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• 6 powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal
• Israel conducting secret talks with Hamas, Abbas says
• Rabin-Clinton deal makes East Jerusalem freeze possible
• Sources: Progress on Shalit is real, but not all reports accurate
• Comment / Is the Israel lobby doing more harm than good?

6 powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:39 AM PST Senior officials from six world powers expressed disappointment on Friday that Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and urged Tehran to reconsider. ...

Israel conducting secret talks with Hamas, Abbas says Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:32 AM PST Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that Israel is currently conducting secret negotiations with Hamas. ...

Rabin-Clinton deal makes East Jerusalem freeze possible Posted: 19 Nov 2009 09:57 PM PST Under a precedent established by prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, the prime minister is authorized to freeze construction for Jews in East Jerusalem. Following pressure from then U.S. president Bill Clinton, Rabin agreed to halt the expropriation of hundreds of dunams of land meant to expand the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem. ...

Sources: Progress on Shalit is real, but not all reports accurate Posted: 19 Nov 2009 09:32 PM PST While Israeli media reports on negotiations for the release of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit are limited by almost draconian military censorship, media outlets around the world have been reporting progress in the talks. ...

Comment / Is the Israel lobby doing more harm than good? Posted: 19 Nov 2009 06:42 PM PST Three years ago I was invited, along with 30 other guests - mainly politicians and journalists - to a private dinner party given by one of Britain's richest Jews at a Jerusalem hotel. After a mediocre steak and some fantastic wine, we were addressed by our host. The British media were a disgrace, he told us, "real Goebbels-style." Their coverage of the Second Lebanon War had totally ruined his summer holiday. And the British politicians, many of whom he had donated to in the past, were with few exceptions "all pusillanimous hypocrites" who had criticized Israel's "disproportionate" response to Hezbollah's attacks. ...

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