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Obama's Open Hand Is Slapped Away; America Will Never Agree to What the Arab World Wants
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(New York Daily News) Richard Cohen -When this spring the Pew Global Attitudes Project asked residents of Islamic countries what they thought about Obama, he got good marks when it came to such matters as climate change. But when the question was the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the numbers not only declined in Indonesia and Turkey, they nearly went through the floor in the three Arab countrie
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At Mideast Peace Talks, a Lopsided Table
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(Washington Post) Hussein Agha and Robert Malley -Staggering asymmetries between the Israelis and Palestinians could seriously imperil the talks. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is the head of a stable state with the ability to deliver on his commitments. Celebrations of supposed institution-building notwithstanding, Palestinians have no robust central authority. Their territory is divided betw
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New Chance for Peace
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(New York Times) Editorial -Pessimism about these talks is understandable, given the depressing history of failed peace attempts, but it is no excuse for the leaders not to make a serious effort, and Mr. Obama is right to try to compel them to do that.
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Israel Set to Build Wings for Some 800 F-35 Jets
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(ABC/Reuters) - Israel is in talks to build the wings for about a quarter of the United States' new F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, an Israeli official said on Monday. Lockheed Martin currently plans to build some 3,200 F-35s costing about $96 million each. An Israeli official said state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries would build the wings.
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The Resumption of Direct Talks between Israel and the Palestinians
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(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will relaunch direct negotiations in Washington, in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Israel welcomes the U.S. invitation to resume direct talks with the PA, without preconditions, having called for direct negotiations for a year and a
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Britain Faces New Terror Wave
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(Telegraph-UK) Duncan Gardham - Over the next 5 to 10 years, about 800 prisoners - in jail for non-terrorism offenses - are due to be released after having been radicalized in jail, says Prof. Michael Clarke, head of the Royal United Services Institute, in a report published Friday. They will be joined by convicted terrorists serving short sentences who, once freed, are likely to be
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Turkey to U.S.: Flotilla Raid an Issue between "Friends"
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(Zaman - Turkey) - Turkish officials in Washington have reaffirmed Ankara's commitment to maintaining friendly ties with Israel despite ongoing tension in the aftermath of Israel's lethal May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that left nine activists dead. Washington-based Turkish diplomatic sources have informed reporters concerning the content of talks held by a Foreign Ministry delegation
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IDF Advocate General: Gaza Blockade Entirely Legal
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(Ha'aretz) Anshel Pfeffer -Military Advocate General Brig. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit testified Thursday before the committee investigating the Gaza flotilla, saying that Israel's blockade on Gaza was entirely legal. Mendelblit told the panel that the naval blockade, imposed by Israel in 2007, after Hamas violently seized power over the territory, was in keeping with international law and was impose
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