Daniel Lubetzky

Egypt does indeed have someone firmly at the top.

Here is how my taxi driver related to world leaders and movements, which I found to be quite akin to the heartbeat of the Arab street from conversations over the last few months (and years).  Mohammad Ali (not the boxer who serves on our board – the other one!) knew I was born in Mexico [...]

This column by David Brooks is quite provocative and interesting.  He writes: Hezbollah is one of the world’s most radical terrorist organizations. Over the last week or so, it has staged an armed assault on the democratic government of Lebanon Barack Obama issued a statement in response. He called on “all those who have influence [...]

How bad is the situation for the Lebanese? This is how bad: Hezbollah’s militia is destabilizing in and of itself – no State in History has ever been able to call itself a stable State if there is a non-State-controlled militia that challenges the authority of the State; For years the UN and the world [...]

Thomas Friedman wrote an interesting article on the Cold War between the US and Iran.  He writes: When you have leverage, talk. When you don’t have leverage, get some — by creating economic, diplomatic or military incentives and pressures that the other side finds too tempting or frightening to ignore. That is where the Bush [...]

Al-Akhbar in Lebanon (which favors the Hezbollah opposition coalition) reports that the weakness of the Hariri Movement will create a void that will be filled by Salafi groups intent on waging Jihad to defend Sunni Islam against Shiia infidels.  While the source is suspect, it evinces a real trend towards further destabilization and tribalism, which [...]

Ben Smith highlights some excerpts from an excellent article by Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic. Smith explains about Obama: He’s trying to do something hard, and unusual: Associate himself with a strong pro-Israel line, but also refuse to be associated with the hardest line on everything, calling settlements "unhelpful" and, elsewhere, distancing himself from a [...]

I saw this at a cash register in a local deli…

Wouldn’t it be great if ordinary citizens all joined together and said, "I have had enough – and I am going to do something about it!" and then pushed their Heads of State to once and for all deliver a two-state-agreement?! They could draw inspiration from this: "I am mad as hell, and I am [...]

OneVoice recently launched one of its most ambitious and impactful projects: an essay contest asking every Palestinian and every Israeli child to dare visualize what 2018 would look like if we were to get our act together and achieve a framework 2-state-agreement in 2008. You can see here a video of the Imagine 2018 essay [...]