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Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beitenu head Avigdor Lieberman called Sunday for a change of tack regarding peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA), and said that peace is not in the offing. "To continue to insist on a path that failed for 15 years will not lead anywhere and unfortunately today we are already on the same path for 18 years, in the same dead end, and worse than this – with desperation and frustration that continue to grow," Lieberman said at a conference of foreign delegates. "What needs to be clear to everyone is that this is not an...

In an interview with the French-language magazine of African affairs Jeune Afrique, the head of the Commission of the African Union, Jean Ping, has said that an African Union (AU) delegation attempting to mediate between the warring parties in Libya was denied authorization to visit the country by the UN Security Council. The five-member delegation was scheduled to visit the Libyan capital Tripoli on March 20 and Benghazi, the capital of the rebellion, on March 21. The bombing of Libya by coalition forces began on March 19.

Before delving into the question of what follows the death of the two-state solution we must get a certificate of death. This may prove to be more difficult than getting a certificate of live birth for President Obama. Everyone prefers to kick a dead horse, so to speak, than to acknowledge it is dead. The Arabs were against the creation of Israel in the first place. They opposed the Palestine Mandate, The Partition Plan, The Declaration of Independence by Israel and Resolution 242. In 1968 they decided at the Khartoum Conference on the three “no’s”; no recognition, no negotiation and...

This Prayer Approved by the White House? Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 at 4:38 am ET Is the Obama White House vetting prayers? Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News and World Report reports that this represents a "new tradition" established by the administration of President Barack Obama. As Gilgoff revealed, "In a departure from previous presidents, his public rallies are opening with invocations that have been commissioned and vetted by the White House." The issue of public prayer is increasingly controversial in an age of religious diversity and increasing secularization. Yet, prayers at government ceremonies and events have been common since...

Iraq's Golden Mosque, a Shi'ite shrine, bombed 12 February 2006 by Sunni militants After publishing an op-ed entitled “The Real Islam” last summer, I was bombarded by requests to produce a follow-up piece outlining the differences between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. Well, here it is, with one caveat: The historical complexities and theological nuances of the 1,400-year-old rift in Islam make the 600-year division between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, or the contemporary divisions within Protestantism, seem simple by comparison. There is no way a thousand-word essay can say it all. Thus, though I may outline these differences in a nutshell,...

Mar. 3, 2005 1:36 | Updated Mar. 3, 2005 5:05 Hizbullah: 'Syria out' doesn't mean 'Israel in' By KEN SATLOFF BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel should have no illusions that the rise of the opposition tide in Lebanon, and even the possible departure of Syrian troops from the country, will smooth a path to warmer relations between Jerusalem and Beirut, Hizbullah officials have warned. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has been at the forefront of a chorus of expectation of a possible dramatic improvement in relations, going so far as to assert in a radio interview on Tuesday that "the only reason that...

July 17, 2003, 9:55 a.m.Get ReadyAcquittals loom in the Inglewood cop trial. Will trouble follow? LOS ANGELES — Do you hear that? If you listen closely, you can hear the faint, far-off sounds of the No Justice, No Peace Hallelujah Chorus practicing their scales and limbering up the old vocal chords. That's right, soprano Maxine Waters, baritone Al Sharpton, bass Jesse Jackson, and all their assembled multitudes may soon be, as is their wont, raising a ruckus. Though the story has been largely eclipsed by other events in the national media, the two Inglewood, Calif. police officers indicted in...

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won Knesset approval for a policy statement on the road map for peace with the Palestinians, while focusing on its anti-terror aspects but making no mention of politically controversial elements such as the establishment of a Palestinian state at the end of the process. Sharon won support from his Likud faction in the 57-42 vote after promising them in advance that his speech would focus on the war on terror. Education Minister Limor Livnat had asked that coalition discipline not be imposed on the vote, and Sharon agreed to the request while promising a palatable statement....