July 27, 2009 - 10:22am Rabbi Ovadia slams US: We're not their slaves
July 27, 2009

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: "'You can't build here, you can't build there' – it's as if we were their slaves. We are being ruled by slaves. Our messiah will come and throw them out."

July 24, 2009 - 12:17pm Israeli derision at mufti-Hitler link
July 24, 2009

The order has been greeted inside the Israeli Foreign Ministry with derision, "laughter, scepticism and a sense of misplaced communication that this doesn't help one bit the real argument."

July 23, 2009 - 10:32am UN Secretary General: Israel must halt settlement building
July 23, 2009

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon added that "Israel must desist from unilateral moves in Jerusalem, such as destroying houses."

July 22, 2009 - 10:26am U.S., Israel at odds over 2003 settlements accord
July 22, 2009

Hussein Ibish: "Even if the people involved in the 2003 to 2005 conversations feel there was an agreement, it no longer has any relevance to the foreign policy approach of the current administration and is therefore moot."

Dr. Asali at the United States Institute of Peace The “Inevitability” of Peace
July 21, 2009

Watch Dr. Asali discuss Jimmy Carter's "inevitability" of peace with Jonathan Schanzer and Toni Verstandig during a United States Institute of Peace panel, moderated by former US ambassador to Israel, Sam Lewis.

July 21, 2009 - 11:50am Mitchell heads to Mideast after new spat
July 21, 2009

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley: "we are concerned that unilateral actions taken by the Israelis or the Palestinians cannot prejudge the outcome of these negotiations."

July 20, 2009 - 12:10pm What Netanyahu wants from Obama's 'self-hating Jews'
July 20, 2009

Akiva Eldar: "traditional supporters of the Israeli right are are giving way to younger, liberal forces who identify with Obama's values."

July 17, 2009 - 12:22pm Arabs Need to Talk to the Israelis
July 17, 2009

Crown Prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa: "All sides need to take simultaneous, good-faith action if peace is to have a chance."

Dr. Asali on Russia Today Obama and Medvedev Meet
July 16, 2009

Ziad Asali discusses the role Russia can play in implementing the road map and in negotiating with Iran on Russia Today

Hillary Clinton Council on Foreign Relations Palestinian State Secretary Clinton Discusses Palestine at Council on Foreign Relations
July 15, 2009

ATFP today warmly welcomed remarks by Secretary Clinton reiterating US support for the creation of a Palestinian state and an end to Israeli settlement activity.


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