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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.

Bar Ilan

"Blue and White Peace" movement to bolster 2 state solution

Ynet reports that several prominent politicians and other figures from the Left and Center in Israel will launch a new campaign titled "Blue and White Peace." The goal of this initiative is to support Prime Minister Netanyahu in realizing the goals laid out in his speech in June at Bar Ilan University, specifically his first endorsement of a two-state solution.

Netanyahu joins the rest of Israel

National President, Ameinu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his policy address on Sunday and accepted the two state solution already embraced by a large majority of Israelis. OK, I am not really suggesting that the Ameinu public letter that many of you signed before Netanyahu's Washington visit was the deciding blow, but he definitely heard from the U.S. President, the Congress and the American Jewish community which way the wind was blowing. I am proud that we made our modest contribution.

Netanyahu and Mubarak:Tension After Bar Ilan Speech?

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak criticized Binyamin Netanyahu's speech saying that, "the call to recognize Israel as a Jewish state complicates things further and scuttles the possibilities for peace."

In an attempt to alleviate possible Egyptian-Israeli tension, Yediot Acharonoth's Smadar Peri and Itamar Eichner report, Binyamin Netanyahu called Hosni Mubarak last night: