Posts Tagged: Middle East Peace
Hot Mic, Cold Shoulder
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is coming to Israel on Tuesday, following a visit to "ŽCairo to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi...
Peace In the Middle East
Readers of my blog will know that I do not hold back from criticizing Israeli politicians and policies and that I think that "occupation," or...
A Palestinian State — Not a Priority
The Palestinian issue has benefited from the Arab/Muslim talk, but -- due to the Palestinian record of intra-Arab subversion -- has never been supported by...
U.S. Says Israel, Palestinian Authority Need to Resume Peace Talks on Their Own
Times of Israel - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has no immediate intention of pressuring Israel and the Palestinians into resuming the stalled peace talks,...
Embattled Peace Talks Envoy Indyk Goes on the Record
JNS.org - A report by Haaretz earlier this week pegged Martin Indyk, U.S. special envoy to Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations, as the anonymous "senior U.S. official" recently quoted by Yedioth...
R.Michael Lerner – Embracing Israel/Palestine
I have been reading Michael Lerner's book Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East during the week of Israeli Independence Day. The...
More Than 200 Christian Leaders Call for Protection of Mideast Christians
JNS.org - More than 200 Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant leaders, as well as several secular leaders, joined forces to call on the U.S. government...
U.S. Report Slams White House for Limited Response to Christian Victimization in Middle East
Fox News - Christians are under siege in the Middle East, and the Obama administration is not doing enough to stop religious persecution by its...
Paper: John Kerry Under Siege
Politico - Name one high-profile issue that's going well right now for Secretary of State John Kerry. Russian troops are still sitting on the Ukrainian border,...
Meetings With U.S. Negotiator Bring No Progress in Israel-Palestinian Authority Peace Talks
AFP - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meeting U.S. envoy Martin Indyk to try to find a way to extend faltering peace talks have failed to...
U.S. Could Lose U.N. Clout if Israeli-Palestinian Authority Conflict Negotiations Fail
JNS.org - Though the probability of success of the renewed efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry to forge a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...
The Importance of the Jordan Valley Corridor
The Israeli demand for a security presence along the Jordan River was again raised last month in the Kerry-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians....
Yawning Over the Latest From the Middle East
The Middle East does offer some signs of hope, such as the inspiring example of Israel, the metaphorical "villa in the jungle"; the bracing prospect of Islamists...
Peace Talks That Allow Racism Cannot Continue
Call an end to the farcical peace process today. American Secretary of State John Kerry who falls over himself to try and create dialogue between the...
