The two old friends were both middle-aged, both barbers, and both sons of Palestinian refugee parents who were forced to flee the same village outside Jaffa in the war of 1948. Each had an entirely different take yesterday on this week's high-profile start to the new round of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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TheIndependent on 4th Sep 2010 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
This is Friends of the Earth Intertnational: We are the world’s largest grassroots environmental network. We campaign on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. This is Friends of the Earth Middle East: Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is the p...
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HarrysPlace on 27th Jan 2009 (via hurryupharry.org)
Tomorrow evening, at the House of Commons, we will be launching a new organisation, Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. This group aims to give a voice to the thousands of Labour Party members and supporters who want to see more robust support of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel and stronger criticism of Israel's conduct of the war on Gaza as excessive...
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Labourhome on 12th Jan 2009 (via labourhome.org)
The Obama administration has completed its foreign policy team for the interlocking conflicts of the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan by appointing another high-profile former envoy as a special adviser on Iran.
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TheIndependent on 24th Feb 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
The European Union's new foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, will travel to the Middle East early next year, putting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict high on the EU's agenda.
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EurActiv on 16th Dec 2009 (via euractiv.com)
Tomorrow, at the House of Commons, we will launch a new organisation, Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East, giving a voice to Labour Party representatives, members and supporters who want to see an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. We view Israel’s conduct of the war on Gaza as excessive, inhumane and counter-productive . We will ask the Government to...
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Labourhome on 12th Jan 2009 (via labourhome.org)
But first, an explanation of peace in the Middle East from the same two that tried to explain quantitative easing: Thanks to 9/11: Do more than never forget for the video Does the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Mahmoud Abbas also control Palestinian T.V.? If so, then do videos like the one below indicate any desire for peace with Israel? Abbas on Monday said that Israeli settlements have become...
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PoliticsandFinance on 1st Dec 2010 (via politicsandfinance.blogspot.com)
The Middle East Forum is a US based think tank which seeks to promote a stronger American policy in the Middle East. Its stated aims include 'working for Palestinian acceptance of Israel and fighting Islamic extremism in the Middle East'. The website includes information on the aims, membership and recent activities of the group. It includes free access to press releases, blog postings f...
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Intute on 7th Jan 2009 (via intute.ac.uk)
from Xinhua The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will soon mull whether it should ask the International Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East to fire its envoy Tony Blair, the former minister of Britain, a well-informed Palestinian source said Sunday. A senior well-informed Palestinian source, speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, said that several Palestinian
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SocialistUnity on 3rd Oct 2011 (via socialistunity.com)
Warning that there was "no shortcut" to a Middle East peace settlement, President Barack Obama sought yesterday to persuade Israeli and Palestinian leaders to re-start direct negotiations – and thus blunt the Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership that Washington has vowed to veto.
The Palestinian Authority has denied it plans to make a formal request to remove Tony Blair from his position as a Middle East envoy.
