Israel Releases Disgraced Mexican Writer Andrés Roemer from Prison
Roemer was previously arrested in Israel on Oct. 2 following sexual assault allegations against the former diplomat from more than 60 Mexican women
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Mexico Negotiating with Hamas to Free Kidnapped Mexicans
The nation previously sent two flights manned by the Secretariat of National Defense to bring Mexican citizens that were stranded in Israel back to Mexico
Read moreMexico Sends Planes to Rescue Stranded Citizens in Israel
Two Mexican citizens, Ilana Gritzewsky and Orión Hernández, remain missing after purportedly being captured as hostages by Hamas during the conflict over the weekend
Read moreThe Challenge of Resolving Modern-Day Territorial Disputes
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The first step in resolving any international territorial dispute is for both parties to acknowledge their involvement in the conflict, said Brenda Shaffer, coauthor of the Washington-based political research organization Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) recent publication “Occupied Elsewhere” (dealing with protracted international conflicts and territorial disputes) and Georgetown University professor of foreign policy and international
Read moreAn Overlooked Perspective of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
By JENNIFER SCHNEIDER “If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.” This famous quote, by current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sums up the Israeli-Arab conflict from the Jewish perspective, and it is seems to be true, as evidenced by recent
Read moreThe Only Path to Mideast Peace
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Jonathan Peled believes that the international community has an important role to play in helping to reach Mideast peace, mainly, to butt out and let the Palestinians and Israelis find their own solution to the 70-year-old conflict. “Without a doubt, the only way to resolve the conflict is through direct, face-to-face talks between
Read moreA Meeting of Oppugnants
Despite having the same proclaimed objectives, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have always been at opposing ends of a longstanding political rift
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