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Palestinians accuse U.S. of killing peace prospects
Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pointing an accusing finger at the United States, the Palestinians on Sunday said Washington's backing for Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ...
The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel
weeklystandard.com — I made my way over to the J Street conference today to see for myself just how... "pro-peace, pro-Israel" the organization really is, and there can be no doubt, J Street is pro-peace. But while the leadership of J Street may be pro-Israel, the ... (more) The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel
Oren: There was Never US-Israel Crisis
njdc.org — In an interview with The Jerusalem Post , Israel’s Ambassador to the United States declared that there... was never a “crisis” between the United States and Israel. The Post writes : [When] Asked about the apparently rocky relations between the US and Israel which some have ... (more) Oren: There was Never US-Israel Crisis
Obama Administration Stands by Israel on Goldstone Report
njdc.org — The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today thanked the administration of President Barack Obama for clearly, repeatedly,... and publicly standing with Israel in the face of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recent Goldstone Commission report reviewing Israel’s role in ... (more) Obama Administration Stands by Israel on Goldstone Report
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Israel and Clinton: Get A Grip, Palestinians
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... Benjamin Netanyahu, buoyed by new-found support from the Obama administration, urged the Palestinians to “get a grip” and drop their settlement freeze precondition for restarting talks suspended since December. On a one-day Middle East visit on Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Israel’s view that settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank should not be a bar to resuming negotiations—contradicting the Palestinian position. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM ...

"Peace Process" Follies
Power Line — ... Most recently, Palestinian Authority spokesmen have accused the United States of undermining the "peace process" by backing off on demands that Israel stop all settlement construction: ...

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