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

We will not stand for this

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)

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.

Aluf Benn

Gaza Q& A with Aluf Benn, Haaretz Diplomatic Editor

 

On Monday, February 4, Israel Policy Forum held a conference call with Aluf Benn. His remarks follow below:

How did Israelis view the breach of the Gaza-Egypt border?

Initially, the Israeli reaction to the breakout was, "let's wait and see and then we'll tell the Egyptians that Gaza is their responsibility."  After the first few days, Israeli officials started saying, "that's what we wanted all along. We wanted to disconnect ourselves from Gaza. Let the Egyptians care for Gaza's welfare."