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George S. Hishmeh
By George S. Hishmeh - Jun 26,2014
The tide is rising sharply and straightforwardly against Israel’s aggressive expansionist policies pursued by its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is avoiding a reasonable settlement with the Palestinians. An uplifting discovery surfaced last week while on an extens
By George S. Hishmeh - May 29,2014
The photographs that emerged from the three-day visit of Pope Francis last weekend to Jordan, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Israel are memorable and historical. It was the first time that a Pontiff begins his tour of the Holy Land starting in an Arab state, Jo
By George S. Hishmeh - May 15,2014
There is no doubt that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fumbled badly and Israel is now deep in muddy waters. Time is not on the side of Israeli prime minister.
By George S. Hishmeh - May 08,2014
Astonishing that the US Mideast peace team has finally reportedly acknowledged that it was the issue of continued illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that was “largely to blame” for the failure last month of the US-sponsored peace negotiations betwee
By George S. Hishmeh - Apr 10,2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry took an unprecedented step for any US administration, directly blaming Israel for the near failure of the eight-month-long Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations sponsored by the Obama administration. In an appearance before the influential Senat
By George S. Hishmeh - Apr 03,2014
And now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet another crippling idea for proceeding with negotiations with the Palestinians under US sponsorship started nine months ago. His delusional offer would supposedly end in the next few months in a final settlement ushering
By George S. Hishmeh - Mar 27,2014
It is amazing how quickly the United States and its European allies, members of the G-7, have, in a matter of few weeks, come out with a set of punitive measures against Russia for its annexation of Crimea, which has a large majority of Russians who have just supported the reunio
By George S. Hishmeh - Mar 20,2014
Hardly had Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, stepped out of the White House after a meeting last Monday with President Barack Obama on the next step in reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations, than he became the target of a vicious Israel
By George S. Hishmeh - Mar 13,2014
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be coming to Washington next week for a meeting with President Barack Obama in a bid to activate the lethargic Palestinian-Israeli peace process.
By George S. Hishmeh - Mar 06,2014
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Washington on Tuesday after a three-day visit and a three-hour meeting with President Barack Obama, which was overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis, without offering any compromises on his terms for a solution to the decades-lo

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