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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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Coalition Negotiations 2009

Israel's Next Government: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen?

By The Pulse
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 8:51am

Half of the ministers in Israel next Knesset are expected to receive a government position.

Yuval Karni and Itamar Eichner report in Yediot Acharonoth:

"Israel's 32nd government, which will be headed by Netanyahu and evidently will be sworn in this coming Tuesday, is expected to be the second largest in the nation's history.

Ehud Barak and Binyamin Netanyahu's Secret Negotiations

By The Pulse
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7:55am

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benyamin Netanyahu and Labor Party Chair Ehud Barak have been secretly negotiating a coalition agreement, against the wishes of many of the members of their own parties.

Netanyahu is now expected to ask Israeli President Shimon Peres for an additional two weeks with which to form the government. Ehud Barak hopes to convene a meeting of his own party for a secret ballot decision on the proposal.

Lieberman the Foreign Minister, Livni the Prophet Elijah

By The Pulse
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 9:24am

The Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu signed a coalition agreement last night that makes Avigdor Lieberman Israel's next foreign minister, and gives his party four additional ministerial posts.

However, if Tzipi Livni's Kadima Party decides to join the coalition soon, they agreed to amend their deal.

The Kadima Comeback? Secret Likud-Kadima Coalition Negotiations Reported

By The Pulse
Friday, March 13, 2009 - 10:13am

Attila Somfalvi just reported that senior Kadima and Likud officials, including Benyamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni, have been secretly negotiating a government coalition in recent days. Is Kadima back in the government? Read more here.

Revolt--Israel Style

By The Pulse
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 8:31am

Likud leaders accuse Benyamin Netanyahu of pulling a fast one. They say he promised Avigdor Leiberman control over the Justice Ministry to keep him happy, and also to keep the controversial Daniel Freidman from the post. His plan, Israel News Radio reports, is "to leave the door open to the Labor Party joining the government in the future."

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