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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.

Anwar Sadat

The Thirteenth Palestinian Government

former Assistant Secretary of State & former Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the U.A.E.

From the earliest days, once the Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat forced the United States back in 1978 to take an active role in resolving the Palestinian problem, we have largely focused our efforts on security and the key final status issues like borders and Jerusalem.

The Holocaust Syndrome

former Deputy Director of the Mossad, member of the Council for Peace and Security

After more than sixty-one years, the Jewish people have still not wrested themselves free from the trauma of the greatest catastrophe caused by one nation to another: the Holocaust.   This is especially true today when we hear Iran's declarations about its desire to destroy Israel. While we must not ignore the dangers and risks that still threaten us, the time has come to shake off the Holocaust syndrome.