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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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A Talk with Dov Weissglas: On The Peace Process, Netanyahu’s Coalition & What Lies Ahead

By The Pulse, October 26, 2011
Dov Weissglas discusses how Netanyahu is approaching the peace process is constrained by his coalition. Also, he talks about the current role both the Quartet and Hamas in restarting negotiations.

Netanyahu declares Israel will act unilaterally if Palestinians declare state

By The Pulse
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 10:41am

In a speech given at the Saban Forum in Jerusalem yesterday, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that if the Palestinians unilaterally declare a state, Israel would also take unilateral acts. Stressing his interest in reaching a final agreement, he said:

There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and any unilateral attempt outside that framework will unravel the existing agreements between us, and could entail unilateral steps by Israel.

How is the latest Israel-U.S. row different from any other?

By David Twersky
Writer on Israel, American Jewry and American politics
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 4:35pm

The debate between the US and Israel over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has a long and distinguished pedigree. Over time, it has been managed so that bi-lateral relations almost never reached a boiling point. While there were skirmishes during the Clinton administration - especially when Mr. Netanyahu was Prime Minister, and some tough language from Sec. Rice during the second Bush term, relations were never threatened as they are today. 

Signs Of Hope For Peace; Obama Must Lead

By The Pulse
Monday, August 3, 2009 - 3:02pm

This week's edition of The Economist tackles the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with two articles addressing the current state of negotiations and the role of American diplomacy.

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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