Over the past three days, two op-eds have appeared in two of America's largest and most respected newspapers calling for Obama to speak with the Israelis and to show even-handedness when dealing with the Middle East.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘negotiations’
June 25th, 2009 - 9:05 pm § in International
Vice PM Silvan Shalom Commemorates Three Years of Captivity for Gilad Shalit in Times Square, New York
Today, 25 June, marks three years since Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas. On this occasion, a rally was held in New York City’s Times Square at which Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom called for the world to act for the resolution of this humanitarian issue. You can see some of the foot[...]
December 15th, 2008 - 4:44 pm § in Middle East, Peace
Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoners
The State of Israel today released 224 Palestinian prisoners, thereby implementing a government decision made on 07 December. The release of prisoners is meant as a measure of building confidence in the moderate government of President Mahmoud Abbas and in the process of negotiations he has underta[...]
