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Roadblocks to Israeli-Palestinian peace

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It must be wearying and frustrating. Amid the quest for a two-state solution, Israel and the Palestinians have engaged in military confrontations; Israel threatened West Bank annexation; the Palestinian Authority pays off terrorists or their...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Middle East peace can’t be bought. But can Trump change the conversation?

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If the Trump administration’s forlorn hope for restarting Middle East peace negotiations wasn’t already facing long odds, this week’s political shenanigans in Israel further complicated things. Whether or not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu miraculously...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel – Gaza peace possible if Netanyahu wants it

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Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation...
President Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt. Credit: Wikipedia.

Abbas demands US replace ‘biased’ Greenblatt as Mideast peace-plan mediator

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is demanding that U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt be replaced as peace mediator because of his bias in favor of Israel, a senior P.A. official...
From left: U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Special Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, White House adviser Jared Kushner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, meeting in Jerusalem on June 22, 2018. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.

Trump Mideast envoys have low expectations from peace plan

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Trump administration officials believe the likelihood of a successful rollout of its upcoming Mideast peace plan are very low, three sources told Israel Hayom. According to the sources, during Senior Adviser to the President Jared...

Jewish Leaders: Abbas’ Istanbul Speech a Rejection of Peace, Insult to Judaism

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Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday criticized Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s conference in Istanbul earlier that day, calling...

Israel’s defense minister proclaims peace closer than ever

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Israel Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Israel is “far closer” to an agreement with the Palestinians than it has ever been before. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 TV station Thursday, Liberman expressed confidence that...