Nov 08 Watch Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Encounter New Stumbling Blocks Could Israel's decision to resume building new settlements derail peace talks with the Palestinians? Margaret Warner looks at the state of the negotiations with Robert Danin of the Council on Foreign Relations and Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institution. Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch Israel Resumption of Building Settlements Could Derail Peace Talks Israel's Interior Ministry announced plans to build 1,300 apartments in East Jerusalem. The news came during a visit to the U.S. by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and in the midst of the Obama administration's efforts to revive Israel-Palestinian peace talks. Continue watching
Nov 01 Monday’s Art Notes By Tom LeGro In today's arts and culture headlines, George Hickenlooper, who won an Emmy Award in 1992 for directing "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," has died at age 47,… Continue reading
Oct 27 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Maya Angelou's personal papers, including letters from Malcolm X and James Baldwin and revisions of the poem she wrote to celebrate President Bill Clinton's inauguration, will be made public by the New York Public… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch In Middle East, Coalition Aims to Ease Tension Over Water Resources As the Israelis and Palestinians grapple with direct negotiations for peace, there's another issue that is dividing them: water. Special Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Middle East. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch Settlement Moratorium Expires: Will Mideast Peace Talks Last? After Israel opted to allow its settlement-construction moratorium to expire, Gwen Ifill gets two perspectives on what's next for the renewed Middle East peace talks from Ghaith al-Omari, a former adviser to President Abbas, and David Makovsky of the Washington… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch U.N. Summit to Shift Focus to Conflict in Sudan Margaret Warner, reporting from New York, speaks with Ray Suarez about President Obama encouraging the international community to support Middle East peace talks and the special summit being convened to discuss Sudan's looming referendum on whether the South will secede. Continue watching
Sep 23 Obama’s U.N. Remarks Cover Economy, Mideast Peace By Larisa Epatko President Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday on a wide range of issues, including reinstating Iran's need to demonstrate the peaceful intent of its nuclear program and calling for international support of Israeli and Palestinian peace efforts. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch At U.N., Obama Presses Israel to Extend Settlement Moratorium President Obama used his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly to urge other world leaders to support the latest Middle East peace negotiations. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Blair: Prospects for Mideast Peace Talks Hinge on Current Leaders Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks to Margaret Warner about the resumption of Mideast peace talks in Egypt Tuesday, saying that if current leaders cannot succeed, an agreement may not be possible. Continue watching