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The U.S. announcement inviting Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for direct talks shows quite clearly, though unintentionally, why the talks will fail. Special Envoy George Mitchell explains: "We are all well aware that there remains...

Law professors Ruth Gavison, Yaffa Zilbershatz present PM with position paper claiming must not recognize right of return 'even as symbolic gesture'. Had this been a legal right, it would have already been discussed...

http://www.newsmax.com/KenTimmerman/WikiLeaks--Afghan--War--Pakistan--InterServices--Intelligence--Service--ISI--Taliban--Ron--Paul--Kucinich--Obama--Bush/2010/07/29/id/366037 The explosive revelations of the “Afghan War Diary” released by WikiLeaks this week reveal several open secrets that have been well known to those who have closely followed this war for many years. First and...

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/08/passionate-debate-over-peace-process-nothing-to-do-with-reality There is a great deal of heat and passion about the difference between "left" and "right" views in Israel. Yet these gaps, at least during this era, are far less significant than people think....

This dispatch can also be read online at: www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001129.html There has been a significant increase in attacks on Israel in recent days. * Yesterday, a senior Israeli officer was killed and another seriously wounded by a sniper...

A specter is haunting the prospective Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations-the specter of the Nakba. The literal meaning of the Arabic word is “disaster”; but in its current, expansive usage, it connotes a historical catastrophe inflicted...

Israeli security forces show great suspicion toward the Palestinian security apparatus in the West Bank despite the fact that they battle Hamas and were trained by the U.S. General Dayton. Israel assesses that a scenario of another...

MK Ze’ev Binyamin Begin (Beni Begin) is currently Minister without Portfolio and a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu's forum of seven senior ministers. Currently serving his fourth term, he first served in the Knesset...

Pollsters Yaacob Shamir and Khalil Shakiki Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Carob juice vendor outside Damascus Gate, Old City, East Jerusalem. (Note: the person in this photo was not interviewed.) Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Shopkeeper in East Jerusalem's Arab...

22.9.09 To: Mr. Dov Schwartz, Spokesman for General Dayton From: David Bedein, Center for Near East Policy Research and Israel Resource News Agency Our agency is preparing a study of the current American military aid to the...