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Breaking News Peace Talks Kick Off After Ramadan Dinner
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held their first peace talks in nearly three years on Monday in a U.S.-brokered effort that Secretary of State John Kerry hopes will end their conflict despite deep divisions. Top aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began the talks over an iftar dinner – the…
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Breaking News Martin Indyk To Be Named U.S. Envoy for Middle East Peace
Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to announce former U.S. ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk as Washington’s Middle East peace envoy on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The State Department said in a statement that Kerry would be making an announcement at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), but gave no…
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News Young Jews Trying To Help Egypt Face Obstacles — Abroad and at Home
The circumstances of Andrew Driscoll Pochter’s death were just emerging when the questions began: What was a Jewish boy doing in Egypt? How could he have been naive enough to get involved in a protest? Why wasn’t he in Israel instead? Pochter, raised in a Jewish home in Chevy Chase, Md., active in Hillel at…
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Opinion Speaking Up for Peace
In last week’s edition we criticized the silence of most Jewish organizations after Secretary of State John Kerry, addressing an American Jewish Committee forum in Washington, called on American Jews to support the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Only a tiny number of organizations had taken up the call (including two we inadvertently omitted, Ameinu and the…
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Life 9 Must-Read Female Pundits on the Middle East
Like in much of the pundit world, those who opine on Israel and the Middle East tend to be disproportionately male. According to the OpEd Project, men continue to be 80-90% of key contributors to opinion forums, guests on TV talk and new shows and authors of editorials in newspapers and magazines. The OpEd Project…
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Breaking News John Kerry Sets Deadline for Middle East Peace Progress
If U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry determines that Israelis and Palestinians are not serious about the peace process, he will abandon his efforts on the matter. Kerry has set a deadline of the end of this week for both sides to make progress. In an article by Arshad Mohammed, the Reuters journalist responsible for…
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Breaking News Is John Kerry Wasting Time With Quixotic Middle East Peace Push?
Four months into his term, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying, simultaneously, to end two of the world’s most intractable conflicts: the Syrian civil war and the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. The two issues, according to an aide, have consumed the vast majority of Kerry’s time and energy – he has…
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Breaking News Susan Rice Briefs Jewish Leaders on Mideast
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice discussed the Middle East peace process and other regional issues with Jewish community leaders. The hour-long meeting May 13 organized by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs also included representatives of The Jewish Federations of North America, UJA-Federation of New York, and the JCRC of New York. JCPA…
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