Posts Tagged: two-state solution
Where the Pressure Lies
The United States is about to get new secretaries of state and defense and a new director of Central Intelligence. It is devoutly to...
Israeli Elections: Likud Vs. Jewish Home
One of the hottest topics currently being discussed in the broadly defined national camp in Israel is whether to vote for a seemingly...
Likud MK Hotovely: Netanyahu Doesn’t Support Two-State Solution
Benjamin Netanyahu's 2009 speech at Bar-Ilan University, in which he accepted a two-state solution after campaigning on a platform of "economic peace," was "a tactical...
Converging Toward Hamas
There are many points of disagreement between Fatah and Hamas; so many that they fought an ugly civil war in 2007, leaving Hamas in control...
Israel Defends Construction Plans Amid EU, UN Pressure
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his government's approval of 2,600 new housing units in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, while...
UN-Palestine One-State “Art” – Still Up at the UN
The UN is now hosting in the public entrance hall of its New York headquarters a Palestinian exhibit which includes pieces that artfully depict all...
Why I Joined J Street
A recent announcement that I had joined J Street as Vice President of Communications raised some eyebrows among some of my friends in the Jewish...
Bibi: Germany’s Merkel Mistaken That Palestinian UN Upgrade Would Foster Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel was mistaken to believe that the Palestinians' upgrade to nonmember observer state status...
The Relationship Between the Israel Prime Minister and President Obama is a Non-issue
With the operation in Gaza behind us, it's time for Israelis to start refocusing our attention on the upcoming Israeli elections to be held in...
Dershowitz: Legal Implication of the United Nations Resolution on Palestine
The General Assembly vote declaring that Palestine, within the pre-1967 borders, is a "state", at least for some purposes, would have nasty legal implications, if...
Mahmoud Abbas and the UN General Assembly
Mahmoud Abbas's drive for unilateral Palestinian recognition at the United Nations is like a train running full steam ahead -- except this one is going...
The End of Israel Will Have to Wait: On the Patient Anti-Zionism of the Guardian Left
One of the more misunderstood dynamics of Israeli politics is the Jewish electorate's move to the right. The increasing popularity of center-right parties in recent...
Europe and Israel’s Day After
For many years, the EU has pressed for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Indeed, European officials have said such an accord is a...
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...
