Read more Mideast peace stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20660/mideast-peace.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:32:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71874/mideast-peace-would-justify-obamas-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his Nobel Prize, President Obama has once again been celebrated and rewarded for who he’s not (George W. Bush) and who he might be. Although Obama’s preferred foreign policy MO—patient diplomacy on many fronts—doesn’t “lend itself to high drama,” that's exactly what he needs to actually earn...http://www.newser.com/story/71874/mideast-peace-would-justify-obamas-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a clear agenda...http://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 8:36:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71587/nobel-jury-obama-is-the-right-choice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Nobel panel that gave the peace prize to President Obama is strongly defending its choice amid widespread criticism. "We simply disagree that he has done nothing," said chairman Thorbjoern Jagland. Another of the five panelists said of critics: "Where do these people come from?" The four who returned calls...http://www.newser.com/story/71587/nobel-jury-obama-is-the-right-choice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:58:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69831/obama-meets-with-abbas-netanyahu-next-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. The three-way meeting, which will be on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly forum, will take place...http://www.newser.com/story/69831/obama-meets-with-abbas-netanyahu-next-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 22:34:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60867/obama-lands-in-middle-east-ready-to-make-tough-sell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpen arms and a full red carpet rollout greeted President Obama on his arrival in Saudi Arabia this morning, but the pleasantries will likely end when the policy talk starts, the New York Times reports. Obama wants the Arab nations to offer a peaceful gesture toward Israel, but Saudi officials...http://www.newser.com/story/60867/obama-lands-in-middle-east-ready-to-make-tough-sell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 8:28:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58529/dont-blackmail-israel-into-peace-talks-over-iran-dershowitz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClip Iran's nuclear claws first, then press for peace between Israel and Palestine—not the other way around, Alan Dershowitz argues in the New York Post . Reacting to a recent report, Dershowitz says Rahm Emanuel has it backward in putting Israeli-Palestinian talks before negotiations that could denuclearize Iran. "The threat...http://www.newser.com/story/58529/dont-blackmail-israel-into-peace-talks-over-iran-dershowitz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 09 May 2009 19:01:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49382/turkey-pm-storms-off-after-clash-with-peres-on-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurkey's prime minister stormed off a stage in Davos today during a heated exchange with Israeli President Shimon Peres over Gaza, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Peres before walking off, promising never to return to...http://www.newser.com/story/49382/turkey-pm-storms-off-after-clash-with-peres-on-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 19:37:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39177/france-warns-israel-dont-attack-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe French foreign minister has urged Israel not to launch an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Reuters reports. "There are those" in Israel and the Israeli army "who are preparing for a military attack," Bernard Kouchner told an Israeli newspaper. "That's not the solution." Kouchner, in the Mideast to discuss...http://www.newser.com/story/39177/france-warns-israel-dont-attack-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Oct 2008 7:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25445/israel-would-leave-golan-syria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for peace, Reuters reports. A Syrian minister said in a TV interview that the Israeli message was relayed through Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, set to visit Syria this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week he...http://www.newser.com/story/25445/israel-would-leave-golan-syria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Apr 2008 16:55:13 CDT