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Violence Between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs in Acre

Violence broke out this week in the Israeli coastal city of Acre (ancient and medieval Akko).
Story from BBC
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2008 10 11 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

Violent Behavior by Jewish Settlers Against Palestinians on the Rise in the West Bank

Story at the BBC
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2008 10 03 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

“Livni Invited to Form Government”

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was recently elected the new leader of the Kadima party, replacing Ehud Olmert(September 17).  As he is in the process of resigning as Prime Minister, she has 42 days to form a coalition within the Knesset.  The Kadima party currenntly holds 29 seats and must form a coalition of 61 seats, [...]

2008 09 30 Leah Heyman Arab World
Israel
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Palestinians Comments (1)

Olmert Says Israel Should Pull Out of the West Bank

Ehud Olmert, Israel’s “lame-duck” Prime Minister, says Israel should pull out of the West Bank and East Jerusalem as the price for peace with the Palestinians.  What’s ironic about this is that Olmert cut his political teeth in the Likud Party, where he was a protege of former Prime Minister (and Likud Party founder) Ariel [...]

2008 09 30 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

Damascus Bombing May Signal Rising Social Instability in Syria

Syria, a majority Sunni country tightly ruled by a family belonging to a minority non-Sunni sect (the Alawis), may be entering another unstable phase. 
Robert F. Worth, “Car Bomb Kills 17 Near Intelligence Office,” New York Times, September 28, 2008
More on Syria
1982 Hama Uprising

2008 09 28 Ted Thornton Arab World
Syria Comments (0)

Aid Agencies Slam Mid-East “Quartet” for Failing to Advance Peace

Story at the BBC
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2008 09 25 Ted Thornton Foreign Policy
Middle East Comments (0)

Eric Alterman Writes About Israel at 60

Go to the article in The Nation, Sept. 3, 2008
See also Isabel Kershner’s piece posted several months ago on this blog.

2008 09 23 Ted Thornton Foreign Policy
Israel Comments (0)

Israel Annexes Land in West Bank as Security Zones

Israel has annexed land adjacent to its security fence as security zones to protect Israeli settlements. 
Story at BBC
More on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

2008 09 12 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

Shrine in Lebanon to Imad Mughniyah

Lebanon’s Hizbullah  has opened a shrine in Nabatiye  to its recently deceased commander Imad Mughniyah.  Mughniyah, a high ranking member of Hizbullah, died on February 12 in a car bomb attack in Damascus that Hizbullah blamed on Israeli agents. Mughniyah was implicated in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner which was diverted to Beirut [...]

2008 09 03 Ted Thornton Islam and Politics
Lebanon
Terrorism Comments (0)

Israelis and Palestinians Hold Talks

Israeli P.M. Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have held talks in Jerusalem aimed at moving the peace process forward. 
Story from the BBC with links to historical benchmarks in the process and other resources (such as borders, the status of refugees, and water)
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2008 08 31 Ted Thornton Water Comments (0)