Direct Talks

The Palestinians and Israel: Just Say No

Ben S. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Ben S. Cohen

I wonder how many of those commentators who diligently monitor the "muzzling" activities of the "Israel Lobby" will note the story of a UN official wh...

The Making of a Virtual Palestinian State

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamal Dajani

U.S. special envoy George Mitchell has been frantically shuttling between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and Israeli Prime Minister B...

Give them something to lose

Fadi Elsalameen | Posted 05.25.2011

Fadi Elsalameen

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced earlier this week that he will consider Israel fully to blame for the collapse of the negotiat...

God Has Already Spoken

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

Alon Ben-Meir

It is time that leaders on both sides -- with the assistance of the U.S. -- begin to challenge those who purport to seek God's will to consider that Jews and Muslims may be intended to share the land after all.

Direct Talks: Five Myths

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamal Dajani

Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu will come face to face for dinner and talks in Washington as guests of Obama after 18 months of shuttle diplomacy and indirect "proximity talks."

US, Israel and Palestinians in Tripartite Talks, but Will They Succeed?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Daoud Kuttab

Much of the success or failure of the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks will depend on the role of the international community in general and on the American position in particular.