Israeli Palestinian Peace Process

Joint Statement Shows Israel, Palestinians Committed To Peace

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 05.13.2012

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JERUSALEM — An Israeli envoy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and delivered a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netana...

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Israel's Dysfunctional Political System

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 05.08.2012

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Brent E. Sasley

In some ways, it's a bit of a surprise that Israel's political system hasn't collapsed of its own weight. Here are four major issues that weaken the system.

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The Worst Possible Option

Shai Baitel | Posted 04.04.2012

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Shai Baitel

Whoever agrees that the preferred solution to the conflict are two-states-for-two-peoples needs to realize that this possibility to implement is gradually slipping away while no progress, however small or incremental, is being made.

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Are Christian Zionists Replacing Mainstream US Jews?

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 02.18.2012

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Brent E. Sasley

However, as a political force Christian Zionism's power is facilitated by Israel and by American Jewry itself; on its own, it cannot survive. It needs Jewish Zionism, because without it, Christian Zionism can't make a sufficiently strong political case.

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Joshua Hersh

Israel-Palestinian Negotiations: Peace Process Faltered Over Domestic Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Last August, Dennis Ross, President Obama's top Middle East peace negotiator, paid a visit to a pro-Israel think tank in Washington. Spe...

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The Occupation Must End, but Not So Quickly...

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brent E. Sasley

Israel cannot just get up and walk out of the West Bank, nor can it just remove its soldiers and ships from Gaza's borders. This is misguided, and ignores the realities of life for both Israelis and Palestinians.

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