This speech is a must-read. It obviously was given to a constituency solely concerned with strengthening Israeli-American bonds and alignment and is clear the President had to counteract opponents who seek to distort his record. It doesn’t do enough (or anything) to share with the Israeli people, and the American Jewish community, the necessary sacrifices [...]
Ginia Bellafante wrote about the absurd politicization of food coop purchases, where the extremist “BDS” boycott Movement (which, incidentally, even Norman Finkelstein recently exposed as being a “cult” that seeks to destroy and replace Israel with a Palestinian State, rather than a realistic solution of two states for two people) is seeking to ban Israeli [...]
Gideon Biger, a Professor of Geography at Tel Aviv University, references three examples of how European States handled somewhat similar territorial challenges and ultimately achieved harmony. While there are plenty of distinctions, these are all worth bearing in mind as Israel and Palestine seek to resolve their differences. February 23, 2012 Thursday 30 Shevat 5772 [...]
So much of our challenges in life has to do with balancing short term and long term priorities. Do we accept some pain up front in order to be stronger in the future, or do we defer the necessary but painful steps, only to make the problem increasingly bigger? A human being may face that [...]
This video does a great job of depicting the paralyzing problem at hand in the Mideast negotiations. Watch this video to see how OneVoice silently voiced their opinion that the negotiation talks need to be unfrozen. Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
This article tells the inspiring story of a soccer team that unites Arabs and Israelis in pursuit of lofty goals on and off the field. As the article states, “[w]ith football you can do peace, the Arab and Israeli living together.” By Adeena Schlussel Small City Is Home to Israel’s Unlikely Top Team By JAMES [...]
I have heard Saeb Erakat say the same thing at the World Economic Forum in Jordan a few years ago, and now – in this interview – Prime Minister Fayyad reminded the world that the Palestinian cause gets hurt when the Iranian regime tries to hijack it for its own benefits. Extremists should not be [...]
As the Israel Policy Forum stated in its recent newsletter (below), enough is enough. Atlanta Jewish Times owner Andew Adler’s call for PM Netanyahu to allow for Mossad agents to take out the US president and replace him with someone more friendly towards Israel is shocking and appalling. His point of view is extreme and [...]
The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah recently completed an interesting poll. The quest was to understand how Israelis and Palestinians feel about the Clinton/Geneva permanent settlement framework, and the results proved that 50% of [...]
In the article below, Gershon Baskin addresses a rumor that Fatah member Hatem Abdel Qader Eid has decided to boycott meetings between Israelis and Palestinians. If the rumor is true, this opposition will be a step in the obviously wrong direction for the peace process, however the author explains the thinking behind this opposition as [...]