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…n name, this meant a Palestinian state. | wasn’t opposed to that in principle, if it was in return for a full and final peace. But the Oslo process meant that we would be handing back land, and control over security, in an ever-larger portion of territory before we'd reached any...

…ities. Though deliberately stopping well short of share of the West Bank Arafat could have secured through a negotiated peace, it would remove Israeli troops and settlers from most of the territory. It would give the Palestinians ample room to set up a state if they so chose, and...

…l party, which includes the former Prime Minister of Australian, Kevin Rudd, and Thorbjern Jaglandthe head of the Noble Peace Prize Committee, who offers an affable, but general scathing, critique of U.S. diplomacy (and a brief defense of Obama’s Peace Prize award) and to whom Ep...

…to recreate the “One Israel” of my youth. In terms of policy, I believed my primary job would be deliver “security and peace” — in that order. I declared my commitment to continue, and build on, Oslo and to make a new push in negotiations with Syria. Deliberately following the m...

…l party, which includes the former Prime Minister of Australian, Kevin Rudd, and Thorbjorn Jaglandthe head of the Noble Peace Prize Committee, who offers an affable, but general scathing, critique of U.S. diplomacy (and a brief defense of Obama’s Peace Prize award) and to whom Ep...

… being comical. But in fact the whole thing is farcical, in my opinon. In the US, Iran is "the greatest threat to world peace", intoned constantly from on high, in the media, everywhere. There is also such a thing as world opinion, as measured by such ultra-radicals as Gallup. It...

“So basically, the Iranians are acting like the Israelis — they want peace, and they want to keep the land.” Other analysts, while conceding any progress would be slow, had somewhat more positive forecasts on the Syrian front. [Syria] is a tough one to happen quickly, but at le...

“peace” is not something for now but that which comes when all the earth

“peace” is not something for now but that which comes when all the earth is

…ther not have to consider: A new way of war arrives, a new weapon, a fresh idea about fighting. Does it make your world peaceful or treacherous? The lethality of the equation of guns x machines at the end of the 19 Century appeared to some industrialists and bankers and statesmen...

Peace Now was the driving force behind demands

killing a young Peace Now member. Even Arik was

…just because I did it quickly, but because of how deeply let down I felt by the Palestinians’ deliberate avoidance of a peace deal which, with genuine reciprocity, should have been within reach. “I took the report of Shlomo Ben-Ami and Gilead Sher of last night’s discussion very...

…teresting piece to read before you start your weekend. Guest Post by Jim Krane: Dubai, Not Obama, is the Mideast's Best Peace Hope Tuesday, Sep 01 2009, 3:11PMThis is a guest note by Jim Krane, a former AP Persian Gulf correspondent. His new book on Dubai, City of Gold: Dubai and...

…efinitive end to the conflict, talking about it was unavoidable. At least for now, however, there wasn’t going to be a peace deal. As our El Al 707 descended over the Mediterranean for our approach back to Ben-Gurion Airport, I faced the more immediate issue of ensuring my gover...