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IPF Letter in The New York Times

By Israel Policy Forum
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 9:09am
It is sobering yet productive that three distinguished Israelis are generating ideas despite the unfortunate but realistic conclusion that “a comprehensive peace agreement is unattainable right now.”

In Meeting, A Chance for A Regional Approach

By The Pulse
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 12:41pm

Today, President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after weeks of speculation about how the two countries will address the threat of Iran potentially obtaining nuclear weapons, and with little expectation for progress on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.  However, the Iranian threat – coupled with the historic changes of governments across the Middle East – could actually serve as a strategic opportunity for these leaders to address Iran while advancing regional democratic efforts alongside Israeli-Palestinian peace.

The Right Balance on Iran

By Israel Policy Forum
Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 5:22pm

Israel Policy Forum applauds President Barack Obama’s commitment to Israel’s security outlined in his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

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An Israeli View: For our own good

By Yossi Alpher
co-editor of bitterlemons.org; former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 3:04pm

Ever since the Israeli-Palestinian peace process began in earnest with the Oslo accords of 1993, the two sides' negotiations have been accompanied by Israeli settlement construction. Serious Israeli peace-seekers like Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert all continued building or at least expanding settlements even as they sought interim and final status arrangements with the PLO leadership. The latter, first Yasser Arafat and in recent years Mahmoud Abbas, proceeded with negotiations even as they protested settlement expansion.

Far-fetched - but not beyond imagination

By Gershon Baskin
Co-CEO, Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, http://www.ipcri.org.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 10:44am

Welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu. Your recent statements indicating your intention to be a true partner to the Palestinians in advancing peace through negotiations is what the international community wants to hear. But more than wanting to hear positive statements on your intentions to make peace, the international community want to see progress on the ground.

Crafting an Israeli-Syrian Deal

By Israel Policy Forum, December 11, 2008

On December 4, the Israel Policy Forum held its annual symposium entitled, "A Blueprint for Leadership: How to Achieve Peace and Security in the Middle East." In one of the symposium's breakout sessions, Itamar Rabinovitch, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , and Murhaf Jouejati, professor at National Defense University, discuss the prospects for an Israeli-Syrian peace and the U.S. role in securing it. The session was introduced by Israel Policy Forum consultant, Tom Dine. It was moderated by Tamara Cofman Wittes of the Brookings Institution.

The Roadmap Is Back

By MJ Rosenberg, January 7, 2005

Issue # 208

Dennis Ross, who served as lead Mideast negotiator for close to a decade, is uncharacteristically optimistic about the chances for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement in the not-so-distant future.

Bush's New Year's Resolution

By MJ Rosenberg, December 23, 2004

Issue # 207

War on Hamas


By Gilead Light and Steve Spiegel, March 25, 2004

 

The Bush Administration responded not once but twice to Israel's targeted assassination of Hamas spiritual leader and founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin on Monday. 

Bush's Plans

By MJ Rosenberg, January 19, 2001

Issue #28

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