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Tag Archives: Negotiators and negotiations
East Jerusalem parliamentarian arrested, facing “deportation”
Facing possible “deportation” — whatever that means in the circumstances — from East Jerusalem, Mohammad Abu Tir, a Hamas-affiliated politician elected in January 2006 to the Palestine Legislative Council (PLC), was arrested this afternoon in Jerusalem (where he is not supposed to be, any more) reportedly by undercover Israeli police disguised as Palestinians, and taken to [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, deportation, East Jerusalem, Gaza, Hamas, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Mohammad Abu Teir, Mohammad Abu Tir, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, Road Map, U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell, USA Leave a comment
Mousavian in America
Hossein Mousavian, a former lead Iranian nuclear negotiator has relocated to America, taking up residence at Princeton University, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
Actually, he’s apparently been at Princeton for ten months already.
Mousavian was been Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami [who preceeded the present President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad], then later then [...]
Round-up
Monday 21 June 2010
Ram Cohen, principal of the Aleph High School in Tel Aviv, was summoned to appear before the Knesset Education Committee and the Minister of Education, Mr. Gideon Saar, today, as Cohen explained in an article published in YNet, “following my unequivocal words to my students, condemning the 43 year-old occupation and rule [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Adalah, Boundaries & Borders, Christopher Gunness, deportation of four Hamas-affiliated politicians, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Knesset Education Committee, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, Ram Cohen, Sanctions, UNRWA Leave a comment
Israel’s Naval Blockade of Gaza – cont’d
Aletheia Kallos has, once again, very kindly agreed to plot out the coordinates of the Israeli Naval Blockade, as published in a Notice to Mariners posted on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Transport — as compared to the Oslo Accords map of Gaza’s maritime space — and then added estimated point [...]
Israel’s Naval Blockade of Gaza – cont’d
Aletheia Kallos has, once again, very kindly agreed to plot out the coordinates of the Israeli Naval Blockade, as published in a Notice to Mariners posted on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Transport — as compared to the Oslo Accords map of Gaza’s maritime space– and the estimated point (x) [...]
Intriguing “goodwill” measures announced by IDF commanders
Just as Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu apparently promised George Mitchell last week, it has now happened: Israel announced on Sunday night a number of steps to be taken “in the near future” that the IDF is describing as “easing” and “goodwill” measures.
The announcement was actually made first to Israeli media. It was only [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, goodwill measures, IDF, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, USA, USaid, USAID WBG, West Bank roads Leave a comment
Analysis: the difficulty of deviating from the Palestinian consensus
A Haaretz opinion article written by two Israeli academics argues that “Israel will enter negotiations with profound gaps between its goals for the diplomatic process and those of the Obama administration. Rather than a final-status solution, the Israelis prefer to manage the conflict and perpetuate the existing territorial reality. At the basis of [...]
Palestinian “bold opening offer” in proximity talks?
The Wall Street Journal has reported that “Palestinian negotiators have surprised Washington with a bold opening offer to White House peace envoy George Mitchell that includes concessions on territory beyond those offered in past Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, according to officials briefed on the current negotiations”.
This report, written by WSJ correspondent in Jerusalem Charles Levinson, and [...]
Mitchell left the Middle East today, ending Round Two
At today’s State Department briefing in Washington, D.C., spokesperson Philip Crowley told journalists that “Special Envoy George Mitchell left the Middle East today after completing a round of proximity talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The talks were constructive and reflected both parties’ commitments to reach an agreement that realizes the goal of two
states and [...]
Netanyahu offers to come to … Ramallah