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Israeli airstrikes resulted in killing at least four Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours. One of those who were killed was a 15 years old boy and many were trapped under the ruins of the buildings which were destroyed. The Palestinian movements reacted by firing more than nine missiles into the Israeli areas.

The situation began to develop after the first Israeli attempt to assassinate a leader of one of the Palestinian movements claiming that he was on his way to launch missiles into Israel. The Palestinians reacted by firing back then Israel attacked Gaza strip again leaving another three Palestinians killed and several wounded. Read more…

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Swedish Presidency of the EU calls Israel’s plan to build hundreds of new housing units in Jerusalem neighborhood ‘illegal under international law,’ adding, ’such activities also prejudge the outcome of final status negotiations.’ Moscow says move ‘unacceptable’
The European Union on Wednesday said it was “dismayed” by Israel’s plan to build hundreds of new housing units in Jerusalem’s southeaster Gilo neighborhood. Read more…

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Israel stated yesterday that more than 900 units will be built in one of its settlements in East Jerusalem. Britain, France and the United States criticized the decision and considered it an obstacle in the way of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
President Obama said that such an action will not make Israel safer and may result in a serious and dangerous Palestinian frustration. Read more…

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Obama invited Netanyahu to the White House after the Israeli PM landed in the US [Reuters]
The latest attempt by the US president to salvage the Middle East peace talks appears to have come to nothing after his meeting with Israel’s prime minister ended with only a brief statement from the White House.
Binyamin Netanyahu left the White House on Monday after spending an hour and forty minutes inside with Barack Obama, without making the customary public appearance with his host. Read more…

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By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to tell U.S. President Barack Obama that he was “very serious” about wanting to advance peace talks with the Palestinians during the two leaders’ scheduled meeting on Monday.
The last-minute scheduling of Netanyahu’s White House meeting, after Israeli officials said over the past several weeks that Netanyahu hoped to see Obama, was widely seen as a sign of strained relations between the two leaders. Read more…

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It was as if some official, perhaps one of President Obama’s “czars,” like the Czar for Demolishing American Credibility, had orchestrated a systematic campaign to isolate the US from the rest of the world, make it a political laughing-stock and, finally, render it a second-rate power capable of throwing around tremendous military weight but absolutely incapable of leading us to a better future. The Israel-Palestine conflict, while not the world’s bloodiest, constitutes, for many people of the world, a unique gauge of American interests and intentions. So consider the messages this string of actions sent out to the world: Read more…

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Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is trying to convince the world that he is doing everything he can to go forward in the peace process; his first move was made today in public in which he invited President Mahmoud Abbas to meet him anywhere to discuss the possibility of improving the situation. Read more…

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Since its establishment, the Israeli state depended on its security forces and intelligence agencies to assure its security. Today Israel believes that the reason which stands behind weakening the Palestinian attacks is the effort which the security and army forces did.
Israel started building its intelligence and security forces before the declaration of its establishment. Read more…

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A couple of days ago, an international conference named the Middle East Simulation started in Konstanz to discuss the Middle East conflict and the possibility of making the Arab Peace Initiative a solution which can be accepted by both the Arabs and Israel.

In this conference forty students from around the world gathered to try to simulate the role of more than eleven countries who Read more…

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Recently the United States of America showed a brave and new change in its policy towards the Muslim world and the Israeli Arab conflict. This change was noticed in America’s view of the importance of finding a solution for the Israeli Arab conflict.
The change started to appear since President Obama’s entrance to the White House. Read more…

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In the last week Israel was really under pressure because of the statements which were made about President Obama’s will to suggest a Peace plan in the beginning of June. This peace plan was supposed to make a notice about Jerusalem and consider East Jerusalem a capital for the future Palestinian State. Read more…

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Recently Israeli politicians were busy preparing for the meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. Doubts of possible pressure from the United States to oblige Israel to reach a peace agreement with Palestinians were felt.
However, Prime Minister Netanyahu started his International tour by visiting Jordan. According to him, the Arab world has something to share with Israel regarding the Iranian threat. Read more…

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Recently Israel has been stating that the Iranian threat must be ended and that it is impossible to live with the idea of having someone like Ahmadi Najad ready to erase Israel from the World map. Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that he will take responsibility and prevent anyone from causing the Jewish people another holocaust.
Secretary Hillary Clinton made several important statements regarding the Iranian threat and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Read more…

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                Following several former steps made by the new American Administration, The U.S is acting in the Middle East in a different policy trying to change the current situation. Sen. John Kerry visited Gaza, and then went to meet Syrian President Assad. The Palestinians are about to start new talks about forming a unity government and ending the division between them. Iranian-American talks are still not clear but seem to be active behind the scenes. Read more…

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TITLE – How Arab initiative with the new American administration can assure success in the Middle East peace process.

The election victory in the United States by a relative outsider with a fresh approach and popular support has energized the Arab World into believing that perhaps United States policy towards this very complex and strategically important part of the world is about to undergo a transformation . Read more…

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