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Fast Forward Oslo Failures Haunt New Middle East Talks
Two decades after Israeli and Palestinian leaders met on a sun-soaked White House lawn, hopes that their historic encounter would lead to peace have faded along with photographs of their hesitant handshake. The Oslo Accords forged by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, now both in their graves, were meant to result in a permanent deal…
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Fast Forward Amid Mideast Chaos, Peace Talks Could Open Door to Historic Israel Push for Allies
Israel’s top peace negotiator said on Friday newly resumed talks with the Palestinians also held a wider opportunity for Israel to seek alliances with Arab world moderates against militants in the Middle East. The U.S.-brokered talks were renewed last month after a three-year stand off, the latest session on Wednesday coming amid a row over…
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Fast Forward Israeli Energy Firm Plans To Bring Gas Pipeline To Middle East Countries
JERUSALEM — An Israeli energy company announced plans to export natural gas via pipelines through Turkey and other countries in the Middle East. The Delek Group, the parent firm for several energy and gas exploration companies, said in its new prospectus that it plans to export some of the newly discovered natural gas off the…
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Fast Forward Al-Qaeda Threat in Middle East Is Highest in Years
The al-Qaida threat that closed U.S. embassies in the Middle East on Sunday is the most serious in years and the “chatter” among suspected terrorists is reminiscent of what preceded the Sept. 11 attacks, a U.S. lawmaker who is briefed on intelligence said. The State Department closed 21 embassies and consulates and issued a worldwide…
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Opinion Forgetting the Mideast Conflict Is Easy in Israel — and That’s a Big Problem
The best place to forget the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is Israel. In American Jewish circles, we talk about it all the time. But enjoying a café hafuch in southern Jerusalem’s Anglo-populated neighborhoods such as the German Colony or Katamon, it feels a world away. Ironic, isn’t it — since from those cafes, the conflict is actually…
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Israel News Mideast Mediator Martin Indyk Draws Ire From Both Sides of Israeli Spectrum
A recent post on the Facebook page of Im Tirtzu, an Israeli right-wing group, depicts Washington’s new special envoy for the Middle East peace process as a sock puppet operated by the progressive group the New Israel Fund. “We ask the U.S. government to appoint an ‘honest broker.’ Mr. Martin Indyk, the chairman of the…
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Fast Forward Mideast Chaos Lends Urgency to John Kerry’s Peace Push
After 20 years of stops, starts and a bloody intifada in between, John Kerry believes he can pull out a final status Israeli-Palestinian peace deal in nine months. What clock is the U.S. top diplomat trying to beat? According to his aides, the one ticking down as Syria and Egypt roil into unknowable futures and…
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Israel News Martin Indyk Brings Baggage to Mideast Talks — and That’s the Point
Cell phone to his ear and a pile of papers under his arm, Martin Indyk rushed to the elevator at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel. It has been only three hours since secretary of state John Kerry announced the appointment of Indyk as his special envoy for the Mideast peace process and the veteran negotiator was already…
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