George J. Mitchell

...is persona non grata in Afghanistan; Ambassador Christopher Hill in Iraq is something of a diplomatic nonentity; Middle East envoy George Mitchell has hurried the "peace process" to a point of crisis worse than when he started. As Casey...

In this article: Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Uranium, George Mitchell, Stanley McChrystal, Casey Stengel, David Petraeus, David Axelrod, and UN

...not neocons but holding neoconnish views on Israel, remain in government. How else to explain George Mitchell's failure? His history tells us that he is a strong and effective mediator. The diplomat who made Protestant and Catholic...

In this article: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Elliot Abrams, George Mitchell, Israel, Washington, Middle East, Colin Powell, and Hillary Rodham Clinton

...Robert Gibbs, said. Diplomatic sources said Israeli officials ignored a request on Monday by President Barack Obama's envoy, George Mitchell, to halt the Gilo decision. Mr Ban also issued a tersely worded statement, deploring the Israeli...

In this article: Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, White House, Ban Ki-moon, United Nations, George Mitchell, Mahmoud Abbas, and Barack Obama

...to step down and abandon years of efforts to make peace with the Jewish state. President Obama's envoy to the region, George J. Mitchell, had pleaded with Netanyahu to postpone the neighborhood expansion, a State Department official...

In this article: Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, U.S., White House, West Bank, and Robert Gibbs

...Obama entered office in January promising a new focus on the conflict. He appointed a Middle East peace envoy, George Mitchell, whose efforts have failed to break the deadlock. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to...

In this article: United States, Jerusalem, Israel, Salam Fayyad, George Mitchell, Washington, and E mail

...a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth said U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy, George Mitchell, had asked an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a meeting in London on...

In this article: Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Robert Gibbs, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, and East Jerusalem

...the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth said Obama's envoy, George Mitchell, had asked an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting in London on Monday to block...

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...bloc has taken a back-seat approach to recent efforts by President Barack Obama and his special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell, to restart peace talks between the two sides. Bildt said he could understand why the Palestinians...

In this article: European Union, Carl Bildt, West Bank, U.N. Security Council, Benjamin Netanyahu, Arab League, U.N., Gaza, and Jerusalem

...East peace initiative have both run into the sand. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Middle East envoy George Mitchell informed him last week after their failed bid to persuade the Palestinians to sit down and talk peace with...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Iran, Middle East, Washington, George Mitchell, United States, White House, and Hillary Clinton

Mr Mitchell failed to negotiate an agreement in September 2009 US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is in Jerusalem as part of the latest efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. He intends to lay the groundwork ahead of...

In this article: George Mitchell, Hamas, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, West Bank, Ehud Barak, and US