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She was part of the team that helped negotiate the hard-fought peace accords in Bosnia in the mid-1990s and says there are lessons to be drawn from that peace process for future Mideast talks.
If Israel and the Palestinians want peace — real lasting peace — they need to talk to one another. Not shoot at each other. As a current college student, I have been questioned why am I so ...
The death penalty has proven difficult to eradicate in the Middle East due largely to many countries’ legal systems being based around religion, which is more “resistant to change than systems based solely on legislation”. [9] In most countries in the Middle Eastern region, the legal system is largely based primarily on Shari'a.
Palestinians hold a diverse range of views on the peace process with Israel, though the goal that unites them is the end of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.Some Palestinians accept a two-state solution, with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip forming a distinct Palestinian state, whereas other Palestinians insist on a one-state solution (Palestinian or binational) with equal rights for ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis urged Iran and Israel on Sunday to avoid steps that could feed "a spiral of violence" that risked plunging the Middle East deeper into conflict. Speaking to ...
Arab Peace Initiative (March, 2002) Elon Peace Plan (also known as "The Israel Initiative") (2002) The People's Voice (July 27, 2002) Road Map for Peace (April 30, 2003) Geneva Accord (October 20, 2003) Sharm el-Sheikh Summit of 2005 (February 8, 2005) 2006 Franco-Italian-Spanish Middle East Peace Plan; One-state solution. Isratine (May 8, 2003 ...
President Obama sent Special Envoy for Middle East peace George Mitchell on an 8-day tour of the Middle East starting on January 26, 2009, in which Mitchell met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Israeli army chief of staff Lt. General Gabi Ashkenaz to discuss the peace process along with ...
Peace is an important aspect of Islam, and Muslims are encouraged, but not required to strive for peace and find peaceful solutions to all problems. However, most Muslims are generally not pacifists, because the teachings in the Qur'an and the Hadith allow Muslims to wage wars if they can be justified. [ 324 ]