Israel today tightened security in Jerusalem and sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours to prevent a repeat of last Friday's clashes between Israelis and Palestinians, but there were nonetheless more scuffles. To discuss the tension in the region, Daljit Dhaliwal speaks with James Rubin and Ian Bremmer in our weekly roundtable.
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Week in Review
March 12, 2010
Week in Review: Middle East peace process
Interview
March 4, 2010
Israeli-Palestinian talks could start as early as Sunday
Yesterday the Arab League gave the green light for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to engage in four months of indirect peace talks with Israel. Today, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the talks could begin as early as Sunday. Daljit Dhaliwal discusses developments with Martin Fletcher, former Tel Aviv bureau chief for NBC News.
Interview
March 3, 2010
Arab League gives Abbas green light for indirect talks
Arab foreign ministers from 14 nations meeting in Cairo gave Palestinian President Abbas four months to pursue indirect negotiations with Israel. An Israeli government spokesman welcomed the news, saying he hoped Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would resume soon. For more, Daljit Dhaliwal interviews Daniel Levy.
Q & A
December 4, 2009
Jerusalem serves as disputed 2009 Arab ‘culture capital’
For 2009, UNESCO and the Arab League designated Jerusalem as the year's Arab culture capital. But Israeli authorities forbade events associated with the program, prompting a series of secret indoor gatherings. Worldfocus interviewed the Dutch organizer of Al Quds Underground.
Q & A
November 20, 2009
Jerusalem’s undying ethnic strife deepens urban divide
One of the world's holiest cities is also one of the most divided. For more on Jerusalem's unique situation, Worldfocus spoke with Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force for Palestine, a non-profit dedicated to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Week in Review (video)
September 18, 2009
Week in review: War crimes in Gaza and missile defense
Carla Robbins of The New York Times and David Andelman of the World Policy Journal discuss the week's top stories: Obama's reversal on a missile defense plan for Europe, the battle against Islamic militants and this week's United Nations report on the war in Gaza.
Interview (video)
September 10, 2009
Holocaust kept out of Gaza school curriculum
Schools run by the United Nations in the Gaza Strip were considering including the Holocaust as part of the curriculum this year -- but the idea was put on hold when some Palestinians protested the idea. Andrew Whitley of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency discusses the controversy.
Interview (video)
September 8, 2009
Israel’s West Bank expansion defies President Obama
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank is "a national necessity." Daniel Levy of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation discusses the issue of settlements and whether or not there will be a freeze on settlement construction.
Analysis
July 30, 2009
Israel not a “sucker” for Obama foreign policy
Israelis hate waiting in line, writes Worldfocus contributor Ben Piven, and therefore many are angry that U.S. President Barack Obama has given major speeches in Cairo, Accra and Moscow before Tel Aviv.
Video
July 14, 2009
Israeli phone commercial ignites controversy
A television advertisement for Israel's largest cell phone provider has generated controversy. Critics claim that the commercial makes light of the partition wall that separates Israel from the West Bank, which many Palestinians see as a construct of racism and oppression.
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