West Bank Meeting

Source: www.readthebridge.info --- 25 days ago
by Anna Pratt Board members, volunteers needed; Brian Coyle expansion; Bohemian Flats Day Aug. 6 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Several spots on the WBCC are open to neighborhood residents. Volunteers are also needed on a separate board that will examine riverfront redevelopment. There is also a vacancy on the District Collaborative Council that is “designed to facilitate neighborhood participation in shaping the direction of future Central Corridor light rail development” according to a statement on the WBCC website. Anyone interested in joining the boards should contact the WBCC . CIVIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT Eduardo Cardenas, a representative from the Philips’ neighborhood-based Waite House Community Center, introduced the idea of a shared civic engagement project with the Brian Coyle Center. A Waite House project will center on registering new voters and hosting political candidate forums, but Cardenas said he is hoping to incorporate other community initiatives of interest to West Bank residents. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT City Council member Cam Gordon expressed concern for safety in the area, pointing to the recent fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man on the West Bank. Gordon suggested the neighborhood group consider getting beat cops to supplement regular police patrols of the area. (32 new officers have been hired to patrol the Minneapolis Police Department’s “Sector 2” which includes the West Bank, he said, adding that four others are on the w ...

Source: search.live.com --- 15 days ago
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants Barack Obama to take away one message from their Meeting Wednesday — he should focus immediately on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if elected, or any gains made in peace talks could vanish. Obama, the presumptive Democratic ... ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 27 days ago
A seminar on carbon sequestration hosted by Area III Resource Conservation and Development is 6 p.m. Thursday in the basement Meeting room of Mountain West Bank, 12 3rd St. N.W. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 6 days ago
An American woman fighting to get back four daughters living in the West Bank with their Palestinian father has gotten unusually high-powered help from Barack Obama. The U.S. presidential hopeful raised the case of the Chicago-area woman in his Meeting ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 15 days ago
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) during their Meeting at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 23, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 15 days ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged staunch support for Israel on a visit to Jerusalem on Wednesday, describing the Jewish state as a miracle before Meeting Palestinian leaders in the West Bank. ...

Source: www.suntimes.com --- 13 days ago
JERUSALEM -- While Meeting with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salim Fayyad on Wednesday, Barack Obama appealed to him on behalf of a suburban Chicago woman who is fighting to get her four daughters back after their father refused to let them leave the West Bank. ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 7 days ago
KOBAR, West Bank — An American woman fighting to get back four daughters living in the West Bank with their Palestinian father has gotten unusually high-powered help — from Barack Obama. The U.S. presidential hopeful raised the case of the Chicago-area woman in his Meeting with Palestinian leaders last week, and won a promise from the prime minister to look into the matter. ...

Source: electioncenter.military.com --- 14 days ago
RAMALLAH, West Bank (July 23, 2008) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants Barack Obama to take away one message from their Meeting Wednesday - he should focus immediately on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if elected, or any gains made in peace... ...

Source: blogs.suntimes.com --- 24 days ago
CNN is reporting that "Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will be visiting the Palestinian Authority president in the West Bank next week, a Palestinian government official said Monday. Obama will be Meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on July 23, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said." The Ramallah visit comes as part of Obama's Mideast-Europe swing. The Israeli press and my Israel connected sources said Obama will be in Israel July 22-23. Ramallah is a short drive from Jerusalem, especially if part of an Israeli-sanctioned motorcade to zip through West Bank roadblocks. The stop makes sense; even though Obama is also visiting Jordan, a close U.S. ally--it would seem unusual for Obama to meet with Israeli leaders and not venture to the Palestinian West Bank. ...

Source: blogs.suntimes.com --- 14 days ago
Obama met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for one hour (15 mins longer than scheduled) at the Mukata, the president's compound in Ramallah. Meeting began 1:30 pm and ended 2:30. Obama was walked down to his motorcade afterward by Abbas and lots of security. Obama waved but made no statement. Campaign plans to move a statement later today to all traveling press re the mtg Color below: Ramallah is about six miles north of Jerusalem but it took half an hour to get there, driving fast. The motorcade left King David Hotel 12:55 pm, north on Highway 1 and then into the West Bank. At 1:05 we stopped at the West Bank Hizma checkpoint along the separation barrier. At 1:20 at the entrance to Ramallah we passed a VIP checkpoint staffed by Israeli security forces. At this point, dozens of Palestinian forces wearing camouflage, helmets,vests and armed with semiautomatic rifles lined the road to the compound, their backs to the road. At 1:25 we turned left into an entrance to the walled compound of connected sand-colored, two- and three-floor buildings with red-tile roofs. Yasser Arafat is buried in a crypt on the grounds of the compound but Obama did not tour the gravesite. It was chaos trying to get inside the Meeting. Dozens of local journalists were waiting and Palestinian officials were reluctant to let the Obama pool through in the confusion. Once the Obama pool was let in there was a stampede up ...

Source: www.charlotte.com --- 17 days ago
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded Sunday that Israel cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered Palestinian economy. In his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as Britain's leader, Brown repeatedly stressed that economics are key to Mideast peace, and said Israel should ease travel restrictions in the West Bank that have hindered commerce. But his strongest comments were reserved for the settlements: "I think the whole European Union is very clear on this matter: We want to see a freeze on settlements." "Settlement expansion has made peace harder to achieve. It erodes trust, it heightens Palestinian suffering, it makes the compromises Israel needs to make for peace more difficult," Brown said at a news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Abbas went further in his criticism of Israel's construction in disputed east Jerusalem and the adjacent West Bank, telling Brown that Israel lacks commitment to the "principles and spirit" of Mideast peace efforts. He singled out stepped-up construction of homes for Jews in areas of Jerusalem the Palestinians claim for their capital. At a joint appearance after Meeting Brown later in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acknowledged that Israel disagrees with the Palestinians and Britain over the issue of settlements, but added: "I am absolutely convinced, Mr. Prime Mini ...

Source: www.littlegreenfootballs.com --- 23 days ago
Barack Obama is going to meet with Fatah . Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the West Bank next week as part of a swing through the Middle East, a Palestinian official said Monday, giving an important diplomatic boost to the Palestinians at a sensitive time in peace talks. The Palestinians expressed satisfaction over the planned Meeting with the presumed Democratic nominee, which comes months after Obama’s likely Republican opponent, John McCain, passed on Meeting with the Palestinians during a brief visit to Israel. Obama is scheduled to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his July 23 stop in Ramallah, said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, who was in Paris for a Mediterranean summit. “We welcome this Meeting,” Erekat said. If Obama is elected, he added, “we hope he will stay the course between Israel and the Palestinians in reaching peace and a two-state solution.” His fans in Gaza are going to be very disappointed. [Video] ...

Source: www.littlegreenfootballs.com --- 14 days ago
Barack Obama is in Israel, telling everybody what he thinks they want to hear—except the journalists he continues to shun: Obama: I’m here to reaffirm special US-Israel relationship . After a series of meetings with Israeli officials and a visit to Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, US presidential contender Senator Barack Obama travelled 30-minutes from Jerusalem to the West Bank town of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon where he assured Palestinian leaders he’d get involved in the Mideast conflict quickly, a top Palestinian official said. In his Meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Obama confirmed “that he will be a constructive partner in the peace process” and would not “waste a minute” if elected, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saed Erekat said. Obama left Abbas’s headquarters without speaking to reporters. Obama photo of the day. ...

Source: blogcritics.org --- 21 days ago
West Bank combatants meet in a moving, tragic-comic play written by an Israeli Army veteran. If you have ever been in the desert you might have seen a beautiful sky at sunrise. A beautiful, award-winning play by the name of Desert Sunrise recently opened at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood, where it is given a first-rate production with three powerful and moving performances. The story concerns a chance Meeting between a Palestinian... ...

Source: blogcritics.org --- 20 days ago
West Bank combatants meet in a moving, tragic-comic play written by an Israeli Army veteran. If you have ever been in the desert you might have seen a beautiful sky at sunrise. A beautiful, award-winning play by the name of Desert Sunrise recently opened at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood, where it is given a first-rate production with three powerful and moving performances. The story concerns a chance Meeting between a Palestinian... ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 24 days ago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the West Bank next week as part of a swing through the Middle East, a Palestinian official said Monday, giving an important diplomatic boost to the Palestinians at a sensitive time in peace talks. The Palestinians expressed satisfaction over the planned Meeting with the presumed Democratic nominee, which comes months after Obama's likely Republican opponent, John McCain, passed on Meeting with the Palestinians during a brief visit to Israel. Obama is scheduled to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his July 23 stop in Ramallah, said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, who was in Paris for a Mediterranean summit. "We welcome this Meeting," Erekat said. If Obama is elected, he added, "we hope he will stay the course between Israel and the Palestinians in reaching peace and a two-state solution." During the same visit, Obama is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other Israeli officials. The Obama campaign declined to comment. ...

Source: www.ireland.com --- 27 days ago
MIDDLE EAST:MINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin yesterday raised concerns about the impact of Israel's separation barrier on Palestinian economic and social development in the West Bank during a Meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Tzipi Livni. ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 11 days ago
Heading home from an overseas trip aimed at strengthening his foreign policy credentials, Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday he's not counting on an immediate political boost and thinks it's just as likely he'll experience a short-term dip in polls simply because he's been out of the country for nine days. "The reason that I thought this trip was important was I am convinced that many of the issues that we face at home are not going to be solved as effectively unless we have strong partners abroad," Obama said, speaking outside 10 Downing Street after his private Meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He acknowledged, however, that Americans are mainly focused on issues like gas prices and home foreclosures. On the Brown-Obama agenda Saturday: terrorism, troops for Iraq and Afghanistan, troubled financial markets, climate change and Mideast peace. Britain, the United States' closest ally, was the Democratic candidate's final stop after an ambitious run through Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, Germany and France. ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 18 days ago
Jerusalem - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank around noon on Sunday for talks with Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abbas. Their Meeting followed a red carpet welcome ceremony at Israeli President Shimon Pe... ...