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Fast Forward Obama’s Lament: I Failed To Foster Mideast Peace Deal
BUENOS AIRES – President Barack Obama said he does not expect a breakthrough on Middle East peace before he leaves office and reiterated his support for a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians could live peacefully side by side. Speaking to students and teachers in Argentina, Obama said he expected to continue working on…
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The Schmooze Luxury Hotel Built By Mufti (Yes, That One) Named Best in Middle East
This week we learned that the grand mufti of Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea for the Final Solution — or at least that Israel’s prime minister believes that. But it turns out that Palestinian nationalist Haj Amin al-Husseini was not merely a notorious anti-Zionist and anti-Semite: He was also a talented hotel builder responsible in…
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Opinion I’m a Mizrahi Jew. Do I Count as a Person of Color?
Am I a person of color? You’d think there would be a straightforward answer to a question like that. And for a while, I thought there was. I thought the answer was yes. When I look at my grandparents — four Mizrahim, or Jews from Arab lands — I see people who were born in…
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Fast Forward Vatican Formally Recognizes State of Palestine
The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognizes the State of Palestine, with an agreement on Catholic Church activities in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Holy See said on Wednesday. The agreement “aims to enhance the life and activities of the Catholic Church and its recognition at the judicial level,” said Monsignor…
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Fast Forward Mideast Peace Talks Were Like a Bad Divorce
(JTA) — Part of the reason Israeli-Palestinian peace talks failed last year is because the sides were so far apart in their fundamental visions of what two states would look like. Another reason is that the two sides could barely stand each other. Those are two of the contentions contained in a blistering critique of…
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Fast Forward Camp David’s Malley To Head Middle East Desk at National Security Council
The White House named Robert Malley, a U.S. negotiator at the 2000 Camp David talks, to lead the Middle East desk at the National Security Council. Malley, whose appointment was announced on Friday afternoon, since last year has handled the Iraq-Iran-Syria-Gulf States desk. In replacing Philip Gordon, who has been Middle East coordinator since 2013,…
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Fast Forward Susan Rice and Samantha Power Will Speak at AIPAC as Speech Controversy Looms
National Security Adviser Susan Rice and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power will attend a meeting of the powerful pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC next week amid a time of strain between the United States and Israel. A White House spokeswoman confirmed Rice and Power would attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting. Rice said in a…
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Opinion Why Losing Jon Stewart Hurts the Middle East
Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef on “The Daily Show” / Youtube Jon Stewart quitting “The Daily Show” is bad for the Jews. It’s bad for the Muslims. It’s bad for the entire Middle East. If you want to know why, just watch this clip of the real Jon Stewart joking around with “Egypt’s Jon Stewart,”…
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