Daniel Lubetzky

Can policy makers and strategists be really so naive? The Ahmedinejad regime has turned Iran’s right to nuclear development into a national mantra.  Only its Islamic fundamentalism and its ideology of spreading their revolution stand above their nuclear ambition. And yet diplomats seem to think they can sway Iran into a set of incentives to [...]

James Montague from The Guardian newspaper just posted an article about Eytan Heller’s vision for Israel and Palestine to co-host the World Soccer Cup in 2018, an idea which so far has already spawned OneVoice’s Imagine 2018 Campaign. The beautiful game’s bid to heal the oldest wounds Tentative plans are being mooted for a joint [...]

Two articles recently posted on PeaceWorks and OneVoice and our efforts… JEWCY.COM: Peace Through Pesto: Daniel Lubetzky Schools Us on Building Bridges and Empowering Moderates,  by Helen Jupiter, July 11, 2008 and JERUSALEM POST, Don Quixote comes to Israel, Jul 24, 2008, by Heather Robinson JERUSALEM POST: Don Quixote comes to Israel Jul. 24, 2008 [...]

The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down. – SENATOR [...]

As painful as it is to bear this in mind, Shlomo Avineri agreed with the view that negotiating with Hezbollah to get the bodies of fallen soldiers in exchange for convicted terrorists, and creating an obsessive cry in the public arena for the release of Gilad Shalit at all costs only plays into Hamas’s hands [...]

From an interesting article in Ha’aretz by Michalis Firillas [T]he concept of hegemony . . . is almost comical in the era of globalization. The sheer number of real or imaginary powers vying for the limelight has made international political maneuvering so complex that real power is hard-pressed to manifest itself in historically familiar ways. [...]

To the chorus of people who complain that religious leaders are not doing enough to raise their voices against extremism and to improve interfaith relations and foster respect, here is an under-reported but remarkable story about a high profile conference to bring foremost Muslims, Christians and Jews together.  See also this story. Among the participants [...]

It is a sign of how messed up the region can get that Palestinians in Gaza were motivated to throw rockets at Israel to try to undo the cease-fire agreement, rekindle the fighting, ensure a continued closure of the borders, preventing imports and trade, and thereby keeping at artificially high levels the prices of seeds [...]

I already blogged about my instinctive misgivings with negotiating to exchange imprisoned terrorists for the bodies of fallen soldiers, as well as about the perspective from some Israelis on why it was the right thing to do. Now that the painful exchange took place, as much as I heard from many Israeli friends how this [...]

Nicholas Kristof considers using schools and education, rather than military force, to combat terrorism. July 13, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist It Takes a School, Not Missiles By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Since 9/11, Westerners have tried two approaches to fight terrorism in Pakistan, President Bush’s and Greg Mortenson’s. Mr. Bush has focused on military force and provided [...]