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STRATFOR : www.stratfor.com In a major policy speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu offered immediate peace talks to the Palestinians, in any of three Arab capitals. But he refused to stop expanding existing Jewish settlements on the West Bank and imposed conditions that would make a Palestinian state a castrated country.

A change of tact for Benjamin Netanyahu, but his support for a two-state solution with the Palestinians, came with strings attached: [Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister]: “If we receive this guarantee for demilitarization and the security arrangements required by Israel, and if the Palestinians recognise Israel as the nation of the Jewish people, we will [...]

thing Brzezinski wants is some nutter destabilizing the middle east or attacking & destroying oil-fields just because of an overdue Palestinian/Israel issue while he is going after Pakistan, China & his hated Russia. Maybe Iran would even get offered a seat on the next G14-20 board if the Israel/ha-mas peace talks stay stable and succeed!! [...]

Interview with special guest Lenni Brenner. Brenner is an author of several books regarding Israel, and we talk about the current Palestinian conflict in Gaza with Israel. We also talk about Israels apartheid policies that mirrored South Africa and the Jim Crow South. Lenni Brenner now lives in New York City. See an article about [...]

Leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian faction that governs the Gaza Strip, continue to be shut out of meetings with US leaders on the Middle East conflict. Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin discusses their being excluded and who Mahmoud Abbas actually represents.

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Ismail Haniya, Hamass leader in the Gaza Strip, said Gaza will not falter when he appeared on television — from a hiding place because Israeli war planes had bombed his office. His determination, even as he left open the door for a negotiated end to the fighting, at a time when [...]

GAZA, Jan. 10 (UPI) — Israeli troops were to set to allow a lull in Gaza hostilities Saturday after killing 15 men identified as “Hamas terrorists” in fighting, officials said. An Israeli Army spokesman said it would institute a three-hour suspension of its military actions in Gaza Saturday afternoon to allow residents to gather supplies, [...]

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and the Palestinian Authority said Saturday they did not envisage any international forces in Egypt or on the Gaza border under a possible truce agreement between Israel and Gaza. Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said Egypt had received no request. “No one has asked for this, and this is a [...]

George Galloway talks about the war on Gaza and the peace process, which the Government of Israel uses to blackmail the Palestinians and the rest of the world. From Talksport show, January 2nd, 2009.