Palestinian president defies a week of fierce diplomatic resistance to push for recognition as an independent state by filing an official application for UN membership

Interesting to read that President-elect Barack Obama has contacted Palestinian Authority President and renowned holocaust-denier Mahmoud Abbas and pledged to work to establish a Palestinian state as soon as possible. "Obama expressed his full support for a Palestinian state. He told the president (Abbas) he will continue to promote the peace process, which will end with a two-state solution," sai...

Talk about chutzpah! Hey,Obama...you sit down with those Jews so we don't have to: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Obama administration negotiate the final borders of a Palestinian state with Israel, a Palestinian official said Wednesday, as a US envoy headed to the region for another attempt to restart Mideast peace talks. Such a proxy arrangement could provide a wa...

At least it's now out in the open: It was just a phrase at the end of President Obama’s news conference on Tuesday, but it was a stark reminder of a far-reaching shift in how the United States views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how aggressively it might push for a peace agreement. When Mr. Obama declared that resolving the long-running Middle East dispute was a “vital nat...

UN tool-in-chief Ban Ki-Moon is at it again , calling for an Israeli 'settlement freeze' : I have stated that the United Nations will work with a united Palestinian government that brings Gaza and the West Bank under the authority of President Abbas. I urge all Palestinian parties, and all regional and international players, to support the process of Palestinian reconciliation. If anythi...

Washington fights push for statehood as Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president, prepares to address the UN General Assembly

I think the Bush administration treated the Navy like a secondary service that didn't matter. I think the Obama administration is demonstrating true brilliance with the appointments of the seriously intelligent and capable tag team of Ray Mabus and Bob Work. President Barack Obama has nominated Robert Work, a retired Marine colonel and a widely followed writer and thinker on naval issues, to ...

Wonder how the Jew-haters will spin THIS one as being Israel's fault?  A dawn clash in the Israeli-occupied West Bank earlier today killed three Palestinian policemen, two Hamas gunmen and a bystander. The incident was among the bloodiest internal Palestinian confrontations since US-backed President Mahmoud Abbas pressed a security drive and revived peace talks with Israel after breaking...

Washington fights push for statehood as Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president, prepares to address the UN General Assembly

It appears that change is in the air now that the Obama Administration is in full swing. Two interesting events today - with the postponement of the Afghanistan elections as the Taleban ramps up violence, it appears that the Obama Administration has abandoned President Hamid Karzai as the Afghan front man: This makes sense on a political level if nothing else, at least as far as Obama is concerned...