Read more Israel and Palestinians stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4644/israel-and-palestinians.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:24:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74727/israel-hamas-prisoner-swap-may-be-imminent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle won’t say a word about the maybe-impending deal to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, afraid to jinx the proceedings. Westerwelle met with counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in Israel today, in part to discuss the prisoner swap, which German officials are brokering in Cairo. Reports are flying...http://www.newser.com/story/74727/israel-hamas-prisoner-swap-may-be-imminent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:43:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74180/time-to-talk-mideast-truce-not-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's early efforts have failed, and a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians now looks as distant as ever, writes Roger Cohen. It was a mistake to think the land-for-peace talks of 2000 could simply be revived despite the violence, expansion of settlements, and Israel's construction of...http://www.newser.com/story/74180/time-to-talk-mideast-truce-not-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 1:19:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73401/palestinians-abbas-may-not-seek-reelection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek reelection next year, insiders say. Abbas has seen his credibility with Palestinians damaged during peace negotiations with the US and Israel, now stalled. “The president insists on not running in the upcoming election,” an official tells the Guardian , though some believe the move...http://www.newser.com/story/73401/palestinians-abbas-may-not-seek-reelection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow...http://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72623/amnesty-israel-is-denying-palestinians-water.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael is guzzling the region's water supply to keep its farmland lush and its lawns green while many Palestinians struggle to get the bare minimum for life, according to an Amnesty International report. The report accuses Israel of using its "total control" over water supplies to discriminate against Palestinians in...http://www.newser.com/story/72623/amnesty-israel-is-denying-palestinians-water.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 3:58:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72501/israelis-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalems-holiest-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli forces stormed Jerusalem's holiest shrine today, firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a fresh eruption of violence in the country's most volatile spot. A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields sent many protesters—overwhelmingly young men—running for cover into the black-domed...http://www.newser.com/story/72501/israelis-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalems-holiest-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 11:36:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72125/lay-off-israel-human-rights-watch-founder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHuman Rights Watch has lost its way, writes founder and chairman emeritus Robert L. Bernstein. The once even-handed organization has launched a jeremiad against Israel—a liberal democracy with a “vibrant free press”—while effectively ignoring abuses in closed, autocratic societies in the region it was created to address. Democracies...http://www.newser.com/story/72125/lay-off-israel-human-rights-watch-founder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 9:42:27 CDThttp://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/71376/israelis-palestinians-skeptical-of-obama-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama won praise from Israeli and Palestinian leaders after yesterday's surprise Nobel Peace Prize win, but many others on both sides of the conflict expressed puzzlement and wariness. The decision is "very strange," said the speaker of Israel's parliament, adding that he hoped Obama wouldn't now feel he could...http://www.newser.com/story/71376/israelis-palestinians-skeptical-of-obama-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 6:11:25 CDT