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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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G8 takes strong stance on settlements, Gaza and Gilad Shalit

By The Pulse
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 4:04pm

Last week, prior to its meeting in Italy, the G8 issued a statement calling for a settlement freeze in the West Bank. This week, the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations called for the immediate release of Gilad Shalit, and for the crossings in Gaza to be opened without delay.

The Morning Beat - February 23

By The Pulse
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:24am

Forming Israel's next government

Binyamin Netanyahu, tasked with forming a government coalition, has not succeeded to strike a deal with either Tzipi Livni or Ehud Barak. He is due to hold a second meeting with Livni, but she so far holds that the chances of her joining a coalition are slim.

Cease-fire stalled because of political feud?

The Morning Beat - February 19

By The Pulse
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 10:00am

 

Forming a Government Coalition

Israeli President Shimon Peres has met with the leaders of the major parties and will now have to decide who will be tasked with forming the next government.

Yisrael Beitenu's Avigdor Lieberman threw his support behind the Likud's Binyamin Netanyahu. President Peres called for a meeting tomorrow with Netanyahu and Kadima's Tzipi Livni. And Kadima officials are already pointing to the benches of the opposition.

Nervous Anticipation

By Roberta Fahn Schoffman
IPF Jerusalem Representative; former Advisor to Ehud Barak for Diaspora Affairs
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 10:08am

There is nervous anticipation in the air. Starting this evening, President Peres begins his festival of consultations during which he will try to identify the most promising prospect to form the next government. Both Likud and Kadima have stuck to their scripts, each claiming their right to the role. Lieberman, as we have noted, escaped the warm up act entirely and is arriving home this evening just in time for the main show. His lips were tight in Minsk, not letting on where he stands. And now he is savoring the effect that the dramatic unfolding of his support is sure to bring.

The Morning Beat - February 18

By The Pulse
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 9:53am

An Israel-Hamas Cease-fire?

Israel's security cabinet decided today to not finalize a cease-fire with Hamas, until a deal was made a release Gilad Shalit.

"We will negotiate his release first, and only then will we be willing to discuss things like the Gaza crossings and rebuilding the [Gaza] Strip," Olmert said Tuesday during a tour of Jerusalem.

Hamas responded that it rejects Israel's condition.

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