Palestine-Israeli conflict
- Opinion by Irwin Arieff
- • August 18, 2020
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Talking heads are showering Donald Trump with praise over his surprise unveiling of an agreement that he said would alter the Middle East landscape by building a diplomatic bridge between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. If completed as advertised, …
- Categories: Middle East, OPINIONS, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela
- • February 20, 2020
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President Trump has made good on his campaign promises to redefine America’s relationship with the rest of the world — for better or for worse — and the United Nations has in many ways been the epicenter of his “American …
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 11, 2020
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A few days after Jared Kushner, President Trump’s adviser and son-in-law, met with United Nations Security Council members offsite in New York to sell the United States’ Mideast deal for peace, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came to the Council to …
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- Irwin Arieff
- • February 3, 2020
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When is a peace plan not a peace plan? Look no further than Donald Trump’s cynically timed initiative to end the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. If a breakthrough does result, it will be in spite of itself. Released …
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Security Council, US Foreign Relations
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- Irwin Arieff
- • March 7, 2017
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The long-simmering dispute over the fate of Jerusalem stands at the center of the Middle East conflict. Israelis and Palestinians, divided on many points, become most emotional when discussing the future of the walled, ancient crossroads city that is holy …