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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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USIP's Lasensky: US- Israel tension "totally overblown"

By David Halperin
Program Director / Policy Analyst
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 11:00am

Scott Lasensky, the Senior Research Associate of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the United States Institute of Peace, co-authored "Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace" last year with former US Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer.  Their book includes a detailed account of previous US peacemaking efforts, a collection of documents and primary sources related to the Mideast peace process, and recommendations for how the US administration following the Bush II White House should engage in Arab-Israeli diplomacy. 

More than 7 months into the Obama administration, I wanted to get Lasensky's take on the state of peacemaking efforts. Below are his responses to a few of my questions:

Prospects for U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East

By Israel Policy Forum, January 27, 2009

 

On Thursday, January 22, Thomas A. Dine and Ambassador Samuel W. Lewis joined an Israel Policy Forum conference call to report on their participation in a recent U.S.-Syria working group meeting in Damascus. IPF National Scholar Steven L. Spiegel moderated the conversation. The following is a summary of their remarks and recommendations.

The Crisis in Gaza and President-Elect Obama's First 100 Days: A Discussion with Amb.Samuel W. Lewis and Amb. Edward S. Walker

By Israel Policy Forum, January 8, 2009

On Wednesday, January 7  IPF National Scholar Steven L. Spiegel moderated a discussion with IPF Advisory Council Members Ambassador Samuel W. Lewis and Ambassador Edward S. Walker.

October 10, 2007/Volume 5.30 A Guide to a Successful November International Conference

By Israel Policy Forum, October 10, 2007

As part of its ongoing commitment to policy analysis, Israel Policy Forum sponsored a study group that produced "A Guide to a Successful November International Conference."  This report has been shared with key governments and widely reported in the press.  This week's IPF Focus presents the report in full.  It is signed by:

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