Of Homelands and Settlements: Obama and the Mideast
Last week the Israeli Prime Minister met with President Obama. Yesterday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his turn at the White House. His meeting with the president comes as Secretary of...
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Israel, Palestine and America's Role in Promoting Peace
In President Obama's speech at Cairo University, he made it clear that U.S. and Israel have an "unbreakable" bond. He explained how the Holocaust continues to shape Israeli reactions to threats from...
View ArticleGeorge Mitchell's Road Map to Mideast Peace
U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell is in Jerusalem today for meetings with Israeli leaders. Yesterday he called for "immediate" peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinians....
View ArticleIsrael Expands Under America's Critical Eye
Yesterday, Israeli security forces evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. The families waged a lengthy court battle to block the eviction, but failed in their mission to...
View ArticleWill Obama Administration Unveil Middle East Peace Plan?
The Obama administration wants Israel to stop all construction in the West Bank as a precondition to resuming peace talks with the Palestinians. That's partly why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticlePresident to Meet with Israeli, Palestinian Leaders
President Obama is due to bring both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to a meeting at the U.N. in New York today. He'll be looking for ways to restart...
View ArticlePalestinian President Abbas Won't Seek Re-Election
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told his political allies that he will not seek re-election in January. Israel's president and defense minister, along with the president of Egypt and the King...
View ArticleWho Was Behind Dubai Killing?
In January, 11 professional assassins wearing fake beards and carrying fake passports killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas official in his Dubai hotel. Both Israel and Palestine have been accused...
View ArticleClashes in East Jerusalem as Clinton Says US/Israel Ties Strong
Tensions have been running high since Israel announced plans to build 1,600 new homes in disputed East Jerusalem during a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden last week. Secretary of State...
View ArticleIsraeli Commandos Storm Pro-Palestinian Activist Ship, At Least 10 Killed
Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, many from Turkey, who were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip. However, there have been...
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Peter Beinart on Israel's Complicated Relationship with American Jews
A day after Israeli naval commandoes lauched an attack on a flotilla of ships carrying aid to the Gaza strip, Israel is still facing widespread international condemnation. Israel defended the move...
View ArticleTop of the Hour: Closer Look at Israel's Flotilla Raid, Morning Headlines
Asaf Shariv, Israeli Consul General to New York reacts to the Gaza incident; headlines.
View ArticleIsrael Consul General Explains History of Gaza Blockade
Two days after a raid by Israeli naval commandos left nine people dead aboard a flotilla of aid ships heading towards Gaza, the global community is still on edge about the incident. Turkey, Israel's...
View ArticleMichael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States
Israel is under fire from friends and foes alike after a raid on a flotilla of Turkish ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza led to the deaths of nine people -- including a 19-year-old American man....
View ArticlePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in DC for Talks
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with President Obama today. Talks between the two leaders were originally scheduled to come on the heels of a meeting between Obama and Israeli Prime...
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Netanyahu Comes to Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Washington today for a meeting with President Obama, to discuss the Middle East peace process and Israel's national security. The visit is also to...
View ArticleAgenda: Peace Talks, Jobs, Auto Sales
We look ahead to this week of Middle East peace talks, a new jobs report, and auto sales numbers. On Tuesday, President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office as combat operations in Iraq...
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Another Round of Arab-Israeli Peace Talks
Now this is going to sound somewhat familiar… the White House is hosting direct talks, starting today, to begin brokering an Arab-Israeli peace agreement, ideally to be formalized within the next year....
View ArticleThe Mechanics and Theater Behind Mideast Peace Talks
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, American presidents have tried long and hard to encourage peace in the Middle East. After he helped ink the Camp David Accords, former President Jimmy Carter insightfully...
View ArticleA Short History of Presidential Mediation and Mideast Peace
John Hockenberry looks back at the long history of trying to broker peace between Israel and Palestine. From Jimmy Carter's role in the Camp David accords to last night's White House dinner with Arab...
View ArticleObama Cautiously Hopeful for Mideast Peace
After a 20-month hiatus, leaders from Israel and Palestine have come together at the White House to engage in a new round of peace talks. President Obama met individually with Israeli Prime Minister...
View ArticleIs Peace Really Possible Between Israel and Palestine?
For the first time in 20 months, leaders from Israel and Palestine met at the negotiating table to try to broker a peace agreement. The leaders came together in Washington, D.C. to take part in talks...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: Congress Returns, Primaries Nationwide, Mid-East Peace...
Both the House and Senate head back into session this week, and the decision whether or not to extend the Bush-era tax cuts will be high on the agenda. Takeaway's economics editor Charlie Herman and...
View ArticleClinton Optimistic as Second Round of Peace Talks Begins Between Israel and...
As a second round of peace talks between Israel and Palestine began today in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was hopeful both sides could make progress on a...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: UN General Assembly, Home Sales, and Federal Reserve Meets
The United Nations General Assembly kicks off this week, starting with a summit on the Millenium Development Goals, which aim to cut world poverty in half by 2015. As world leaders converge on New York...
View ArticleWith Settlement Freeze Ending, Will Peace Talks Continue?
The already tenuous U.S.-led peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians are in danger of being torn asunder this morning. Last night, a ten month moratorium on building Jewish settlements in...
View ArticleDiplomats Try to Keep Mideast Peace Talks Alive
The U.S. is scrambling to keep the Palestinians and Israelis talking this morning since Israel's moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank expired on Sunday night. The United Nations,...
View ArticleMiddle East Peace Talks Stall Over Settlements
The United States is backing away from peace talks on the Middle East that are in flux, thanks in part to Israel's refusal to back down on the issue of new Jewish settlements. Palestinians are saying...
View ArticleFrom Donkey to 'Tuk-Tuk': Transportation in Bethlehem
Come Christmas, few modes of transportation are as iconic as the donkey. No nativity scene is complete without one — how else would Mary and Joseph gotten to the manger? It turns out that the donkey...
View ArticleNegotiations Leak: Palestinian Concessions to Israel
The biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East reveal that Palestinian negotiators secretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of...
View ArticleRemembering Artist and Activist Juliano Mer-Khamis, Killed in West Bank
Half-Palestinian, half-Israeli actor and leading non-violence activist Juliano Mer-Khamis was shot dead on Monday in the West Bank. Mer-Khanis was a leading figure in the arts and founded The Freedom...
View ArticleHamas and Fatah Sign Reconciliation Deal
The leaders of the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, have signed a unity deal in Cairo this morning, ending four years of hostilities. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Cairo, the...
View ArticlePalestinains Mark 'Nakba', Protesters Killed in Clashes
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the creation of Israel in 1948 and thousands of Palestinians marched to mark what they call the "Nakba" or the "catastrophe." Ever year, Palestinians protest this...
View ArticlePresident Obama Tackles Israel and Palestine
In President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East Thursday, he addressed the looming issue of peace between Israel and Palestine. President Obama said that the borders of "Israel and Palestine...
View ArticleAmbassador Scrutinizes Obama-Netanyahu Face-Off
President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel met in Washington on Friday to discuss peace, but their differences remain stark. President Obama did not back down from his statement...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger Interview Part 3: Middle East
Over three decades have passed since Henry Kissinger served as Secretary of State for the Richard Nixon, and then Gerald Ford, and his advice is still sought and respected by politicians and world...
View ArticleWhat Would a Palestinian Leader Say to Congress?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received 29 standing ovations during Tuesday's speech in front of Congress in part for his praise of America's foreign policy. There was major applause...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority Faces Budget Crisis
A confluence of economic crises plaguing the Palestinian Authority are threatening to derail a number of efforts to unify and legitimize the emerging state. State employees have seen their salaries...
View ArticleIsrael's Diplomatic Crisis Continues
Egyptian protesters surrounded Israel's embassy in Cairo on Saturday, prompting Israel to deploy military jets to rescue their diplomats there. A clash between police and demonstrators ensued. The...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: Interest Rates, Taxing the Wealthy, Palestine
This week, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve will hold a rare two-day meeting to decide on interest rates, which are currently close to zero. Meanwhile, President Obama will release details of his...
View ArticlePalestinians Take Case for Statehood to the United Nations
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in New York this week, to attend the United Nations General Assembly with plans to apply for full membership of a Palestinian State. The U.S. has made it clear it...
View ArticleProtests at UN Over Palestinian Statehood Bid
Among the multitude of serious issues facing this week's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, none has been the focus of as much attention as the Palestinian bid for...
View ArticleUS Discourages Palestinians' UN Statehood Campaign
On Wednesday, President Obama made clear his opposition to the Palestinian National Authority's bid for statehood through the United Nations Security Council. "Ultimately it is the Israelis and the...
View ArticleIsrael and Hamas Agree to Prisoner Swap
A deal brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas to free a thousand Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of an Israeli soldier, Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit finds all sides benefiting...
View Article477 Palestinian Prisoners to Be Freed
Israel released the names of the 477 Palestinian prisoners it will free on Tuesday in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held by Hamas since 2006. Most of the prisoners were...
View ArticleA Palestinian Reaction to the Hamas-Israel Prisoner Swap
Sgt. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who has been imprisoned by Hamas since 2006, was released on Tuesday in Egypt as part of a prisoner trade between Israel and Hamas. In exchange for Shalit's...
View ArticleGilad Shalit and the Future of the Middle East
Sgt. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who has been imprisoned by Hamas since 2006, was released on Tuesday in Egypt as part of a prisoner trade between Israel and Hamas. In exchange for Shalit's...
View ArticleAriel Sharon: The Life of an Unconventional Leader
Gilad Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s youngest son, joins The Takeaway this morning to talk about his new biography of his father. A controversial and polarizing figure, Ariel...
View ArticleGilad Sharon on His Father's Legacy and Israel's Future
Ariel Sharon served as Israel's prime minister from 2001 to 2006, but Sharon's long career in public service began with Israel’s War of Independence in 1948. Sharon suffered a stroke in 2006, leaving...
View ArticleUS Cuts Funding After UNESCO Accepts Palestine
The United States and Israel are withdrawing contributions to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, after the body voted accepted Palestine as the 195th full...
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