Posts Tagged: Israel Peace Process
Kushner’s Initiative Doesn’t Change Palestinian Reality
JNS.org - After several visits to Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and Palestinian leaders in Ramallah, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s attempt to restart the peace...
Why Are Arabs Allowed to Exploit the Palestinians?
The Al-Aqsa Mosque controversy has exposed, once again, the non-centrality of the Palestinian issue in the overall Arab order of priorities. Contrary to Western media headlines, Arab policymakers and the...
Haaretz Destroys Its Own Narrative of ‘Ultra Right-Wing Intransigent Netanyahu’
For the second time in recent days, Haaretz has a reluctant exclusive on how Israel's hated, right-wing, war-mongering, intransigent, anti-peace prime minister -- Benjamin Netanyahu...
Trump’s Mideast Visit: Much Ado About Nothing
Sadly, President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East only confirmed my skepticism about what might come out of it. Trump went to the region...
In Search for Peace, Trump Should Tackle Hate Before Borders
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first foreign trip later this month, with stops that will include the Vatican, Saudi Arabia and the...
From the Passover Seder to the Real World
JNS.org - At my family’s Passover seder this year, we read -- as we always do -- from the traditional Sephardic haggadah, in keeping with the customs of the Jewish...
Israel Dismantles Another Settlement, Gets No Credit
JNS.org - You didn’t read about it in the New York Times, or hear about it on “CBS Evening News.” The European Union didn’t praise it,...
Momentum and Mixed Signals: The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
JNS.org - Although regional conditions have created momentum for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal, Palestinian and Arab leaders are sending mixed signals to Israel. In his recent remarks to...
Experts Say Lieberman’s Population Swaps Could Harm Israel
JNS.org - After Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman recently reiterated his plan for population swaps in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, some Mideast experts and...
Trump Adviser Meets with Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Amid Push for Peace
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, for more than five hours in Jerusalem...
Israel’s Arab Citizens Enjoy Rising Economic Integration Amid Cultural Tensions
JNS.org - The Israeli media has been highlighting the varied and complex nature of Arab life in the Jewish state -- namely, rising economic integration amid lingering cultural differences. In...
A ‘One State Solution’ Will Not Work
It is always gratifying to see warmth and friendship on display between an American president and an Israeli prime minister. That was certainly the case...
The Shortcomings of the Positive Paris Peace Conference
The peace conference that took place on January 15 in Paris was positive in many ways. The concluding declaration that emerged from the summit pointed...
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...
