Israelis React to Shalit – Hamas Prisoner Swap

Israelis react on the exchange of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one captive Israeli soldier.

The Bibi Shake Shake Remixes Benjamin Netanyahu

In the new video Netanyahu is featured in an interview spliced with scenes of Israelis out in the streets.

Netanyahu Addresses US Congress

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress Tuesday, four days after meeting with US President Barack Obama. Netanyahu pledged that Israel would be generous with the boundaries of a future Palestinian state, but would not compromise on certain issues. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from David Rothkopf, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Download MP3

Middle East peace talks stalled

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The much-vaunted peace process between Israelis and Palestinians has stalled, despite intense lobbying by Washington.At issue is whether or not Palestinians will quit the bargaining table, and whether Israel’s cabinet will agree to extend a freeze on settlement construction.The World’s Middle East Correspondent Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3

Mideast photo-op, Israeli settlements and West Bank economy

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Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Nablus in this episode of The World’s American Influence podcast. Extended interview with Ha’aretz political columnist Akiva Eldar, author of Lords of the Land.
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Mid-east peace: The view from the West Bank

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Climate isn’t the only topic under discussion today in New York. President Obama made his most direct foray into Middle East diplomacy by convening three-way talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. We take you to the West Bank city of Nablus, where The World’s Matthew Bell has been talking to locals and gauging the mood, and the economy. Download MP3 (Photo: Matthew Bell)

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Obama’s Middle East gambit and the US-Israeli rift over settlements

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Barack Obama wants to revive the long-stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab states. But the US and Israel have yet to resolve a disagreement over the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. How big is the US-Israeli rift? And is Team Obama’s agenda for Mideast peace already in jeopardy?

New West Bank settlements approved

Israel has approved new housing units in the West Bank, defying the White House call to stop expanding Jewish settlements there. Is a compromise still possible? The World’s Matthew Bell reports.Listen

Restarting the peace process

President Obama’s Middle East special envoy George Mitchell meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Bernard Avishai, author of The Hebrew Republic, about Mitchell’s prospects for bringing Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table. Listen