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New Phone Number

By Israel Policy Forum
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:07am

Please note that IPF's phone number has changed. We can now be reached at 212-354-1812. 

We will not stand for this

By Israel Policy Forum
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 7:46pm

Israel Policy Forum is shocked and appalled by the column published in the Atlanta Jewish Times by its owner and publisher Andrew Adler calling for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States policy includes its helping the Jewish state obl

Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer on 'Reviving the Peace Process' (TRANSCRIPT)

By Israel Policy Forum
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 10:13am
In an ideal world, if we were writing this up as a scenario we would say let’s put this all on hold, and everyone stays away happily and nothing changes for the worse, and we pick it up perhaps when everyone is stronger. But status quos are not status quos and people know that. They either get better – or more commonly – they actually get worse because they are left neglected. I fear that this status quo, over the next 10 or 11 months if there isn’t some very significant policy activity, will deteriorate into violence.

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Israel Deserves Recognition

The Pulse
Posted July 14, 2009 - 9:42am

The Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met yesterday in a regularly scheduled meeting. During the meeting, Blair commented that Israel has not received proper recognition for her numerous actions to try and improve the Palestinian economy. Netanyahu added that the Palestinians need to increase their cooperation in order for additional achievements to be made.

Shlomo Cezana and Daniel Serioti in Israel Hayom report:

Israel doesn't get enough credit from the world for the numerous relief measures that it has made for the Palestinians, said yesterday Quartet envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair in the course of a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

In the course of the meeting Blair cited the series of relief measures that Israel recently introduced in the territories, including the removal of roadblocks and other eased restrictions that used to impede Palestinians' freedom of movement. The meeting, which was held in Jerusalem and was one of the traditional monthly meetings between the prime minister and the Quartet representative, was also attended yesterday by Regional Development Minister Silvan Shalom.

In Ha'aretz, Barak Ravid discusses Netanyahu's hopes for an improvement in Israeli-Palestinian relations:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair on Monday to discuss ways to improve the Palestinian economy. Netanyahu told Blair that the Palestinian residents of the West Bank could reach greater achievements if only they were to increase their cooperation with Israel.

Netanyahu's office said in a statement following the meeting between Netanyahu and Blair that "efforts and decisions are being made to accelerate the economic development in the area ... and to provide relief to the Palestinian residents."

Netanyahu has said he wants to shift the focus in talks with the Palestinians from tough territorial issues to a "triple track" on improving political, security and economic relations.

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