Topic: Yossi Beilin
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Israel's Netanyahu banks on tough guy image to win early elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is campaigning in early elections, announced today for January, as the candidate with a proven record of keeping Israelis safe in turbulent times.
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Backchannels Out of ideas, Palestinian Authority censors critics
The Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas is growing increasingly intolerant of criticism. Last week the PA blocked eight websites tied to an Abbas rival.
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Is the Palestinian Authority really a 'fig leaf' for Israeli occupation?
That's the charge of Yossi Beilin, Israeli architect of the Oslo accords. In an interview with the Monitor, he defends his recent call for the PA to be dissolved – 19 years after he helped set it up.
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Backchannels Israel legalizes three more West Bank settlement outposts
The decision, which is part of a broader settlement expansion, could pave the way for similar legalizations. Prospects for meaningful peace talks just grew dimmer.
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Opinion The Geneva Accord: a breakthrough model
The Geneva Accord – a joint effort by Israelis and Palestinians – details what a credible, negotiated peace agreement could look like. It addresses all the major issues, including security arrangements, the status of Jerusalem, access to holy places, borders, settlements, and refugees.
04/21/2011 12:03 pm -
How to Make Peace in the Middle East in Six Months or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment
A Middle East analyst seeks, through many conversations and a bit of offbeat humor, a resolution to the conflict.
09/08/2010 07:05 am -
Britain to expel Israel diplomat over Dubai assassination
In a rare allegation, Britain accused its ally of forging passports used in January's Dubai assassination of a Hamas operative. The diplomatic fallout could be significant, with Netanyahu – in Washington today – already facing strained US ties.
03/23/2010 10:41 am -
Arabs tackle free speech taboo
Across the Middle East, what would never happen in polite company now appears on broadcasts of The Doha Debates – discussion of controversy.
09/16/2009 01:00 am -
How to get Mideast peace talks out of 'dark corner' of Israeli settlements
The Geneva Initiative, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians, on Tuesday presented a blueprint for comprehensive peace. Next step: public debate.
09/15/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion In the name of peace, Israelis and Palestinians should become European
Membership in the EU would be a win-win-win.
11/26/2008 12:00 am -
Israel's prisoner swap with Hezbollah: too risky?
Israel's cabinet approved a controversial prisoner swap of 'terrorists' to recover two soldiers abducted in 2006.
06/30/2008 01:00 am
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