Dr. Shlomo Fischer: Who are the settlers & what do they want?

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Israel Policy Forum Announces its Next Chapter with Middle East Progress

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 4:52pm

Dear Friends and Supporters of Israel Policy Forum:

On behalf of Israel Policy Forum (IPF), including our President Peter Joseph and Chair Larry Zicklin, I am pleased to inform you that IPF is embarking on its next chapter.

2010 Must Be Showtime for Mideast Peace

By David Halperin

Assistant Director, IPF - NY

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 1:27pm

As 2009 draws to a close, we are bombarded by the annual litany of commentary features recapping the year in Hollywood movies to the year in international conflict, and everything in between.

When it comes to the Middle East peace process, current conventional wisdom suggests the 2009 recap might go something like this:

US-Iran Negotiations: Simulation Exercise at INSS

By Institute for National Security Studies

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 10:45am

Ephraim Asculai, Emily B. Landau, and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg

INSS Insight No. 154, December 29, 2009

Despite the tendency to denote any simulation exercise on security issues a "war game," the recent simulation designed and held at INSS did not focus on the option of a military attack. Rather, it developed the scenario of a bilateral US-Iranian negotiation over Iran's nuclear program.

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Posted December 16, 2009 - 2:49pm

Earlier today, Dr. Steven L. Spiegel interviewed Dr. Shlomo Fischer on the highly contentious issue of settlements in the West Bank and the various components of the settler movement.

Listen to their discussion here.

Dr. Fischer is the Founding Director of Yesodot - The Center for Torah and Democracy. He teaches in the School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has worked in the field of education for 25 years. As Founding Director of Yesodot, Dr. Fischer has focused on religion, democracy and tolerance as he works to advance education for democracy in the State Religious school sector in Israel. He has been a fellow at Tel Aviv University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His research interests include the nexus of religion, politics and class in Israel, contemporary religion and Jewish historical sociology. He has authored many publications, several of which deal with the challenges facing religious Zionism today.

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