Posts Tagged: Israeli-Palestinian peace
Kerry, It’s Not the Demography!
Is U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry correct when exhorting "the demographic time bomb" to scare Israel into a retreat from geography (Judea and Samaria),...
Shimon Peres: Recognition of Israel as Jewish State ‘Unnecessary’
JNS.org - Israeli President Shimon Peres has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state "unnecessary" and...
Lieberman: No Chance for Agreement With Palestinians
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman addressed the possibility of a political breakthrough between Israel and the Palestinian Authority Saturday, stating, "We are at a dead...
Obama Sharply Criticizes Israeli Postures on Iran Talks
President Barack Obama addressed the citizens of Israel directly Saturday night. Speaking at the annual Saban Forum in Washington, D.C., Obama emphasized the importance of pursuing a...
Failure of the Two-State Solution: A Reply to Ian Lustick
Blaise Pascal once noted, "The first moral obligation is to think clearly." In his "Two-State Illusion" (New York Times Sunday Review, Sep. 15), Ian Lustick...
Ehud Olmert Discusses Middle East Peace Talks (VIDEO)
I recently had an extensive discussion with former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, at NYU's John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress in...
Kerry’s Mission Impossible
No, it is not a bird, a plane or, least of all, Superman. It is only Secretary of State John Kerry flying yet again to...
PA Official: EU Pre-1967 Lines Directive Harms Palestinians
JNS.org - A senior Palestinian Authority official told Israel Hayomon Tuesday that many in Ramallah were dissatisfied with the European Union's decision to withhold economic grants and...
U.S. Reps. Circulate Letter Asking Qatari Ambassador to Address Ties with Hamas
JNS.org - U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and John Barrow (D-GA) are recruiting their fellow members of Congress to sign a letter asking Qatar's...
NY Times Questions Why Kerry is Focused on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Not Egypt, Syria
JNS.org -Against a backdrop of raging civil war in Syria and emerging chaos in Egypt, the New York Times asked in a report on Tuesday whether...
Kerry Reportedly Considers Appointing Diplomat Who Met With Hamas
JNS.org - Secretary of State John Kerry is reportedly considering diplomat Robert Malley, who was dismissed from President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign when it...
Netanyahu: ‘Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Isn’t About Territory’
During a meeting with Israeli Foreign Ministry officials on Wednesday, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he still backs the principles of his famous 2009...
NY Synagogue’s Leaders Celebrate Palestinians’ UN Victory, Angering Congregants
What many saw as a significant setback in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was cause to celebrate for leaders of one New York City synagogue last...
Jimmy Carter Blames Israel for ‘Vanishing’ Peace
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lamented the "vanishing" prospects of Israeli-Palestinian peace during a trip to Jerusalem this week, blaming Israeli policies. Carter called the current...
