Articles tagged with: Arab-Israeli Conflict

Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Tuesday, 30 Apr, 2013

New Joint US-Arab League Efforts to Revive Mid-East Peace

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Arab League officials yesterday in an effort to revive the fading Middle East peace process. Kerry, who has traveled to the region three times since taking office in February to meet with both senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, hopes to reinstate Saudi Arabia’s 2002 Arab Peace Initiative. The delegation made up of Arab Ministers, headed by Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jass...

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Nadine Makarem
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on : Saturday, 27 Apr, 2013

European Ex-Leaders Urge New Efforts on Israel-Palestine

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A group of senior former European leaders and officials warned the EU's foreign policy chief this week that the chances for a peaceful two-state solution to the Arab–Israeli conflict are growing dim, and urged action to re-start the peace process. The European Eminent Persons Group on the Middle East Peace Process (EEPG) issued a public letter, addressed to EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, calling for a new European approach and expressing “strong concern...

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Tuesday, 2 Apr, 2013

Hamas Re-elects Meshal

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hamas has re-elected Khaled Meshal as president of its governing political bureau via its Shura Council, after private talks in Cairo that lasted until la...

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David Andrew Weinberg
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on : Thursday, 28 Mar, 2013

Obama’s Defining Moments in Israel

Now that US President Barack Obama has returned to Washington and the dust is settling on his visit to the Holy Land, we can take stock of what actually transpired during his trip....

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Asharq Al-Awsat
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on : Tuesday, 12 Mar, 2013

Obama Meets Arab–American Leaders Before Mideast Trip

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—President Obama met with the leaders of several Arab-American organizations at the White House yesterday, in preparation for his first trip to the Mid...

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on : Thursday, 7 Feb, 2013

Know Your Enemy

I would like to thank those who showered me with a torrent of angry correspondence about my previous article on Israel, who accused me of calling for a normalization of relations, ...

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Sawsan Abu-Husain
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on : Wednesday, 16 Jan, 2013

Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Arab League Sec-Gen Nabil Elaraby

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat--Speaking in the run up to the Arab Economic Summit in Riyadh, scheduled to take place on 21 – 22 January; Arab League Secretary-General spoke about the ch...

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