Daily Archives: June 6, 2006

A Human Perspective of the “Disengagement”

The wedding invitation envelope looked pretty much like any other. What struck me was the handwritten return address: "Room 699" of a Kibbutz Guest House in Israel. It came from our old friends Ben...

The “Prisoner’s Document: Basis of the Abbas Referendum

The so-called "prisoners' document," which is aimed at cooperation between the PLO and Hamas, does not read like document for peace and reconciliation between Israel and Palestinian Arab people. The document was drawn up in...

Do Israelis Purposefully Mislead Bush About Abbas’s “Referendum”

Two weeks ago, I was present when a major official of the Israeli Foreign Ministry briefed his guests with what he described as the "optomistic" report that Abbas was proposing a new peace initiative,...