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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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Ambassador Edward S. Walker

Ambassadors Pickering and Walker: Middle East Conflict Demands Bold U.S. Leadership

By The Pulse
Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 8:58am

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering Jr. and Ambassador Edward S. Walker Jr. in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

During our combined nearly 60 years working in the Middle East and on American policy in that region we came to understand the "bicycle principle" - if you are not riding forward, you are falling down.

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.

U.S. Engagement in Israel’s Talks with Syria

By Israel Policy Forum, July 22, 2008

On July 14th Israel Policy Forum released a paper that advocates U.S. involvement in the indirect talks between Israel and Syria to help secure an agreement. To discuss the status of the negotiations Steven L. Spiegel, a National Scholar of IPF, moderated a conference call the following day between two of the paper's signatories, Ambassador Robert Pelletreau and Ambassador Edward Walker. The content of that discussion appears below in Q&A form.

Middle East Experts on the U.S. Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

By Israel Policy Forum, February 21, 2008

 

On February 7th the Israel Policy Forum assembled a team of prominent Middle East experts-Robert Malley, Aaron David Miller, Ambassador Edward S. Walker, Toni G. Verstandig-to brief journalists on the current status of U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The discussion was moderated by Steven L. Spiegel. Some of the discussion's remarks are included below.

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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