Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
By Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Ross: Bold Steps Needed To Keep Israel Jewish and Democratic
United States President Barack Obama’s special assistant, Dennis Ross said Wednesday that bold steps need to be taken to make sure that Israel remains a Jewish Democratic state, but emphasized that no one can force an agreement on Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Ross said the greatest danger Israel…
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Fast Forward U.S. Pressures Bibi To Accept Obama’s Peace Plan
Washington is pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accede to its proposal to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on the basis of U.S. President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech. An Israeli source who spoke recently with senior officials in Washington said the Americans were very frustrated with Netanyahu’s behavior, feeling that he was impeding America’s efforts…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Leadership Divided Over Plan To Seek UN Recognition
The Palestinian leadership is sharply divided over the unilateral move to seek recognition from the United Nations General Assembly in September. While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is determined to go through with the move, a group of senior Palestinians have said in closed conversations that they oppose it because they believe seeking recognition from…
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Fast Forward French Peace Plan Would Require Palestinian Recognition of a Jewish State
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe offered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a proposal on Thursday aimed at breaking the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock before the expected showdown at the UN General Assembly in September. In a first for the wider international community, the French initiative incorporates the position that the goal of negotiations is “two states for two…
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Fast Forward In Bid for U.N. Recognition, P.A. Wants To Force U.S. To Use Veto
The Palestinian Authority plans to approach the United Nations Security Council in July to begin the process of getting Palestine recognized as a full member of the United Nations and to assure a vote on the matter by the General Assembly in September, Haaretz has learned. The UN General Assembly is authorized to accept Palestine…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Bin Laden’s Death Shows U.S. Determined To Fight Terror
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called U.S. President Barak Obama on Monday to congratulate him on the assassination of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden the day before. The American operation that wiped out the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks “sent a message of the United States’ determination to fight terrorism,” said a statement from…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Killing of Bin Laden Is a ‘Resounding Victory for Justice’
Israeli officials lauded a Monday statement by U.S. President Barack Obama announcing the assassination of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Israel shared the “joy of the American people.” Obama issued a statement just before midnight on Sunday, Washington time, saying that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is dead and…
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Fast Forward Settler Council: Bibi’s West Bank Pullout Plan Causing Panic
The Yesha Council of Settlers reacted angrily Tuesday to a Haaretz report detailing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for a West Bank withdrawal as part of a diplomatic initiative to counter an impending unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood. Netanyahu is weighing a withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces troops from the West Bank and a series…
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