Lots of listening, no grand initiatives expected on Obama’s Mideast trip
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2013
When President Obama visits Israel next week, Gavriel Yaakov wants him to jump-start the peace process.
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Romney blames Obama for ‘daylight’ with Israel in second debate
Jewish Journal
October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney accused President Obama of putting \”daylight between us and Israel\” in the second presidential debate.
No breakthrough on Mideast peace, talks to go on
Jewish Journal
January 3, 2012
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made no breakthrough during their first high-level discussions in more than a year on Tuesday, but agreed to hold further talks in Amman on a confidential basis, Jordan\’s foreign minister said.
Egypt votes in first post-Mubarak election
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2011
Egyptians voted on Monday in their first election since a popular revolt ousted Hosni Mubarak, amid fears the generals who replaced the deposed leader would try to cling on to power.
Egypt vote tests troubled political transition
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2011
Egyptians vote on Monday in the first big test of a transition born in popular revolutionary euphoria that soured into distrust of the generals who replaced their master, Hosni Mubarak.
French Jewish groups call country’s UNESCO vote a betrayal
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2011
French Jewish groups said they feel betrayed by their country’s vote in favor of extending UNESCO membership to the Palestinians.
Granger warns UNESCO: Admit Palestinians, lose funding
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
A top congressional appropriator, U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, warned UNESCO that granting the Palestinians full membership could mean a cutoff in U.S. funding for the cultural body.
France’s Sarkozy proposes 1-yr Mideast peace map
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2011
French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed on Wednesday that the United Nations give the Palestinians status as a U.N. observer state while setting out a roadmap for peace within one year.
Obama rejects Palestinian U.N. statehood bid
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected Palestinian plans to seek U.N. blessing for statehood and urged a return to peace talks with Israel as he tried to head off a looming diplomatic disaster.
Obama to UN: Consider Israel’s security
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2011
President Obama appealed to the United Nations to recognize Israel’s security concerns in considering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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