Dear Friends and Supporters of Israel Policy Forum:
On behalf of Israel Policy Forum (IPF), including our President Peter Joseph and Chair Larry Zicklin, I am pleased to inform you that IPF is embarking on its next chapter.
As 2009 draws to a close, we are bombarded by the annual litany of commentary features recapping the year in Hollywood movies to the year in international conflict, and everything in between.
When it comes to the Middle East peace process, current conventional wisdom suggests the 2009 recap might go something like this:
Ephraim Asculai, Emily B. Landau, and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg
INSS Insight No. 154, December 29, 2009
Despite the tendency to denote any simulation exercise on security issues a "war game," the recent simulation designed and held at INSS did not focus on the option of a military attack. Rather, it developed the scenario of a bilateral US-Iranian negotiation over Iran's nuclear program.
Recent reports and developments suggest that the Obama administration--and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank--may see the "window of opportunity" for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shutting in two years, in 2011.
Co-editor, bitterlemons.org & former Palestinian Authority Minister of Planning and Labor
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 1:51pm
As attempts to revive a political process between Palestinians and Israelis gather steam, it is useful to look at past, failed attempts to draw lessons. One conclusion that can be reached is that not only should Hamas be part of a political process; any such process will not be successful without the movement.