Leslie Susser (JTA)
By Leslie Susser (JTA)
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Fast Forward In Bid for Statehood, Palestinians Appeal to International Community
With talks at a stalemate and no agreement from the Israelis to reinstate a settlement freeze, the Palestinians are playing a new card: an end game to statehood through an appeal to the international community. The card hasn?t actually been played, but the mere threat that the Palestinians would push for international recognition of a…
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Fast Forward For Bibi To Accept Freeze Extension, U.S. Might Have To Sweeten the Deal
Following reports of an unprecedented U.S. offer of a host of assurances in return for a 60-day extension of the freeze on building in West Bank settlements, some political analysts are wondering why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not grabbed the deal with both hands. According to the reports, President Obama is offering Netanyahu pledges…
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Fast Forward Mossad Head Seen as Key in Campaign Against Iran
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the assassination in Dubai of top Hamas arms smuggler Mahmoud Mabhouh, but the killing is raising questions about whether it will compromise Israel’s effort to stop Iran from obtaining the bomb. That’s because one of the key figures behind the effort, Mossad chief Meir Dagan, is coming under heavy…
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Fast Forward Adelson’s Israeli Newspaper at Center of Political Battle
Should a billionaire tycoon who lives abroad be entitled to use his money to influence Israeli political life? This question came to the fore in early December when a group of Knesset members moved to bar American Jewish casino mogul Sheldon Adelson from owning a free Israeli daily newspaper that supports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu….
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Fast Forward Will Obama’s Nobel Prize Limit Options on Iran?
Although warm and effusive in their congratulations, Israeli officials fear President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize could limit his options on Iran. They argue that Obama, having won the prestigious award for restoring the role of diplomacy in international affairs, may be more inclined to take the military option off the table, paving the way for…
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Fast Forward Shalit Video Increases Pressure on Israel To Secure Soldier’s Release
The release of the video showing captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit alive and apparently healthy is likely to raise the pressure on the Netanyahu government to secure his release. The Shalit family and advocates for the soldier’s release say they intend to launch an intensive public campaign to parlay public sympathy roused by the video…
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Fast Forward U.S. Looks To Reopen Israel’s Negotiations With Syria, Palestinians
Despite the latest clash between Israel and the Obama administration over building – this time in eastern Jerusalem – the United States is pressing ahead with plans to reopen negotiations on both the Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Syrian tracks. In Sunday’s Cabinet session, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly rejected American criticism of plans by right-wing Jews to…
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Fast Forward What Israel Wants in Return for a Settlement Freeze
The fact that Israel and the United States have yet to reach an agreement on Jewish settlement growth in the West Bank is as much a question of wider Middle East concerns as about the settlement issue itself. The Americans have made clear that they see a freeze on settlement construction as a key instrument…
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