Results for “Palestinians”

…ndent. 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 America nor Isra...

… for negotiating teams from both sides on borders, the refugee issue, and Jerusalem to meet with President Clinton. The Palestinians participated, but showed no sign at all of a readiness to compromise. Borders should have been the most straightforward. Assuming we wanted a deal,...

managed their expectations? Palestinians know exactly what's happening. People don't have high expectations.... But maybe the Palestinian leadership should tell the people that after 20 years we don't have a partner and we cannot continue to be an authority in name only. That we...

…e West Bank. That meant — at least in theory — that Israel could limit phase-three to a mere token pullout, leaving the Palestinians with less than half of the territory. “T don’t know what percentage, exactly,” I replied. “But one of my cabinet ministers thinks that a formula o...

… over Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem and agreed to recognize this role in future permanent status negotiations with the Palestinians. The two leaders also agreed on steps such as the opening of border crossings and economic cooperation. In 1999, Labor Party leader Ehud Barak def...

…bridge the gaps on key issues. Could I accept a “trade-off between sovereignty and time?” Translation: could I give the Palestinians sovereignty over a larger part of the West Bank if we signed an agreement that would phase in their control? Could I accept the principle of land s...

…afted into the Israeli military like everyone else. The only Israeli candidate who spoke about the need to reengage the Palestinians in peace talks was the former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, whose party failed to reach double-digits in the incoming parliament. The overall mess...

international community has not significantly changed its relationship with the Palestinians, including Hamas, over the past months and years. There has only been some cosmetic and tactical changes. Washington, the European Union and the UN have not only signaled to Hamas that it...

…afted into the Israeli military like everyone else. The only Israeli candidate who spoke about the need to reengage the Palestinians in peace talks was the former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, whose party failed to reach double-digits in the incoming parliament. The overall mess...

…wn and wrote him a note — emotional not 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 Gile...

…dent. 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 America nor Isra...

/ BARAK / 96 an agreement with the Palestinians to replace an Israeli troop cordon there with Palestinian police. But on the morning of Saturday October 7th, hours after the Palestinian police took over, a mob attacked, burned and ransacked the site. They destroyed the Torah scr...

…taking into account the opinions of the ordinary people who live the reality every single day. Millions of Israelis and Palestinians on both sides of the green line have had their voices drowned out by the very politicians, lawmakers, and personalities who purport to represent th...

…, we would not agree to rewrite the history of the 1948 war by sanctioning the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians inside the State of Israel. I think it was the very fact we were talking about a comprehensive peace agreement that made it so hard for my Orthodo...

…e a variety of synergies for all its regional participants. Secondly, we need a daring peace initiative vis- a-vis the Palestinians. A two-state solution is the only viable long- term solution. It is a compelling imperative for us, in order to secure our identity and our futur...