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Fast Forward ‘Not One Israeli’ in Future Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas Vows
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas laid out his vision on Monday for the final status of Israeli-Palestinian relations ahead of peace talks due to resume in Washington for the first time in nearly three years. Abbas said that no Israeli settlers or border forces could remain in a future Palestinian state and that Palestinians deem illegal…
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Fast Forward Obama Welcomes Peace Talks But Warns ‘Hard Choices Remain Ahead’
President Barack Obama welcomed Israeli-Palestinian talks starting in Washington later on Monday but cautioned that a tough path lies ahead. “This is a promising step forward, though hard work and hard choices remain ahead,” Obama said in a statement. “I am hopeful that both the Israelis and Palestinians will approach these talks in good faith…
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Fast Forward Israelis and Palestinians Disagree on Format of Washington Peace Negotiations
Israeli and Palestinian officials put forward clashing formats for peace talks due to resume in Washington on Monday for the first time in nearly three years after intense U.S. mediation. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is due to bring the negotiators together in the evening and on Tuesday to renew talks that broke down…
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Opinion The Issues the Peace Process Should Avoid
Let’s set aside for a moment all the familiar reasons why renewed peace talks won’t work. We know that Palestinian negotiators can’t “deliver” the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. And we know that Benjamin Netanyahu can’t “deliver” his own coalition or even his own party, both of which are dominated by politicians who oppose a two-state solution….
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Fast Forward Peace Talks Could Calm Security Issues on the Ground
The renewal of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians may help improve the security situation in the West Bank, said Shin Bet security service chief Yoram Cohen on Sunday. According to two ministers present at the government meeting Sunday where the cabinet discussed the possibility of releasing 104 Palestinian prisoners ahead of negotiations, Cohen…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Agrees to Release 104 Prisoners in Advance of Peace Talks
Israel’s Cabinet voted to release 104 Palestinian prisoners as part of the renewed peace process. Following late-night phone calls and several hours of debate, the Cabinet in a 13-7 vote backed the release of Palestinians jailed in Israel since before the 1993 Oslo Accords. Limor Livnat and Silvan Shalom of the ruling Likud Party abstained…
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Fast Forward Israel To Make ‘Very Serious Territorial Concessions’ if Jewish State is Recognized
Israel is prepared to make “very serious territorial concessions” if the Palestinian Authority recognizes Israel’s Jewish character, a senior Israeli minister told a British newspaper. In an interview published July 25 in The Daily Telegraph, Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s International Relations Minister, told The Daily Telegraph: ”We are ready for a two states for two people…
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Fast Forward Peace Agreement To Be Voted on by National Referendum
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet convened Sunday to vote on his decision to release of 104 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since before the 1993 Oslo Accords. Netanyahu late Saturday began calling up Likud ministers who are leaning toward voting against the move, in an effort to convince them otherwise. “There is no alternative….
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Yiddish „מײַן זינגען אויף ייִדיש האָט גאָרנישט צו טאָן מיט נאָסטאַלגיע““My singing in Yiddish has nothing to do with nostalgia“
חוה אַלבערשטיין האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט איר אויטאָביאָגראַפֿיע, וווּ זי באַשרײַבט די ראָלע פֿון ייִדיש אין איר רעפּערטואַר און אין איר לעבן
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