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Holiday films that provoke, (and Some Just for Fun)
In addition to the traditional family and feel-good holiday films, this season offers a small selection of unexpectedly provocative productions.
In letter to Quartet, Lieberman calls for Abbas’ ouster
Israel\’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman asked countries working for Israeli-Palestinian peace to call for new elections to remove Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from office.
Israeli, Palestinian peace negotiators to meet on Monday, U.S. says
Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators will hold their second round of face-to-face talks within a week on Monday in Amman, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Quartet to meet Sunday
The Quartet of entities guiding the Middle East peace process will meet over the weekend.
Israel accepts Quartet’s peace process proposal
Israel has accepted the Mideast Quartet\’s proposal to renew peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Israeli senior ministers disagree on Quartet proposal
Israel\’s senior Cabinet ministers failed to reach an agreement on accepting a Mideast Quartet proposal to renew peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Moral dimension of Palestinian statehood
I felt terribly guilty when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the U.N. General Assembly: “Enough! It is time for the Palestinian people to gain their freedom and independence.” How can we deny to others what we claim for ourselves?
U.S., EU condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement
Israel approved on Tuesday the construction of 1,100 settlement homes on annexed land in the West Bank, complicating global efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.
U.S. blocks Quartet peace outline
The United States reportedly blocked an initiative by other major powers to outline an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. The three other members of the Quartet guiding Middle East peace talks — the United Nations, the European Union and Russia — had pressed for publication of such an initiative as early as this Friday, The Associated Press reported.