Russia has offered to host a meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of next Sunday's Paris Middle East peace conference. Israel has stated repeatedly that they will meet anytime and anywhere for direct negotiations, assuming no preconditions. Over and over again, the Palestinians have refused to meet, preferring instead …
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Israel lost the last of their modern-day founding fathers on Wednesday with the passing of Shimon Peres. As a public servant, Peres served in almost every capacity of the Israeli government, including two stints as Prime Minister and President from 2007 to 2014. He was a Noble Peace Prize winner for his work in the …
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I was able to catch about half of Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the UN live earlier this morning. In it, the Prime Minister addressed the threats from Hamas and Iran, and indicated that Israel will not accept the UN "dictating our security." He vowed never to allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. In addition, he …
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Only a few days ago, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced peace talks in Moscow between Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel's Prime Minister) and Mahmoud Abbas (Palestinian President). Ironically, I found an article a day or two ago that reported that talks were cancelled almost as soon as the plans were announced! Such is the saga of peace talks between the …
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