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had opened fire as I was trying to get Knesset

former ambassador and deputy speaker of the Knesset

which was gusting against me. But three Knesset members dissented. One

Labor would once again provide the extra Knesset votes

to dissolve the Knesset and pave the way for early elections. The

and One Israel had the largest number of Knesset seats

we had a comfortable Knesset majority: 75 out of the 120

with five Knesset seats. It wasn’t over land-for-peace. In an echo of

while I stood in the Knesset battling to get approval to give

were members of the Knesset’s defense committee. But from the day

…ts religious significance probably resonated more strongly. Still, the major change from the summit was that even those Israelis who found a compromise on Jerusalem unacceptable recognized that, if they did want to negotiate a definitive end to the conflict, talking about it was...

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Russia and China tried to justify their vetoes by claiming that the Arab states were divided over Syria. This wasn’t true then and is less so now. The Arab League has suspended Syria’s membership and condemned the rule-by-massacre policy. Arab support is also building up for crea...

harsh treatment of dissents and a crackdown on journalists. While Egypt is headed down the path of autocracy, this does not suggest the futility of change or of promoting democracy in Egypt, nor, say, that the Arab Spring was a failure. Autocracy will not be a permanent fix for t...

¢ The moderates among Arab rulers are unable (and also unwilling) to float this common interest and turn it into policy — because they worry how their people would respond. This is how the Palestinian issue is related to possibility of an overall agreement in the Middle East. e...