Tag: Middle East

‘Obama’s Middle East Fallacy’

Daniel Halper · March 17, 2014 8:34 pm

President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2014. President Barack Obama said a Mideast peace solution remains elusive but he's hoping to see progress in coming days and weeks. Obama spoke as he sat down Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the path forward. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama says path to Mideast peace challenging

JIM KUHNHENNJOSH LEDERMAN · March 17, 2014 8:24 pm

Lebanon sends army to Syria border as rebels flee

BARBARA SURKHUSSEIN MALLA · March 17, 2014 3:37 pm

A Baleful Peace Process

Reuel Marc Gerecht · March 17, 2014 4:00 am

Obama to host Mahmoud Abbas Monday amid confrontation with Russia

Susan Crabtree · March 17, 2014 12:00 am

National Security

Obama, Palestinian leader meet as peace deadline nears

Associated Press · March 17, 2014 12:00 am

Palestinian National Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has stated his administration opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, noting that Palestinians "have mutual recognition of Israel." (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Obama: Mahmoud Abbas ‘consistently renounced violence’

Meghashyam Mali · March 17, 2014 12:00 am

Israeli minister: No peace without recognition

Washington Examiner · March 15, 2014 2:12 pm

Israel fires into Lebanon after border bombing

Ian Deitch · March 14, 2014 3:14 pm

Thousands protest Israel in Jordan over killing

Omar Akour · March 14, 2014 11:07 am

In this March 10, 2014 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting of the Fatah revolutionary council in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A long-running personal feud between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a former powerful operative in his Fatah movement has erupted into the open with public accusations of deceit and corruption. Abbas' hour-long tirade against the exiled Mohammed Dahlan signals the battle is heating up over who will one day succeed the 79-year-old president. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Feud erupts between Palestinian leader, arch foe

Karin Laub · March 13, 2014 7:12 pm

An Israeli soldier walks near the Israel and Gaza border on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Gaza militants resumed rocket fire toward Israel on Thursday, striking the outskirts of two major cities a day after launching the largest barrage since an eight-day Israeli offensive in late 2012. Israel has responded with a series of airstrikes on militant targets. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Rockets strike Israel, jeopardizing truce talk

Ibrahim Barzak · March 13, 2014 3:00 pm