Europe’s Premature Recognition of a Palestinian State
Under such conditions, it would be a terrible mistake to grant the Palestinians automatic support at the U.N. or political recognition for their state in September.
US Exposes Iran’s Secret Cooperation with al-Qaida
Should new branches of al-Qaida spread to Syria and other neighboring countries, Israel will have to take into account that Iran will know how to exploit these organizations in order to pose new challenges along the eastern front.
US Exposes Iran’s Secret Cooperation with al-Qaida
Should new branches of al-Qaida spread to Syria and other neighboring countries, Israel will have to take into account that Iran will know how to exploit these organizations in order to pose new challenges along the eastern front.
Polling the US Jewish Community
What is legitimate for Israel to assure is that whether the Democrats or the Republicans win in 2012, the American political system will still back Israel’s most vital concerns in the years ahead, as it has in the past
Meanwhile on the Iranian Nuclear Front…
He then added for the record “we do not want to,” but his initial statement demonstrated how confident the Iranians have now become.
The Lessons of South Sudan
In short, the Palestinian issue has little in common with this new historical trend.
A Tsunami or a Summer Storm?
. This was how East Timor became independent in 2002, after several years of U.N. administration.
Will Israel and Turkey be Able to Renew their Relationship?
It is still premature to establish whether Erdogan can surmount his ideological proclivities in the case of Israel, although effective diplomacy involves a constant effort of probing new opportunities that circumstances sometimes create.
How Did Israel Entrap Itself With The Idea of Land Swaps
On May 19, 2011, when President Barak Obama first made his controversial reference to the 1967 lines as the basis for future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, he introduced one main caveat that stuck out: the idea that there would be “land swaps” between the two sides. He additionally mentioned that both sides were entitled to “secure and recognized borders.” But the land swaps captured the imagination of those who tried to analyze the full significance of what Obama said. It also raised many questions. Did the promise of a land swap counterbalance or offset his statement about the 1967 lines?
“Land Swaps” and the 1967 Lines
Just because the idea of “land swaps” was discussed in the past, does that make it part of the diplomatic agenda in the future?
Does Israel have an interest in Assad’s fall?
About a month ago, a new rumor started to spread in Washington that Israel did not want to see Assad fall. Those critical of Israel privately said that the reason the Obama administration was not pressuring Syria the way it had pressured Libya was because of Israel. In fact, the Israeli government has been extremely careful not to express its opinion regarding the uprising in Syria because it is an internal issue. Nonetheless, senior academics and former Israeli officials have been widely interviewed as private citizens in the international media. The main view voiced is that it is better for Israel to work with the “devil we know, rather than the devil we don’t know.”
Does Israel Have an Interest in Assad’s Fall?
The main view voiced is that it is better for Israel to work with the “devil we know, rather than the devil we don’t know.”
Israel’s 1967 Borders Aren’t Defensible
The cornerstone of all postwar diplomacy was UN Security Council Resolution 242, passed in November 1967. It did not demand that Israel pull back completely to the pre-1967 lines. The 1993 Oslo Agreements did not stipulate that the final borders between Israel and the Palestinians would be the 1967 lines.
A Bad Deal: Why Palestinian Unity Won’t Lead to Peace
Representatives of Fatah and Hamas announced that they had suddenly reached a reconciliation agreement. Although the agreement may solve some of the short-term problems of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s statehood drive, it will create larger problems that promise to doom the plan to irrelevancy — and make a historic peace agreement with Israel far less likely.
Israel’s Requirements for Defensible Borders
Prepared Statement before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
