, the rightward shift in Israeli politics, the growing sense that a conflict-ending peace agreement is impossible - all these things are feeding some pundits' impulse to declare the death of the two...

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3 Sep 2010 4:51 PM By Aziz Abu Sarah
Director, Middle East Projects, George Mason Univ.

Hope for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

JERUSALEM - There many reasons to be pessimistic and at times to despair about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet even when things look hopeless, hope has a way of appearing, offering a vision of what can be rather than what is. Recently, I caught...

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3 Sep 2010 1:07 PM By Ray Hanania
"BEST ETHNIC COLUMNIST IN AMERICA", Chicago (Jerusalem)

Avoid the misunderstandings to get to peace

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House with President Obama, they were careful not to make fun of Obama, whose popularity is lower than his bow to the king of Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu didn't...

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3 Sep 2010 1:04 PM By Ramzy Baroud
EDITOR,PALESTINECHRONICLE.COM

Behind the Israeli wall: A lesson in reality

Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book - or any piece of writing for that matter - is meant to provide a sense of completion. Sociological explanations are offered to offset the confusion caused by...

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3 Sep 2010 12:56 PM By Fadi Elsalameen
DG, Palestine Note

Give them something to lose

Whatever prior commitments Netanyahu and Abbas made to their respective constituencies must be set aside throughout the duration of direct talks. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced earlier this week that he will consider Israel fully...

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2 Sep 2010 7:44 PM By Steve Clemons
PUBLISHER OF "THE WASHINGTON NOTE"

The French Connection & Middle East Talks

European High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton decided to head to China instead of participating in the Middle East stakeholders dinner hosted by President Obama in the Old Family Dining Room this week...

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3 Sep 2010 12:30 AM By Mazin Qumsiyeh

What is said and what is not said

Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel told his governing coalition that he did not promise an extension to the partial suspension in settlement construction when it expires in September (BTW, the suspension did not cover most of the settlement areas which...

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2 Sep 2010 5:05 PM By Amjad Atallah

Peace process: Hope or nope?

To President Obama's credit, he is going for the gold medal by working to finally end the Israeli-Arab conflict that has been at the heart of America's credibility issues in the Middle East. On Tuesday, the president announced to the world that...

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2 Sep 2010 4:15 PM By Steve Feldman
PROFESSOR OF DERMATOLOGY.WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

The Jewish holidays are a time of reflection… For everyone

Our Jewish holidays are almost here again. Our celebrations are different from those of other people and contribute to the separation we feel from the non-Jewish people around us. It is a time that I reflect on how we perceive people in other religions...

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2 Sep 2010 1:35 PM By MJ Rosenberg
FP SENIOR FELLOW, MEDIA MATTERS ACTION NETWORK

A new Netanyahu

I am trying hard to be optimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that were kicked off at the White House on September 1st. It's not that I believe that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wants to exchange the territories for peace (or even...

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2 Sep 2010 6:39 AM By Steve Clemons
PUBLISHER OF "THE WASHINGTON NOTE"

To be a Fly on the White House Old Family Dining Room Wall. . .

This is the roster of who is coming to dinner tonight: President Obama President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt King Abdullah of Jordan Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

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1 Sep 2010 1:40 PM By Mitchell Plitnick

Call It what It Is: Murder

I am not usually inclined to use this space for what others might call a "rant." But this day, I feel there are some points that need to be made. Today, Hamas claimed responsibility for the murders of four Israeli settlers along a West Bank...

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1 Sep 2010 12:35 PM By Ray Hanania
"BEST ETHNIC COLUMNIST IN AMERICA", Chicago (Jerusalem)

Middle East peace requires real courage from both sides

On the eve of a long-hoped-for meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, members of the Hamas terrorist organization killed four members of the Israeli terrorist settler movement. The murders of...

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1 Sep 2010 12:27 PM By Jonathan Cook

Bedouin land fight

Claim for native title threatens Jewish state Nuri al Uqbi's small cinderblock home in a ramshackle neighbourhood of Hura, a Bedouin town in Israel's Negev desert, hardly looks like the epicentre of a legal struggle that some observers say threatens...

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1 Sep 2010 12:16 PM By Abdaljawad OA Hamayel

Jamais Vu!

Salvador Dali once said "that the first man to compare a woman's cheek to a rose was obviously a poet, the first one to repeat it was possibly an idiot." Much of our political, social and even personal organization is predicated on repetition...

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