Jan 1st, 2009 · The conflict in Gaza presents a challenge for the incoming Obama administration, which already was facing a packed Middle East agenda. Leslie Gelb tells Steve Inskeep that the question now is whether the situation in Gaza will make it harder for President-elect Barack Obama to keep his campaign promises of active peacemaking between the Israelis and Palestinians. Gelb is a former state and defense department official and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Keywords: Middle East · administration · president · Palestinians · Steve Inskeep · income · Council · conflict · campaign · Promise · Gaza · Foreign Relations
Dec 31st, 2008 · For a fifth day, Israeli jets and assault helicopters pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Egypt borders one side of Gaza and could play an important role in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Scott Lasensky of the U.S. Institute of Peace, talks with Steve Inskeep about what Egypt can do to help establish peace in the Gaza Strip.
Keywords: Egyptian · Hamas · Steve Inskeep · conflict · Gaza · assaulting · helicopters · Gaza Strip · Israeli Palestinian · israeli · Institute of Peace · PeaceMaker
Nov 9th, 2008 · The Mideast "quartet" of peacemakers meet today in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to chart a way forward in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that have largely stalled because of electoral politics in both Israel and the United States. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.
Keywords: Israel · politics · mideast · United States · Quartet · electoral · Eric Westervelt · Israeli Palestinian · Sharm · negotiators · PeaceMaker · el Sheikh
Aug 15th, 2008 · The man who brokered a truce between warring Los Angeles street gangs after the city's 1992 riots has died of cancer. Darren "Bo" Taylor was a former member of the Crips and suffered multiple gunshot wounds while dealing drugs. He later became one of L.A.'s most effective voices for helping others leave gang life.
Keywords: Drugs · city · L.A · Los Angeles · cancer · Truce · 1992 · Taylor · Crips · bo · gunshot · PeaceMaker
May 12th, 2008 · Veteran peace negotiator Padraig O'Malley worked on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Mac Maharaj played a role in the latter nation's anti-apartheid movement. Both took part in recent closed-door negotiations in Finland, aimed at bringing reconciliation among rival factions in Iraq.
Keywords: Iraq · national · movement · conflict · veterans · doors · South Africa · apartheid · Factions · reconciliation · Finland · Northern Ireland
Jan 16th, 2008 · President Bush promises to stay engaged in pulling Israelis and Palestinians toward a peace pact by the end of his term in January 2009. The president has been met by Arab skepticism during his eight-day trip to the Mideast, but he got a boost from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during his final stop.
Keywords: President Bush · mideast · president · Palestinians · Arab · Promise · 2009 · Pacts · israeli · trip · skeptics · PeaceMaker
Oct 9th, 2007 · In a new memoir, Jimmy Carter writes about his post-presidential life and his peacemaking efforts worldwide. Carter says the last 25 years could not have been more unpredictable or more gratifying.
Keywords: presidential · worldwide · memoir · Carter · PeaceMaker · gratification
Sep 19th, 2007 · Israel's Security Cabinet declares the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" as a first step toward cutting off power and fuel supplies to the coastal strip, a move sure to put a damper on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's peacemaking mission.
Keywords: Israel · enemy · Mission · supplies · Gaza · Gaza Strip · coastal · PeaceMaker · Security Cabinet · damper
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