Essays
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Background to a New Course
March 1, 1989
December 1988 will doubtless be remembered as a point of departure in the Arab-Israeli conflict and in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in particular. How the leadership of the Palestinians, Israelis, and key Arab states proceeds from this point in time and how much creativity and courage all sides in the conflict project will determine whether or not peace will finally be achieved.
PLO chief Yasir Arafat's recognition of Israel'...
Jerusalem in The Fabric of Jewish History
May 1, 1989
The historic act of unifying East and West Jerusalem and making the united city Israel's capital 22 years ago symbolized unambiguously and unequivocally the end of an era and the beginning of a new one in Jewish life. The homecoming settled on...
Statehood and Redemption
April 1, 1989
The contemporary Jew, who survived the German horrors of World War II and saw the creation of Israel, is vividly represented by two extraordinary generations. The first generation--the heirs of the Holocaust--witnessed the near destruction of the ...
Rebuilding Israeli-Palestinian Trust by Unilateral Steps
March 25, 2007
Historically and theologically, the Jews could be, and to a certain extent were being, trusted by Muslims as long as they were subordinate to the Muslims. Since the beginning of Zionism and the establishment of Israe...
Lost Perspectives
October 25, 2005
Israel's momentous withdrawal from Gaza and the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, while substantially reducing the level of violence in the past eight months, have not produced the hoped-for momentum to propel the peace process...
Israel and the Arab Peace Initiative
July 15, 2008
Abstract
One of the most momentous declarations to come out of the Arab world since Israel's inception in 1948 is the Arab Peace Initiative, launched in March 2002 in Beirut,...
The Palestinian Refugees: A Reassessment and a Solution
May 5, 2009
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been riddled with many intractable problems whose solutions have eluded both sides for more than 60 years. None, however, has been as politically and emotionally charged as the Palestinian right of return to the land ...
Negotiating an Israeli-Palestinian Breakthrough
December 18, 2008
Abstract
The difficulty in concluding an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement lies in the internal and psychological struggle resulting from decades of debilitating conflict that h...
Essay on a new "Negotiating Strategy to Prevent a Nuclear Iran"
May 21, 2009
Obama's Peace Offensive
July 23, 2009
On a recent trip to the Middle East I had the opportunity to meet with many Israelis and Palestinians from all walks of life including high government officials, settlers and members of the Peace Now movement. I also met with academics, poll...
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