Olmert goes to China; Hezbollah is back; Euro righties caucus; Jews get blamed again
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2007
World News Briefs
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olmert
Can Olmert’s goodwill gestures kick-start peace?
Leslie Susser
December 28, 2006
Leaders on both sides are optimistic. They see Olmert\’s moves as part of a new and wider American plan for Israeli-Palestinian accommodation.
U.K. Jews in danger; Olmert in Jordan; Israel in British Commonwealth?
Jewish Journal
December 21, 2006
Briefs
U.S., Israeli officials see conflicting Iraq study ideas
Ron Kampeas, JTA
December 14, 2006
Bush launched a weeklong review of the Iraq Study Group\’s recommendations on Monday, starting with meetings with top State Department officials. Later in the week he was to have met with outside experts, top U.S. diplomats in the region and top military brass.
Israel grows impatient with terror-filled Gaza
Dan Baron
October 26, 2006
Israel\’s patience with the growing menace from the Gaza Strip appears to be wearing thin.
Israelis, Palestinians deserve US/Euro push for peace
M.J. Rosenberg
October 26, 2006
Are Israelis simply too weary to make it in the long term? Why do Israelis and Palestinians deserve less than the Irish, the Cypriots, the Serbs, the Bosnians or the South Africans?
A way to peace: carrot-and-stick approach might break impasse
Gidi Grinstein
October 12, 2006
Political impasses are unstable. So is ours. Sooner or later, the volatile situation will erupt, and a new reality will be created.
Israel, U.S. Act on Request for Renewable Energy
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2006
Under the proposed U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act, scientists and engineers from both countries would focus on research, development and commercial use of renewable energy from solar, wind, hydrogen and biofuel sources.
Final Reckoning — Israel’s Defeat
Yossi Klein Halevi
August 17, 2006
It\’s hard to remember now, but we began this war with the sympathy of a large part of the international community. Some Arab leaders, for the first time in the history of the Middle East conflict, actually blamed other Arabs for initiating hostilities with Israel.
Tallying Success and Failure
Leslie Susser
August 17, 2006
Olmert\’s perceived blunders have given the Israeli right a new lease on life. They believe the war has dealt a lethal blow to Olmert\’s plans for a major unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank.
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