Palestinian negotiator: We are encouraged by Obama-Abbas meetHa'aretz
The Middle East peace process, he warned, would not survive another round of failed negotiations. "The peace process lives on borrowed time," warned the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) negotiations department, who is also a top official in Abbas' Fatah party.
Palestinians laud 'shared vision' with Obama
Ynetnews
Saeb Erekat says Palestinians encouraged by Obama administration's commitment to peace in the Middle East; Chief Palestinian negotiator says Israel's credibility undermined 'over failure to live up to previous obligations'
Obama urges halt to 'drift' in Mideast peace talks
Washington Post
Deepening his involvement in the quest for a difficult peace, President Barack Obama is pushing a reluctant Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank while urging the Palestinians to be more accepting of their Israeli neighbors.
Abbas's Waiting Game
Washington Post
Abbas and his team fully expect that Netanyahu will never agree to the full settlement freeze -- if he did, his center-right coalition would almost certainly collapse. So they plan to sit back and watch while U.S. pressure slowly squeezes the Israeli prime minister from office. "It will take a couple of years," one official breezily predicted. Abbas rejects the notion that he should make any comparable concession -- such as recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, which would imply renunciation of any large-scale resettlement of refugees.
Instead, he says, he will remain passive. "I will wait for Hamas to accept international commitments. I will wait for Israel to freeze settlements," he said. "Until then, in the West Bank we have a good reality . . . the people are living a normal life." In the Obama administration, so far, it's easy being Palestinian.
HEADLINES
Obama: 'time of the essence' on peace (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel: No building freeze (Dallas Morning News)
UN probe of Gaza war to begin next week (Ha'aretz)
Hamas gives fighters total freedom to avenge death of militant (Ha'aretz)
Syria-US Friendship Blossoms, Cautiously (CBS News)
Obama to cement Saudi ties on surprise trip (Reuters)
Palestine and the Palestinians
PPP: Factions didn't receive invitations to next Cairo talks (Ma'an News)
Israeli Arab committee slams 'racist, fascist' bills (Ha'aretz)
Israel seals Gaza borders due to Jewish holiday (Ma'an News)
Palestinian Affairs: Turmoil in the territories (Jerusalem Post)
Germany to supply PA police with vehicles, two-way radios (Ha'aretz)
MIDEAST: Palestinians Honour Holocaust Victims (Inter Press Service)
UN envoy says Israeli blockades force Gaze to rely heavily on ...(Xinhua)
Press conference by United Nations Resident and Humanitarian ... (ReliefWeb)
Gaza: UN offical says “Blockades continue in order to protect ... (Talk Radio News Service)
Israeli blockade of Gaza hampers UN relief work, says humanitarian ... (UN News Centre)
Israel
Latest Study Supports View That Iran Attack Unlikely To Work (Forward)
Politics: Two-state alternatives (Jerusalem Post)
The Neighbors
Jordanian MPs: Break ties with Israel over Knesset proposal (Ha'aretz)
Israel expecting Hizbullah win, Iran-style regime in Lebanon (World Tribune)
Analysis: Hizbullah builds up its might (Jerusalem Post)
Lebanon's election Will the shaky equilibrium hold? (Economist)
US Foreign Policy
Obama's commitment to Mideast peace needs verification (Xinhua)
Clinton says rights a `core pillar' of US policy (The Associated Press)
Syrian President Holds Talks With Visiting US Lawmakers (RTT News)
Assad welcomes Obama policy of dialogue (AFP)
US and Israel: areas of dispute (guardian.co.uk)
Obama Says He'll Tell Saudis Oil-Price Spikes Hurting US (NASDAQ)
International Relations/Law
Foreign Policy: Israel pulls plug on Iran regime change shop (NPR)
Iran reformist candidate wants end of US sanctions (YNet)
FRANCE: 'Defying Rules on Arms Sales to Israel' (Inter Press Service)
Dutch generators power Palestinian police (Radio Netherlands)
Arts and Activism
Gaza blockade busters tell their story (PRESS TV)
Israeli police shut Palestinian literature festival in East Jerusalem (Ha'aretz)
Israel Film Festival Open Next Week, Honors Four Industry Leaders (The Beverly Hills Courier)
People making a difference: Andi Arnovitz (Christian Science Monitor)
Jewish group slams anti-Israel gays (Toronto Star)
Misc.
Jews of Spain, Portugal come out to support Israel (Jerusalem Post)
Marranos helping Israeli PR effort (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Academic
From: Of Times and Spaces in Palestine: The Flows and Resistances of Identity
Edited by Roger Heacock [French and English]
Khaled M. Safi: Territorial Awareness In the 1834 Palestinian Revolt (Revues)
Ronald Grigor Suny: Some Theoretical Considerations (Revues)
Nazmi Al-Ju’beh: Palestinian Identity and Cultural Heritage (Revues)
Rosemary Sayigh: Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries a Quarter of a Century On (Revues)
Joseph Massad: Producing the Palestinian as Other (Revues)
Roger Heacock: Of the Advantages (and Perils) of the Deficit of Securalism in Contemporary Palestinian Political Culture (Revues)
Commentary
Ali Abunimah: Mr. Abbas goes to Washington (The Electronic Intifada)
Israel's stance can jeopardise peace process (Gulf News)
US Won't Be Upset if Israel Strikes Iran, Senator Assures (Antiwar.com)
Book Review: 'Einstein on Israel' reveals essential history of debate over Zionism and a Jewish state (Mondoweiss)
At a breaking point: "Young Freud in Gaza" (The Electronic Intifada)
Daniel Gibran: US 'special relationship' with Israel is misguided (The Tennessean)
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