As U.S. lawmakers visit, Mideast ponders what comes next

McClatchy by Dion Nissenbaum | Feb. 20, 2009 (News Report)

For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. lawmakers toured the isolated, battle-scarred Gaza Strip Thursday in a high-profile visit that came as the new Obama administration in Washington is developing its diplomatic priorities for the Middle East. Full Story »

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Feb. 21, 2009

This is a straight forward and objective report on a tour of Gaza by three US lawmakers and follow-on travel by John Kerry to Syria. It also provides some well-sourced analysis of the prospects of peace talks between Israel and Syria and between Israel and the Palestinians.

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