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Israel's Netanyahu Meets With Envoy Mitchell
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022603327.html
By Aron Heller, Associated Press
Friday, February 27, 2009; Page A12

New U.S. envoy, Israel's Netanyahu meet
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/401674_mideast27.html US envoy, Netanyahu have 1st meeting on peace
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022600326.html
By ARON HELLER, The Associated Press
Thursday, February 26, 2009; 1:35 PM

Netanyahu Vows to Work With U.S. for Peace, Holds Coalition Talks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022202217.html
By Aron Heller, Associated Press
Monday, February 23, 2009; Page A14

Abbas aides say Palestinians won't resume peace talks without Israel freezing settlements
By KARIN LAUB | Associated Press Writer
10:18 PM CST, February 10, 2009
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-israel-palestinian-reaction,0,2332274.story

Palestinians: No talks without settlement freeze
By KARIN LAUB, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Last updated February 10, 2009 8:18 p.m. PT
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107ap_ml_israel_palestinian_reaction.html

Palestinians: No talks without settlement freeze
By KARIN LAUB, The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 10, 2009; 11:18 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021002423.html

• Washington Post: EDITORIAL: Mr. Olmert's Farewell (5 October 2008).
  This article comments on Olmert's expressions of regret about supporting the settlements over the years - how it represents the shift in politics in Israel in the last decade.

• Los Angeles Times: Olmert says Israel must withdraw from West Bank for peace, by Ashraf Khalil (30 September2008).
  Quote - "Olmert says Israel must withdraw from West Bank for peace Israel’s prime minister, who has a few weeks left in office, says that to achieve lasting peace, the nation has to cede most of the West Bank and half of Jerusalem to Palestinians".

• New York Times: Olmert Says Israel Should Pull Out of West Bank, by Ethan Bronner (29 September 2008).
  This article describes Olmert's change of heart concerning the occupation - and his sense of regret and attrition - which is remarkable in a public statement by an established conservative politician.

• New York Times: The World: Israel’s Demi-Greek Tragedy, by Ethan Bronner (27 September 2008).
  The article discusses Olmert commitments against settlements but failure to do anything, and his condemnation of the recent bombing of a prominent anti-settlement activist.

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Nation/World: Iranian official's kind words for Israel rebuked, by Nazila Fathi (14 August 2008).
  The Iranian Minister of Tourism tries to clarify that his country rejects Israel but not Jews, but Parliament does not seem to get the subtle distinction, condemns him, and then repeats its rejection of the State of Israel.

• Washington Post: The Elections Are Coming. Is Al-Qaeda?, by Bruce Riedel (10 August 2008).
  This op-ed about global terrorism analyzes the tactics of terrorist groups without mentioning the motivating factors - for example the outrageous injustices that Israel heaps on the Palestinian people. If these injustices were treated properly as the crimes they are then this would take a lot of steam out of the terrorist network.

• Los Angeles Times: Israel’s unhappy exit strategy, by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (8 August 2008).
  This op-ed reviews six options open to Israel for dealing with populist terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas. The problem is that none of them really work very well, and many of them involve devastating human rights consequences which Israel and the world find unaceeptable. The author wishes to remind us that such a factor might be unavoidable because of what Israel is fighting (Islamic fundamentalism), which means that Israel is not just fighting for itself, but for all of us, as it seeks to restore a global balance between the non-secular civilized world and the extremist religious one. The author however can not imagine the idea that maybe the extremists are right about Israel although without knowing it - that Israel really is a criminal state that should not exist unless the true majority population votes it in - which itself is unimaginable.

• Wall Street Journal: There Won't Be 'Peace' Without Democracy, by Natan Sharansky and Bassem Eid (8 August 2008).
  This op-ed postulates that true peace won't occur until Palestinian civil society itself develops as well, which the lack of the article blames completely on the Palestinians, not mentioning at all the role Israel has played in destroyed Palestinian society since before 1948.

• Chicago Tribune: New view on Mideast needed, by Yousef Munayyer (1 August 2008).
  This article describes how the US and Israel remain the hated countries in the Middle East, while Iran is hated much less, and the Palestinian cause is of highest priority. This requires Obama and/or McCain to radically re-think their views of the Middle East from how it has been, especially under Bush which has included very visible hypocrisy concerning nuclear weapons (Israel vs. Iran) and negotiation with enemies (forcing Palestine to negotiate with Israel as Israel refuses to halt settlement expansion and other illegal and inhumane measures). The author is an official with the ADC.

• Christian Science Monitor: The contenders to be Israel's next prime minister, compiled by Corinne Chronopoulos (1 August 2008).
  This article gives brief biographies of Tzipi Livni, the front-runner, Shaul Mofaz (Iranian born with military background) and Benjamin Netanyahu(major Hawk and chairman of Likud party).

• Washington Post: Transition in Israel: The next U.S. president may find a less willing partner for Middle East peace negotiations (1 August 2008).
  This article describes how the new US President faces many obstacles to making Israel/Palestine peace negotiations a high priority including ongoing Israeli intransigence on the key issues.

• Christian Science Monitor: Olmert to resign as Israeli prime minister, by Joshua Mitnick (31 July 2008).
  

• Washington Post: Olmert Declares Intent to Step Down, by Linda Gradstein (31 July 2008).
  

• Christian Science Monitor: How the best and the brightest plan to fight terrorism, by Iason Athanasiadis (29 July 2008).
  This article describes the latest in academic training in fighting global terrorism. Included is an audience response to a student's suggestion to rethink our unconditional support for Israel (tense silence), as well as our interference with Hezbollah and Hamas leading to alienation of the Arab world.

• Washington Post: Arab Aid to Palestinians Often Doesn't Fulfill Pledges, by Glenn Kessler (27 July 2008).
  This article describes how Arab countries have failed to fulfill their pledges of financial support for the PA. The main reason is distrust of the PA and resentment of how Israel still controls everything. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the PA have put much pressure on these countries but have had little success.

• New York Times: Israel in the Season of Dread, by Ethan Bronner (22 July 2008).
  This article describes the general state of dread and pessimism in Israel where many see the Hamas truce as a victory for Hamas, and where many are obsessed with bringing home the kidnapped soldiers who are most likely dead.

• Los Angeles Times: Talking isn't appeasement, by Wendy R. Sherman (2 July 2008).
  This op-ed describes the death of Bush's push to consider talking to enemies as a form of appeasement as negotiations between the USA and North Korea and between Israel and some of its enemies proceed and bear fruit. The author also discusses past negotiations giving many examples of where negotiations with an enemy bore fruit or were disastrous - the difference is not that the negotiation was with an enemy but the level of preparation, timing, leverage, etc.

• New York Times: Editorial: Israel’s Diplomatic Offensive (30 June 2008).
  This article congratulates Israel for its practicality in ignoring Bush's policy of not negotiating with its enemies, but the author misses the point that the problem is actually that Israel violates many basic laws - it is not just a matter of the two groups distrusting each other or having communications problems, and only when Israel is forced to stop such policies will there be true justice and peace in the region.

• Chicago Tribune: Diplomacy, not threats, scores win for Bush, by Steven Lee Myers (27 June 2008).
  This article describes the shift in Bush administration philosophy to negotiating with enemies rather than ignoring and attempting to isolate them.

• Washington Post: A Conversation with King Abdullah of Jordan, by Lally Weywouth (22 June 2008). In this interview, King Abdullah sees the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as the main threat, and the fact that soon the possibility for a two-state solution will be dead, not Iran and its nuclear program, and he opposes military action against Iran which he says will only increase conflict. He sees the death of the two-state solution as a major problem because it will motivate the spread of extremism, but he also says that the other positive development is the willingness to negotiate between the moderates and the extremists (in contrast to Bush's isolationism). He also says that we should be giving a lot more support to Fatah instead of only trying to isolate Hamas.

• Argus Leader: Controversy fails to deter ex-senator, by Peter Harriman (20 June 2008).
  This article describes the efforts of ex-Senator Jim Abourezk to reach out to Hamas, in addition to Syria and Lebanon, and in addition to his efforts to inform the American public about the truth of Israeli oppression against the Palestinian people.

• Chicago Tribune: U.S. a non-factor in peace efforts: Mideast talks counter White House strategy, by Robin Wright (22 May 2008).
  All around the Middle East enemies are talking and negotiating in direct conflict with the recommendations of US President George Bush..

• New York Times: Carter says Hamas and Syria are open to peace, by Ethan Bronner (22 May 2008).
  In defiance of President Bush and the Israelis, ex-President Jimmy Carter meets with Syrian and Hamas representatives and publicly speaks of their openness to peace talks with Israel including a willingness to compromise on some issues.

• Boston Globe: EDITORIAL: The Mote in Bush's Eye (20 May 2008).
  This is another Editorial criticizing President Bush's hypocrisy when he promotes democracy in the Middle East in his speeches while undermining the elections that have taken place in the Middle East which yielded results he did not like.

• New York Times: Mr. Bush's Travels (20 May 2008).
  Another editorial criticizing Bush's failed policies in the Middle East and how they have made things worse for the next President by undermining the moderates in the region. And once again Bush is criticized for refusing to talk to Hezbollah and Hamas as this has actually helped make them stronger.

• New York Times: Defying Israel, Carter meets Hamas leader, by Robert F. Worth (19 May 2008).
  This article gives a very objective account of President Jimmy Carter's meeting with Hamas leadership, and what he asked for. However, as with most reports on this meeting, it did not describe what the leaders of Hamas asked for. The article finished mentioning Israeli plans to continue expanding settlements in the West Bank.

• Washington Post: Iran remains key concern as Bush returns, by Michael Abramowitz (19 May 2008).
  This article describes mixed feelings amongst Arab leaders about Bush's peace efforts and efforts to isolate Iran and Syria whom he says support terrorism, and of course their nuclear ambitions as well. One of the obstacles described is that Bush is seen as not worth supporting because he only has a few months left in office.

• Miami Herald: Salute to Israel on its 60th anniversary: Our Opinion: Despite menaces on all sides, nation continues to prosper (14 May 2008).
  This Editorial in the Miami Herald repeats Israeli claims that it wants only peace. It then names Hamas and Hezbollah as examples of obstacles to peace.

• New York Times: "Pariah Diplomacy", by President Jimmy Carter (28 April 2008)
  Email supportive emails of President Jimmy Carter's NY Times response to his critics wherein he describes the importance of not being isolationist in contrast to Bush's policies which actually seems to make heroes of those he labels with terms like "axis of evil". You can email the New York Times at [email protected].

• Wall Street Journal: "The Sad End of Jimmy Carter" (25 April 2008)
  Please send letters protesting this commentary by Bernard-Henri Lavy in the Wall Street Journal which is full of strange assertions, and out-right misconceptions, some of which are inflamatory and exploit fears and thus only increase or reinforce misunderstandings and prejudice. Especially important is that this author (and most critics of Carter) fails to mention or acknowledge that Carter is not in the Middle East on a personal whim, but is representing the highly regarded group, "The Elders", whose members include other Peace Nobel laureates and world re-known emissaries of peace and human rights such as Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, and others, who are getting involved across the world in the most difficult and violent of conflicts, such as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, which seem both intractable and serious. Carter, and the group he represents are worth listening to and taking seriously. Please also remind the WSJ that printing inaccuracies and exaggerations, reinforcing misunderstandings and inciting hatred and prejudice only hurts our democracy. You can write the Wall Street Journal at [email protected].

• Boston Globe: Abbas's misbegotten peace bid, by Sara Bjerg Moller (11 June 2008).
  This op-ed condemns Abbas reaching out to Hamas after giving up on negotiations with Israel because the author theorizes that Hamas and by extension a national-unity government are both bad for the Palestinian people because Hamas's terrorist stance leads to isolation from the international community. The author says Israel should compromise in order to keep this from happening. The suggested compromises are lessening checkpoints and halting settlement expansion, both of which Israel has refused to do.

• New York Times: Peace Fills a Vacuum, by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley (3 June 2008).
  This article describes the irony of 3 different diplomatic efforts that seemed to have evolved out of the Annapolis peace effort, but which are developing in opposing directions without Bush's help, and away from what Bush, the founder of the Annapolis effort, anticipated or recommends. The 3 discussions are (1) between Israel and Hamas, (2) between Israel and Syria, and (3) between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah. The article discusses the loss of respect for Bush in the region as a major reason for this contrarian development, which is yet still aimed toward increasing the peace in the region. These authors theorize that the loss of respect can be attributed largely to Bush's policies of not talking with enemies, but also this growing disrespect is due to Bush's refusal to do anything about Israel's refusal to halt settlement expansion in violation of Annapolis agreements, which exposed Bush's true bias toward Israel.

• New York Times: Talking with the Enemy (23 May 2008).
  Here is another op-ed criticizing Bush's speech advocating not negotiating with enemies until pre-conditions are met, largely by describing how his own administration and its closest allies don't follow the policy. This especially makes sense with Hamas since it was elected to its government position by the people of Palestine.

• New York Times: Blair unveils proposals to improve life on the West Bank, by Isabel Kershner (14 May 2008).
  This article describes the efforts of Tony Blair, envoy of the Quartet, to make changes in the occupation which would make it easier in the daily lives of Palestinian people living in the West Bank. This included mostly economic development projects as well as measures to ease restrictions on movement through the West Bank. This is seen as a way to support to efforts of PA President Mahmoud Abbas to work toward the two-state solution. But once again the only problem is Israeli restrictions on all of their plans.

• New York Times: The Day After Peace: Designing Palestine, by James Bennet (15 May 2008).
  This article describes a plan for a Palestinian State put together by American professional city planners that includes a transportation-communications-utility arc stretching from Jenin in the north through to Jerusalem in the center and onto Nablus in the south and then across to Gaza, reactions to it from an array of Palestinians, Israelis and others both technically and politically.

• New York Times: Jews, Arabs and Jimmy Carter, by Ethan Bronner (7 January 2007).
  This book review is an excellent example of the POV that is very prevalent in America that cannot imagine a Middle East without Israel - that regards such ideas as only the utter delusions of the most radical Muslim followers, and unimaginable to sane and reasonable minds. Some other examples of this POV found in the review are the ideas that the main motivation behind the separation barrier is more land acquisition, and that Israel's transgressions are of minor consequence on the international stage. What he doesn't realize is that what is significant on the international stage is the totality of crimes Israel has committed which together total a major affront to international law, which range in number and severity far beyond the minor transgressions the author mentions in his review. He also mentions how some pro-Israel supporters wonder why Carter has such a problem with the Jewish people, but Carter and those who agree with him don't have a problem with the Jewish people but with the Zionists, whom they see as a sub-group of Jews who have no regard for the rights of the Palestinian people.

• Washington Post
  Israel's Livni set for key coalition deal: report, writing by Ori Lewis; editing by Sami Aboudi, Reuters (12 October 2008).
• Washington Post
  US-INTERNATIONAL Summary: Israel's Livni set for key coalition deal: report, Reuters (12 October 2008).
• Chicago Tribune: Livni warns extremists gaining strength, time running out for Israel-Palestinian peace,
  Washington Post: Livni: Time running out on Israel-Palestinian deal,
  both article-versions by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (5 October 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israel's Livni says committed to peace talks, by Jeffrey Heller, Reuters (5 October 2008).
• Washington Post
  Mideast peace process could be forgotten: French FM, by Wael al-Ahmad, Reuters (4 October 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Olmert says peace requires Israeli withdrawals , by Matti Friedman, Associated Press (29 September 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post: No interim peace deal with Israel, Saudi says,
  Chicago Tribune Saudi Arabia rejects any partial Arab peace deal with Israel, says could become permanent,
  both article-versions by Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press (27 September 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  U.N. urged to save Mideast peace talks, by Peter James Spielmann, Associated Press (27 September 2008)... from "Saudi Arabia, the Arab League and the Palestinian president".
• Washington Post
  Abbas vows to keep up peace bid but outlook bleak, by Matt Spetalnick and Haitham Haddadin, Reuters (26 September 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  WORLD IN BRIEF: Likely new leader gets formal nod, from News Services (23 September 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israel's Livni meets Palestinian peace negotiator, by Josef Federman, Associated Press (23 September 2008).
• Washington Post
  Palestinians win Livni pledge on talks, by Wafa Amr, Associated Press (23 September 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israeli president doubts peace deal by year-end, by Sue Pleming, Reuters (23 September 2008).
• Chicago Tribune AP Interview: Blair says West Bank life must improve at faster pace, asks Israel to ease bans,
  Washington Post Blair to AP: West Bank downward spiral halted,
  both article-versions by Karin Laub, Associated Press (5 September 2008) - but growth is still slow largely because of Israeli restrictions - "... the World Bank said in a report in April that the Palestinian economy won't grow this year, largely due to Israeli movement restrictions.".
• Chicago Tribune For first time in decades, a woman in macho Israel is within reach of taking reins of power,
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post: In macho Israel, woman within reach of premiership,
  both article-versions by Amy Teibel, Associated Press (4 September 2008).
• Washington Post
  Police to advise Israel's Olmert be indicted-reports, by Joseph Nasr, Reuters (4 September 2008).
• Chicago Tribune, Palestinians remain squeezed in Iraqi 'homeland' between fear and uncertain future, Washington Post Iraq's Palestinians still live in fear,
  both article-versions by Karin Laub and Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press (29 August 2008).
• Boston Globe
  Livni widens lead in race to replace Olmert, Reuters (28 August 2008).
• Washington Post
  Iran's supreme leader defends Ahmadinejad, by Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press (24 August 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israel to free long-serving Palestinian prisoners, by Diaa Hadid, Associated Press (18 August 2008).
• Washington Post
  Ahmadinejad in new Israel tirade before Turkey trip, Reuters (13 August 2008) - this article describes the awkward situation of Turkey who role mediating Israeli-Syrian negotiations and as a potential NATO member must be balanced with its positive relationship with Iran - its neighor and major source of energy.
• Washington Post
  Iran VP says Iranians are `friends' of Israelis, Associated Press (11 August 2008) - manybe calling to mind the differentiation between civilians and government, or that it is only the government that should be eliminated..
• Christian Science Monitor
  Olmert pushes ahead on Palestinian, Syrian peace tracks, by Adam Entous, Reuters (7 August 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israeli minister joins race to replace Olmert, by Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters (5 August 2008) - "Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Iranian-born deputy premier, launched a campaign on Tuesday to succeed scandal-struck Ehud Olmert as prime minister with a vow to put the country's security at the top of his agenda. Mofaz, 59, who, if elected, would become the country's first prime minister not born in Europe or in territory now Israel... Opinion polls show Mofaz trailing closely behind Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel's top peace negotiator with the Palestinians, though some party loyalists feel Mofaz's military past could tip the contest in his favor."
• Washington Post
  Olmert's vying successors seek to avoid elections, Reuters (3 August 2008).
• Washington Post
  For Jerusalem Palestinians, home not always home, by Karin Laub, Associated Press (2 August 2008) - This article describes the inhumane methods Israel is using to win demographic race to control Jerusalem including settlements and discrimination in building permits. Politician admits demographics is the main concern.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Israeli opposition wants election with Olmert exit,
  Chicago Tribune
  Netanyahu, ahead in polls, wants election,
  both articles by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (1 August 2008).
• Washington Post
  Reuters Top News Summary: Netanyahu demands election to replace Olmert, Reuters (1 August 2008).
• Chicago Tribune
  Olmert's decision to step down deals setback to delicate talks with Palestinians and Syria, by Steven Gutkin, Associated Press (31 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Olmert's impending exit deals blow to peace effort, by Steven Gutkin, Associated Press (31 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israeli PM to resign, won't run in party primary, by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (31 July 2008).
• Chicago Tribune
  Netanyahu calls for early Israeli elections after prime minister announces resignation, by Amy Teibel, Associated Press (31 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Netanyahu demands election to replace Olmert, by Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Adam Entous, Reuters (31 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israeli PM's Kadima faction sets September 17 primary, Reuters (29 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israelis, Palestinians: Mixed feelings about Obama, by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (25 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  British premier vows to thwart Iranian atomic arms, by Steve Weizman, Associated Press (21 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israelis, Palestinians skeptical about Obama, by Amy Teibel, Associated Press (21 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  British leader in Israel for first official visit, by Matti Friedman, Associated Press (20 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  Saudis praised for calling interfaith conference, by Ciaran Giles, Associated Press (18 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Blair: Mideast peace deal unlikely this year, Associated Press (16 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  Olmert's woes raise questions of ties to US Jews, by Matti Friedman, Associated Press (16 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Saudi-backed interfaith meeting starts,
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post: - Saudi king calls for religious reconciliation,
  both articles by Paul Haven, Associated Press (16 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Skepticism precedes Saudi-led interfaith meeting, by Paul Haven, Associated Press (15 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Chicago Tribune,
  Washington Post:
  Assad sits out Olmert speech at Paris summit, by Amy Teibel, Associated Press (14 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  Mediterranean union wants to rid Mideast of WMD,
  Chicago Tribune:
  New Mediterranean union seeks to rid Middle East of weapons of mass destruction,
  all 3 articles by Angela Charlton, Associated Press (14 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Suspicions mount in Israel against Olmert, by Jeffrey Heller, Reuters (13 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  43 nations creating Mediterranean union, by Angela Charlton, Associated Press (13 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Sarkozy starts meetings with Mideast leaders, by Crispian Balmer, Reuters (12 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Chicago Tribune,
  Washington Post:
  France launching watered-down Mediterranean union, by Elaine Ganley, Associated Press (10 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Israel hindering Palestinian aid effort: officials, by Francois Murphy, Reuters (8 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Chicago Tribune,
  Philadelphia Inquirer,
  San Francisco Chronicle,
  Washington Post:
  Palestinian leader meets Islamic Jihad, not Hamas, by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press (7 July 2008).
• Denver Post,
  Miami Herald,
  Washington Post:
  Israel TV shows work at cemetery for prisoner swap, by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (6 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal Constitution,
  Chicago Tribune,
  Philadelphia Inquirer,
  San Francisco Examiner,
  Washington Post:
  Israeli rabbi invited to Saudi interfaith meeting, by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (3 July 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  San Francisco Examiner:
  Palestinian leader, Israeli defense minister meet, Associated Press (1 July 2008).
• Washington Post
  Syrian minister laments Israel's nuclear edge, by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Reuters, Reuters (30 June 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Boston Globe,
  Chicago Tribune,
  Philadelphia Inquirer,
  San Francisco Chronicle,
  Washington Post:
  Countries commit $242M to strengthen Palestinians, by Geir Moulson, Associated Press (24 June 2008).
• Boston Globe
  Israel must share Jerusalem with Palestinians, Sarkozy says,
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  French leader urges Israel to share Jerusalem:
  both articles by Steve Weizman, Associated Press (24 June 2008).
• Philadelphia Inquirer,
  San Francisco Chronicle,
  Washington Post:
  French president says Israel must share Jerusalem,
  by Steve Weizman, Associated Press (23 June 2008).
• Washington Post
  France's Sarkozy offers in Israel to broker peace, by Francois Murphy, Reuters (23 June 2008).
• Washington Post
  France's Sarkozy seeks to pass test of Israel trip, by Francois Murphy and Emmanuel Jarry, Reuters (21 June 2008).
• Boston Globe
  Bush urges West to work together, by Deb Riechmann, Associated Press (14 June 2008).
  To compliment his isolationist policy toward enemies, Bush works toward uniting allies to support struggling democracies.
• Washington Post
  EU backs Israel upgrade, but differs on peace link, Reuters (13 June 2008).