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saying that in the view of most Israelis

as some non-Israelis saw it — was that we were

ordinary Israelis were being left to wonder where the next terrorist

/ BARAK / 94 end of the day, dozens of Israelis and Palestinians were injured. Five Palestinians lay dead. Though the media almost instantly labelled it a new “intifada”, this one was very different. It was not a burst of anger, however misdirected, by stone- throwing youths con...

Israelis and Palestinians, particularly Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But hey, that was then. A second-term president has committed himself early in 2013 to a trip to Israel and has an Energizer bunny in Secretary of State John Kerry, who wants to do the right thing...

…. He made it clear—in the most explicit of words—that the PLO would not continue into a final round of talks unless the Israelis “upgraded” their delegation to high-level officials. Up to this point, the Israelis were represented by two academics (Ron Pundak and Yair Hirschfeld)...

/ BARAK / 29 Minister. But fewer and fewer Israelis were enthusiastic about four more years of Bibi. But I also was keen to convey the substance of what my premiership would be about. Domestically, I spoke of the need to narrow gaps in education and opportunity — particularly, t...

…. Then, he turned to me, demanding to know why the violence had left nearly 400 Palestinians dead, but barely two dozen Israelis, if the Palestinians were the aggressors. “Mr President,” I said, “just several weeks ago we were prepared to go very far in order to put this entire c...

…Gulf correspondent. His new book on Dubai, City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism, is available. As Americans, Israelis and Palestinians continue their endless peace-jockeying, a more hopeful solution has emerged. It is a fresh Arab initiative that depends neither on Ame...

… was still a bit groggy from the night before. We had been out at a get-to-know-you event for some of the several dozen Israelis, and several hundred American Jewish students, at Stanford. While I only vaguely recognized the voice on the other end of the line, her words instantly...

“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...

…ldiers out of Lebanon within a year of the election. I was determined to go ahead with it not just because I’d promised Israelis to do so. It was because I knew from experience that without setting a deadline and sticking to it, it wouldn’t happen. I had been against keeping the...

…upport of voters outside Labor as well. I set out to establish a broader movement, a big tent under which a majority of Israelis could coexist politically. I realized this risked provoking anger among some Labor activists. But I wanted to convey to voters that I was reaching out...

… was especially painful because it was so predictable. I believe that if we had been there, at least some of the eleven Israelis killed might not have lost their lives. The Germans launched an ambush at a NATO airfield outside Munich, when the terrorists and hostages were ostensi...

due to the continuing violence against Israelis emanating