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  • Is Hamas Considering Direct Talks with Israel?

    12/29/2014 10:29:29 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 3 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 30/12/14 | Elad Benari
    After years of calling for Israel’s destruction, is Hamas actually prepared to talk with the Jewish state? According to a report on Monday in the British Independent, the group may be considering it. According to the report, Hamas is reviewing its strategy with the changing times. It is conducting an internal debate, with proposals which have had to be officially refuted. One such proposal was for direct negotiations with the Israelis, currently forbidden by the movement’s constitution. A statement was issued saying direct negotiations with Israel is not the movement’s policy and is not on the table for discussion. The...
  • Under Pressure, Hamas Would Consider Direct Talks With Israel

    09/11/2014 9:28:54 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    INN ^ | 9/11/2014, 2:44 PM | (AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff)
    Hamas’s exiled deputy leader said on Thursday the terrorist group could be forced to negotiate directly with Israel, ahead of planned talks in Cairo to consolidate a truce. But an Israeli minister dismissed any possibility of talking directly with the Islamist movement, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and glorifies killing Jews as a holy duty. Hamas does not recognize Israel, and is a proscribed terrorist group in Israel as well as many other countries—including the US and EU. As a result, the two sides have never had any direct contact. …
  • Erekat: There Haven't Been Direct Talks in Weeks

    12/22/2013 6:38:46 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 2 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 12/23/13 | Elad Benari
    Amid reports that the United States is planning to present a framework agreement for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) within a month, the PA’s chief negotiator said on Sunday that the sides have not even had any direct talks for weeks. NRG/Maariv quoted Saeb Erekat as having said that the only talks in recent weeks have been taking place between the PA and the Americans and the Americans and the Israelis. Israeli and PA representatives have not been meeting recently, he stressed. "There have not been talks for some time," said Erekat. “The meetings currently taking place...
  • The Obama Administration has entered into direct, secret talks with senior Afghan Taliban leaders

    02/19/2011 9:12:46 AM PST · by library user · 54 replies
    The New Yorker | Feb. 28, 2011 | by Steve Coll
    Per FR policy, I can only link to this New Yorker article. FULL STORYCheck out the third paragraph.
  • U.S. says ready for direct talks with North Korea

    09/11/2009 4:33:59 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 1,069+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 9/11/09 | Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was prepared to hold direct talks with North Korea to try to coax it back into multilateral negotiations on ending its nuclear programs. Previously, U.S. officials had sent mixed signals about direct meetings, at times saying Pyongyang must first commit to resume multilateral discussions and at others saying bilateral talks could only occur "in the context" of the multilateral discussions. The department denied changing its policy on direct talks, saying any bilateral meeting would be to bring Pyongyang back to multilateral talks. "We are prepared to enter into a...
  • John Bolton: Direct Iran Talks May Facilitate Threats to U.S.

    03/02/2009 9:12:44 AM PST · by Shellybenoit · 2 replies · 294+ views
    Opinion Journal/Yidwithlid ^ | 3/2/09 | Yidwithlid
    The biggest threat to world peace today is a Nuclear Iran. The US and much of Europe have been feebly attempting to negotiate with Iranian President/Nut Job Ahmadinejad for years with no result. Sanctions haven't worked either. The real stumbling block is that Ahmadinejad thinks that his job is to hasten the coming of the Muslim Messiah and he indends to get there by starting a world war using nuclear weapons. Israel may or may not his first target, but the chances are that the United States and US Interests across the world are near at the top of their...
  • Edwards urges direct talks with Iran

    02/18/2007 9:02:29 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 33 replies · 469+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/18/07 | Todd Dvorak - ap
    DUBUQUE, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards criticized the Bush administration on Sunday for failing to engage directly with Iran to resolve problems with the Iraq war and Iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons. "It's a huge strategic mistake not to be dealing directly with Iran," Edwards told the Associated Press in an interview before a campaign event in Dubuque. "What we should be doing with Iran, both on the Iraq issue and the nuclear issue, is being much smarter than we're being now. We have tools available to us to engage them." America's relationship with Iran emerged as...
  • L'Chayim! Boston Globe's Short-Term Memory Loss On Direct Talks With North Korea

    10/11/2006 6:01:13 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 12 replies · 512+ views
    Boston Globe/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    by Mark Finkelstein October 11, 2006 - 08:45. To judge by its political cartoon of this morning, the Boston Globe apparently believes that if only the Bush administration had engaged in direct talks with North Korea, it could have prevented Kim from building his bomb. Let's leave aside the fact that the Bush administration has been talking to North Korea. Indeed, the president was proceeding in precisely the way the MSM usually implores him to do - multilaterally, via the Six Party talks. Isn't the Globe forgetting a teeny little thing? That the Clinton administration famously engaged in direct talks...