Results for “Palestinians”

…uld carry higher stakes. Success would mean not just one more stutter-step away from our century-long conflict with the Palestinians. It would signal a real, final peace: in treaty-speak, end of conflict. Whatever the complexities of putting an agreement into practice, given all...

…or Applied Sciences in Oslo in 1981. As Director of Fafo, he initiated a research project into the living conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The relationships with both Palestinians and Israelis that he established during the period of preparing and imple...

… move forcefully toward Arab–Israeli peace and he took a particularly firm stand on an issue of great importance to the Palestinians, namely the need for Israel to stop building settlements in occupied territory. Obama’s new approach was aptly expressed in his June 4, 2009 speech...

…t crashed and burned, leaving the president pretty frustrated and annoyed with both HOUSE OVERSIGHT 028682 Israelis and Palestinians, particularly Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But hey, that was then. A second-term president has committed himself early in 2013 to a t...

…the operations branch of Israel's secret service, most notoriously responsible for the assassinations of some two dozen Palestinians (and an innocent waiter) after the 1972 Munich Olympics. Assassinations are carried out by a very small unit dubbed Kidon, the Hebrew word for "tip...

…the operations branch of Israel's secret service, most notoriously responsible for the assassinations of some two dozen Palestinians (and an innocent waiter) after the 1972 Munich Olympics. Assassinations are carried out by a very small unit dubbed Kidon, the Hebrew word for "tip...

…ing Abdullah II, a U.S. ally. Obama began his first term by making a strong push for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, believing the conflict fueled radicalism in the region in general and toward the United States in particular, given its historical support for the...

…ir dueling speeches have had on the prospects for peace. There is one factual conclusion on which the Israelis and the Palestinians completely agree: following President Obama's recent speech — and repeated explanation of it — on the Israel-Palestine conflict, we are further tha...

/ BARAK / 126 Palestinians control of most of Hebron, and accepted further withdrawals under the Wye River agreement. But amid predictable protests from the right, he had promptly retreated from his Wye commitments. I knew that his default response to Obama’s call for a settleme...

…ny believe that the root cause for all the problems in the Middle East… is our inability to solve the conflict with the Palestinians. • Well, I say… That’s not true! • Recent developments in the Middle East have been far beyond our control… and independent of our deeds. • Eve...

…alf of Mitchell Bard Sent: 6/10/2019 12:46:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: AICE Update: Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033528 Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? A great international hue and cry followed the Trump administration's...

…chell Bard Sent: 6/13/2019 12:46:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Reminder: AICE Update: Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033517 Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? A great international hue and cry followed the Trump administration's...

… said, claiming that Egyptian security forces had arrested 12 of the assailants in the el-Arish attack, including three Palestinians. The spike in violence has been fueled by outlaws who escaped Egypt's prisons during the anarchy that accompanied Mubarak's fall. Deputy Interior M...

17 "The number of Palestinians living west of the Jordan River is growing rapidly and fundamentally reshaping the demographic realities of both Israel and the Palestinian territories," Obama told members of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, on May 22. "This will make it hard...

/ BARAK / 94 end of the day, dozens of Israelis and Palestinians were injured. Five Palestinians lay dead. Though the media almost instantly labelled it a new “intifada”, this one was very different. It was not a burst of anger, however misdirected, by stone- throwing youths con...