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palestinian
Clear Ideological Focus Marks Olmert
Leslie Susser
January 12, 2006
Olmert was one of the chief architects of Sharon\’s main foreign policy achievement — last summer\’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. When Sharon broke away last November from his ruling Likud Party to form a new centrist party, Kadima, Olmert was one of the first to follow him.
U.S. Hedges Stand on Abbas Victory
Ron Kampeas, JTA
January 13, 2005
It was an invitation without an R.S.V.P. Come on over, President Bush told his newly elected Palestinian Authority counterpart — but let\’s wait to set a date. The check is in the mail, I\’m just not sure how much.
U.S. Jews Laud Withdrawal Vote
Jewish Journal
October 28, 2004
American Jewish organizations rushed Tuesday afternoon to express support for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s Gaza withdrawal plan.
Condi vs. Holbrooke on Foreign Policy
Matthew E. Berger
October 28, 2004
Just days before the U.S. elections, the presidential candidates are sending the same broad messages about their approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the greater Middle East, but they differ sharply on the details.
Kerry Offers Hope for Israel
Dahlia Scheindlin
October 7, 2004
Many American Jews and Israeli Americans seem impressed by George W. Bush\’s putative support for Israel.
‘Dreamers’ Still Hold Hope for Peace
Gil Sedan
December 19, 2002
Sometimes, they say, hope shines brightest in the darkest hours.
Mistrust in the Mideast
Leslie Susser
August 15, 2002
The wheels are spinning beneath the battered chassis of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but the brakes are being applied by that perennial opponent of Mideast progress: mistrust.
Your Letters
Jewish Journal
June 14, 2001
The U.S. State Department has no position on rock-throwing as violence. Tell that to Batsheva and Benny Shoham, whose infant son, Yehuda Chaim, was buried this week, after sustaining a crushing head injury by a terrorist\’s rock.
New Urgency for Peacemaking
Matthew E. Berger
December 7, 2000
For the players in the Middle East peace process, it may seem like the two-minute warning.
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