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The Two-State-Solution is Dead, One-State is the Answer

Nehad Ismail | Posted 04.24.2012

Nehad Ismail

Former Knesset Speaker Avrum Burg endorsed the one-state solution in an article in Haaretz in December 2011, and called the entire left to do the same. Burg has flirted with the idea in the past, but he was never so explicitly.

The Worst Possible Option

Shai Baitel | Posted 04.04.2012

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.

Six Questions for Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

Jonathan Guyer | Posted 03.11.2012

Jonathan Guyer

I sat down with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the The Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee and discussed the PLO's strategies for 2012.

Panetta Meets Egyptian Leaders, Urges Release Of U.S.-Born Man Accused Of Spying

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.04.2011

CAIRO — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he urged Egyptian leaders to release a U.S.-born man being held for allegedly being an Israeli spy, ...

Dramatic Bid For Palestinian Statehood On Hold At U.N.; Major Powers Buy Time

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.24.2011

Evelyn Leopold

The speeches from Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu illustrated the gulf between Israelis and Palestinians -- a fear their existence is at stake and widely disparate accounts of a painful shared history.

Victims of Obstructionism at the Security Council

Raghida Dergham | Posted 09.30.2011

Raghida Dergham

Will August be the month of surprises, or will September be the month of confrontation and frustration? The United Nations is watching and waiting, with a mixed sense of defiance and vigilance.

Freedom Flotilla II: No to a Kinder, Gentler Siege

Nadia Hijab | Posted 07.05.2011

Nadia Hijab

The Gaza flotilla is not about delivering "goods" to transform Israel's siege into a kinder, gentler blockade. Rather, it is to deliver this question: By what right does Israel besiege Gaza? And this answer: None, under international law.

From Actor To Director: Dustin Hoffman Will Make His Directorial Debut

Posted 05.25.2011

If Dustin Hoffman's directing skills are as amazing as his acting skills, we are in for something great. This fall, as soon as he wraps up his work o...

Kill the "Peace Game"

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharmine Narwani

This century-long Israeli-Palestinian battle over territory threatens to draw the entire global community into its bowels. The only way out of the current paralysis is to kill the "peace process" once and for all.

The French Connection and Middle East Talks

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Clemons

Absent at the Middle East stakeholders dinner hosted by Obama was France. When there is a chance of securing a new equilibrium in the Middle East, France should be a core partner.

Middle East Quartet Calls For Palestinian State: U.S., Russia, EU, and UN Condemn Continued Israel Building

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst dis...

Quartet, Arabs Working On A New Strategy For Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The US-led Quartet of Middle East mediators is working on a new strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and is expected to present it in five to ...

'Right Of Return' To Be Reconsidered In New Arab Peace Plan

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

Arab states are revising elements of a 2002 peace plan to encourage Israel to agree to the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state, the Lon...