By Richard Wolffe. www.TheDailyBeast.com The summit generated some positive PR for an embattled White House. But the president’s team remains skeptical about the chances for a peace deal. President Obama earned positive press for jump-starting the moribund Middle East peace talks this week with the first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders since the [...] more >>
www.TheIsraelProject.org * Iran-backed Hamas says it killed four Israeli civilians on. Aug. 31, 2010 * Two more civilians were wounded in another attack on the West Bank on Sept. 1, 2010. * Attacks intended to derail Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that began Sept. 2, 2010. Hamas seized control of Gaza in June 2007 in a bloody battle against [...] more >>
www.TheIsraelProject.org U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “We believe, Prime Minister and President, that you can succeed and we understand that this is in the national security interest of the United States that you do so, but we cannot and we will not impose a solution. Only you can make the decisions necessary to reach [...] more >>
www.TheIsraelProject.org * Fears grow after two attacks this week killed four, wounded two * Hamas, backed by Iran, tries to sabotage talks JERUSALEM, Sept 2, 2010 – As Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin direct peace talks for the first time in almost two years, many of those who live and work in the Jerusalem area [...] more >>
www.TheIsraelProject.org * Two Israelis shot as direct Palestinian-Israeli talks began on Thursday * Abbas promises “to make these negotiations successful” * Israeli deputy premier: latest terror attacks reminder of need to get peace talks on track Two Israelis were shot in a second terror attack in as many days as the first direct peace talks [...] more >>
By George Will, www.JewishWorldReview.com JERUSALEM — In the intifada that began in 2000, Palestinian terrorism killed more than 1,000 Israelis. As a portion of U.S. population, that would be 42,000, approaching the toll of America’s eight years in Vietnam. During the onslaught, which began ten Septembers ago, Israeli parents sending two children to a school would [...] more >>
By Phyllis Chesler, www.IsraelNationalNews.com I did not think that the pro-Muslim/pro-Islam and anti-Western propaganda could get any worse—and yet it just has. TIME magazine has an August 30 cover story titled “Is America Islamophobic?” Within, the article is titled: “Islam in America: It’s part of the fabric of life, but protests reveal a growing hostility [...] more >>
By Claudia Rosett, www.PajamasMedia.com Yes, fresh from denouncing America on national television (on ABC’s This Week With Christiane Amanpour) as a place rife with “hate of Muslims,” a place so Islamophobic that “it’s beyond Islamophobia,” Daisy Khan, co-planner of the Ground Zero mosque project, is hopping a plane at taxpayer expense, courtesy of the State [...] more >>
By Victor Sharpe, www.FamilySecurityMatters.org When you enter an Arab bazaar you are expected to bargain. Not to do so is almost considered an insult to the Arab trader. More than that it marks you as almost worthless and beneath contempt. The same attitude exists towards the non-Arab and non-Muslim who enters into negotiations with an [...] more >>
