Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni makes a statement to the press after meeting with President Shimon Peres in his residence in Jerusalem, October 26, 2008. Livni said she was unable to form a coalition to build a new government and recommended general elections as soon as possible. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)
Shimon Peres is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Abbas Launches Unusual Peace Campaign
AMMAN -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an unusual kind of peace campaign, by targeting the Israeli public with paid advertisements in major Hebrew-language newspapers to promote the Arab peace initiative.
Israeli Intelligence Warns of Settler Uprising
JERUSALEM -- Yuval Diskin, the head of Israels domestic intelligence agency, the Shin Bet, warned the Israeli government during an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday that a violent uprising by extremist right-wing Israeli settlers is possible.
Livni Offers Best Chance for Peace in Mideast
The recent acknowledgment by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of her problems in creating a coalition government, and her request for national elections can create the conditions for her coming back to power. If she succeeds, she represents a better chance for peace than her rivals Benjamin Netanyahu chairman of the hawkish Likud party and Ehud Barak, the leader of the Labor party.
Bush Calls Quartet to Meet: A Surprise in the Making?
CAIRO – U.S. President George W. Bush is making a last ditch effort toward forging a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice scheduled a Nov. 9 meeting in Egypt between members of the Middle East Peace Quartet. Washington had hoped to reinvigorate a Mideast peace process before leaving office in January, but time has almost run out.
Need for Deep Soul-Searching
And now it is Israels turn to go to the polls. Israelis will be electing next February a new 120-member parliament. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Colin Powell as Mideast Peace Envoy?
PARIS -- A quiet move is afoot in Europe to persuade the next American president to give Colin Powell, the distinguished U.S. soldier-statesman, the difficult task of reviving the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Israeli Words or Actions?
It is hard to know whether the most appropriate reply to the sudden Israeli expressions of interest in the 2002 Arab peace plan should be "Hallelujah!" or "Who are they kidding?"
Headlines From the Arab Press
What the Arab papers said on Oct. 27:
Religious Right Forces Early Elections in Israel
JERUSALEM -- Israel will be forced to hold early elections next February or March, instead of 2010 as scheduled, after Israeli foreign minister and chairwoman of the ruling Kadima party, Tzipi Livni, was unable to form a coalition government.
Israeli City Reels in Wake of Racist Riots
ACRE, Israel -- An uneasy calm has settled on the mixed Arab-Israeli town of Acre in northern Israel after five days of almost continuous rioting left widespread physical damage to property, and irreparable emotional and psychological damage to the citys residents who in the past have co-existed in an uneasy and fragile peace.
