Posts Tagged: Israel Palestinians peace
Israel and the Palestinians: A Land for All
Those who see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a purely political dispute over self-determination, territory, and security are missing the bigger picture. At its root, this...
The Two-State Plan May No Longer Be Viable — and Israel Must Find a New Solution
JNS.org - Some in Israel sought to question the motives and significance of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s declaration last month that Israeli settlements...
An Israeli Victory Is Necessary if Peace Is to Be Achieved
It is usually wiser to work for a solution to a conflict than try to achieve victory. But in some conflicts, the objectives of the...
Why Pressuring the Palestinians Might Work
When Barack Obama was president of the United States, too many Americans, especially American Jews, adopted his policies and plans blindly. Obama’s plans put undue...
Some Experts Say Abbas Has ‘Little to Lose’ in Sabotaging US-Palestinian Relations
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appears to believe he has nothing to lose in picking a fight with the United States. Abbas is scheduled to...
Why Arabs and Muslims Will Not Accept Israel as the Jewish State
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital aroused massive outrage in the Arab and Islamic world. This was for two main reasons -- one...
The Trump Peace Plan for Israel Won’t Work
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel occurred against the backdrop of his ambition to devise a comprehensive peace proposal...
The Two-State Solution Is Holding Israel Hostage
When Israel first recaptured Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the rest of Jerusalem in 1967, the government tried to “purchase” a long term peace with the...
Israel Balances US Peace Push With Goal of Bolstering Settlements
JNS.org - Following recent commemorations around the world marking the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, the Israeli government is pledging to strengthen the Jewish settlement enterprise...
There Never Was a Two-State Solution; It’s Time to Move On
The answer to the question of how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute has been to partition "Palestine" into two states. This assumes, however, that the parties...
A Palestinian Defeat Is Good for All
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed on December 21, carrying a copy of Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History, by...
Mideast Peace: Moving Beyond the Quartet
The report that was recently released by the Middle East Quartet -- comprised of the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations -- is...
A Conducive Geopolitical Environment for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
The upheaval sweeping the Middle East might suggest that it will be extraordinarily difficult if not impossible to resume the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and reach a successful...
The Mideast ‘Peace Process’ is a Misnomer
There are those in the international community who have long claimed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the root cause of the Middle East's problems. Among the...
