Daniel Lubetzky

Once again, youth leaders are leading the way to a brighter future. Stanford student initiative AMENDS brought 36 youth leaders from 17 different countries across the Middle East and North Africa to a summit at Stanford to learn from one another. Their talks, ranging in topics from peace-creating potential of micro-finance to the struggle to [...]

Hanin Ghaddar sets the scene for more change to come in the Middle East in his New York Time‘s piece. With Assad’s position growing ever precarious in Syria, Ghaddar asks if Hezbollah militants in Lebanon will be able to survive. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch Can Hezbollah Survive the Fall of Assad? By [...]

My Dad used to really admire Charles Krauthammer’s writing. When I was younger, so did I. I am not sure if my views evolved, or if he become far more conservative than I recalled, but over the last decade, I find him to be so immersed in an inflexible right-wing ideology lacking any subtlety that [...]

Alon Pinkas provides a hopeful take on the growing moderate majority within Israel and the American Jewish community for the Israel Policy Forum. With the OneVoice Movement, we will continue to amplify that moderate voice and leverage it towards creating a peaceful solution. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch STAND TALL: WE’RE WINNING, NOT [...]

In light of the civil court case surrounding Rachel Corrie’s death this week, NGO Monitor released a statement holding the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) responsible for Corrie’s death. NGO Monitor calls attention to the often violent rhetoric and practice of the ISM with which Corrie was involved. If the ISM continues to encourage members to [...]

OneVoice Movement Israel teamed up with J14 protesters in Tel Aviv to link calls for social justice and demands for ending the conflict for the first time. Together, they erected an ice wall to symbolize the “freeze” in peace talks that is becoming ever more costly for Israelis. See OneVoice Movement’s press release for the [...]

Dr. Ephraim Sneh is always on target with his strategic analysis of the politics in play in the Middle East. This is no less the case in his latest piece about the state of affairs between Israel and the US vis-a-vis Iran for the Israel Policy Forum. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch On [...]

Fred Schaufeld recently shared a trio of articles by Noam Sheizaf and I just got done reading them. For the most part, they present a very valid if painful perspective analyzing the Israeli thought process. The gist of the article below reminds me of Gil Shamy’s axiom that pursuing a comprehensive solution with the Palestinians [...]

In the wake of the World Bank’s report claiming that the Palestinian economy remains too weak to support a state, Isabel Kershner highlighted the positive high-tech growth underway in her New York Times piece. Grants, training programs, and ambition are enabling Palestinians to develop an economy based on technology and communications. As a result, they [...]

Nathan Thrall’s piece in the New York Times Sunday Review paints a foreboding picture of violence on the horizon in the Middle East with Israelis growing increasingly complacent and Palestinians becoming ever more frustrated with the status quo. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Julianna Storch OPINION The Third Intifada Is Inevitable By NATHAN THRALL Published: [...]