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Have the Mideast Peace Talks Become a Game Show? (Time.com)

November 17th, 2010

Time.com - The substantial carrot being waved at Netanyahu and his coalition may promise security but even Israeli intelligence believes real security comes from elsewhere

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Palestinians, Egypt say Mideast focus still on talks (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a screen during a rally held in Beirut's suburbs, where he discussed preparation works for the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon next week, and possible Iranian aid for the country October 9, 2010. REUTERS/Issam KobeisiReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he was still focused on a return to direct peace talks with Israel but looking at alternatives.


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Israel critical over Mideast synod conclusions (AP)

October 24th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI walks with his pastoral staff as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the conclusion of the synod of bishops from the Middle East in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Israel said Sunday that a meeting of Middle East bishops was hijacked by enemies of the Jewish state, after the gathering at the Vatican largely blamed Israel for…

Pope: Mideast peace is possible, urgently needed (AP)

October 24th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI walks with his pastoral staff as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the conclusion of the synod of bishops from the Middle East in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI says peace in the Middle East is possible, urgently needed and the best way to stop the emigration of people from the region.


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UN envoy: AP findings on settlements ‘alarming’ (AP)

October 21st, 2010

The east Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev is seen behind a section of Israel's separation barrier, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. Israel's government says it has approved the construction of 238 homes in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, ending an unofficial freeze on new building there for nearly a year. An Israeli settlement slowdown imposed last November in the West Bank did not officially include east Jerusalem, which Israel considers part of its capital. The issue of Israeli settlement building is threatening to derail recently renewed Mideast peace talks. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - The U.N.’s Mideast envoy on Thursday criticized Israel’s renewed building in West Bank settlements in response to an Associated Press investigation.


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Iraq’s Allawi charges Iran destabilizing Mideast (AP)

October 17th, 2010

King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday Oct. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/ KHALIL MAZRAAWI, POOL)AP - The leader of the Iraqi bloc that came first in elections accused Iran on Sunday of trying to destabilize Iraq and manipulate the political process as he jeered…

US gets another month to revive Mideast talks (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, left, leaves the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct.8, 2010. Libya prepares to host one-day Arab League summit where Israeli-Palestinian talks expected to top agenda. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)AP - Arab ministers agreed Friday to give the United States another month to try to persuade Israel to renew curbs on West Bank settlement construction and keep Mideast peace…

US in last-ditch attempt to save Mideast talks (AP)

September 28th, 2010

Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of Palestinian militant, Awni Abd Al Hadi, in the family house during his funeral in Al Bureij refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Awni Abd Al Hadi and two other Palestinian militants were killed late Monday in a clash with Israeli soldiers. The Israelis said their forces fired at militants near the border of central Gaza as they were about to launch rockets at Israel. A small, al-Qaida-inspired group claimed responsibility on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Frustrated by a new impasse, the White House sent its Mideast envoy to the region Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the collapse of peace talks over…

US envoy to try to salvage Mideast peace talks (AP)

September 28th, 2010

A Jewish settler boy looks at earth-moving equipment working at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas remains ready to walk out on Mideast peace talks if Israel resumes construction in its West Bank settlements now that building restrictions have expired. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Washington’s special Mideast envoy is to pressure Israeli and Palestinian leaders to keep peace talks from collapsing just weeks after they began.


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Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)

September 25th, 2010

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their…

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