The Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations, Or Who’s Bullying Who?
In the spirit of all the verbal “bullying” going on in the media recently surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, I have included a must-see video spoof posted on Youtube by the Yesha...
View ArticleIs Obama Giving the Cold Shoulder to Kerry’s Peace Initiative?
[State Department photo/ Public Domain] Last weekend, Israeli media sources the Times of Israel and Channel 10 reported that United States President Barack Obama did not support Secretary of State...
View ArticleAmerican Jewish Leaders Praise Kerry’s Peace Efforts in Letter to Israeli...
[State Department photo/ Public Domain] On Wednesday, February 12, Israel Policy Forum released a letter addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in support of U.S. Secretary of State...
View ArticleRe-Framing the Jordan Valley Security Arrangement Debate
An Israeli army vehicle patrols the Israeli Jordanian border at the Israeli side of the Jordan valley January 1, 2014. Photo courtesy of Reuters. In approximately one month, United States Secretary...
View ArticleFrom the White House to AIPAC: Netanyahu’s Peace Push
With April fast approaching, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an official visit to Washington this week in a public push for Israeli demands regarding the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian...
View ArticlePoll: Jewish, Arab Israelis Critical of Kerry’s Mediated Peace Efforts
Photo Credit: Wickey-nl via Wikimedia Commons On Tuesday, March 11, the Peace Index project run by the Evens Program for Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University and the Israel...
View ArticleOnce Again, Israel’s Ya’alon Offends U.S. and Offers Apology
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Photo: Yaron Brener). For the second time in two months, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has had to apologize...
View ArticleKerry Shuffles to Jordan Hoping to Keep the Peace Process Alive
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gets off a plane as he arrives at the Ciampino Airport, near Rome, on March 25, 2014 (AFP Photo/Andreas Solaro) On Wednesday, Mar. 26, United States Secretary of...
View ArticleThe End of the Road For Kerry and the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations?
Starting with the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s signing of 15 international conventions, the dramatic events over the past week indicate that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have...
View ArticleOvercoming Impasse May Be in the Horizon: PA, Israel Open to Continuing Talks
On Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would be willing to continue the current peace talks past the April 29 deadline on the condition that extended talks include the...
View ArticleAbbas Wants to Talk Borders as U.S. Led Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Resume
Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams are expected to meet today with United States Special Envoy Martin Indyk in Jerusalem to arrive at a formula for extending the talks past the April 29...
View ArticleU.S., Israel Denounce Palestinian Unity Deal
Palestinian Fatah delegation chief Azzam al-Ahmed (center-left) shakes hands with Hamas deputy leader Musa Abu Marzuk (right) in the presence of Hamas Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh...
View ArticleKerry’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Frozen (For Now)
Saul Loeb/AFP/File U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the US State Department in Washington, DC, April 24, 2014. The end of April marked the passing of United States Secretary of State John Kerry’s...
View ArticleIndyk: Both Sides are to Blame for Breakdown in Peace Talks
From the left, the Honorable David Ivry, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister, Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S....
View ArticleBruce Stokes: “Americans Simply Don’t Care About Peace in the Middle East”
Bruce Stokes, Director of Global Public Attitudes at the Pew Research Center in Washington D.C., published an article titled, “Americans Simply Don’t Care About Peace in the Middle East” in Foreign...
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