Israeli Diplomacy Within The Corridor Of Palestinian Unilateralism
The rumor that the Palestinian leadership systematically spread over the last few months was that immediately after the U.N. General Assembly upgraded the Palestinian delegation to the U.N.
The Palestinian UN Upgrade: Setting Things Straight
The UN upgrade resolution has neither created a Palestinian state, nor did it grant any kind of statehood to the Palestinians.
The Rise of the Salafis in Lebanon: A New Sunni-Shiite Battlefield
The Sunni community in Lebanon is being led by a new breed of Islamist Salafi leaders such as Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir.
The Iranian Role in the 2012 Gaza Conflict
Despite Iran’s supply of rockets to Hamas to fire at Tel Aviv, its support of Assad is isolating Tehran.
New States Are Not Created in the UN
For now, Israel will have to take measured steps to deter Abbas from going further down the path of unilateralism.
The Long-Term Implications of the Israel-Hamas Clash
“Liberating” Palestine is portrayed as a fully realistic goal for the present generation thanks to the Islamic Spring, which has redrawn the map of the Middle East.
International Background to Hamas’ Escalation Against Israel
Hamas, with massive aid from Iran, doubled its rocket arsenal since 2009 and acquired the Iranian Fajr-5 rocket, putting Tel Aviv in striking distance.
Who Will Block Abbas at the UN?
U.S. President Barack Obama was right to advise Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to seek to upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation at the U.N. to a nonmember state in the General Assembly this month. The draft resolution that the Palestinian mission is circulating moreover decides that “the basis” of the borders of […]
Obama’s Second Term and Israel
But at the end of the day, the U.S.-Israeli relationship is based on common interests and shared values and those will continue to form the fabric of the ties between the two countries in the years ahead.
No Change in the Palestinian Position on the Right of Return
The gap between Israel and the Palestinians on the refugee question is unbridgeable.
Iran: Sanctions Biting, Nuclear Program Progressing
Iran is prepared to pay the price of sanctions, believing it will be able to contain any popular protests as it has done in the past.
Rabin’s Last Knesset Speech
The principles outlined in his plan, moreover, have not lost their relevance for Israel 17 years later.
