Tag Archives: U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell

Netanyahu: Ramallah + Jerusalem are only “ten minutes apart”

By Syndicated News | Published: July 4, 2010
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the regular weekly meeting of his Cabinet today (Sunday, 4 July 10) that he hopes direct talks with Palestinian officials will be one of the outcomes of his forthcoming trip to Washington. Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday. “Ramallah [...]
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Netanyahu offers to come to … Ramallah

By Syndicated News | Published: June 30, 2010
In public remarks after his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell this evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu offered to come to Ramallah if the Palestinian side were ready for direct negotiations. It would be a first. Netanyahu told Mitchell, in front of the cameras: “I call on President Abu Mazen to come to Jerusalem. [...]
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East Jerusalem parliamentarian arrested, facing “deportation”

By Syndicated News | Published: June 30, 2010
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 [...]
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What will Palestinians do now? U.S. reportedly accepted Israel’s position…

By Syndicated News | Published: March 9, 2010
According to a report compiled by three senior Haaretz correspondents (Barak Ravid, Akiva Eldar, Avi Issacharoff) published today, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, who met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterday after two days of talks in Israel, “told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud [...]
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Glossing over the differences? Palestinian official says: “We are here to negotiate to obtain our freedom … We don’t know what Israel really wants”

By Syndicated News | Published: March 8, 2010
The U.S. State Department has just released the following statement in the name of U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell: “I’m pleased that the Israeli and Palestinian leadership have accepted indirect talks. We’ve begun to discuss the structure and scope of these talks and I will return to the region next week to continue our [...]
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Is Tony Blair being upgraded or downgraded in role as Quartet Middle East representative?

By Syndicated News | Published: February 11, 2010
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in Washington today that: “I spoke today with Quartet Representative Blair to discuss developments in the Middle East. This Administration has, from the beginning, worked to bring about comprehensive peace in the Middle East, including a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On that issue our [...]
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