Palestinians’ “Car Intifada” and Obama’s Peace Process

It is hard to see how Abbas can return to the negotiating table while many Palestinians, at his behest, are busy thinking about how to kill Israelis. It is not enough for Kerry to listen...

Preordained script

Quote: “The future is an unknown but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future, we must first look back upon the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted.” (Albert...

The Relegitimization of Israel and the Battle for the Mainstream Consensus: Article from the...

Joel Fishman is a historian and a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is also a member of the board of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and served as...

Meeting Senator Senator Arlen Specter After his Visit to Syria

Sen. Arlen Specter met with The Bulletin at his Jerusalem hotel on Thursday morning, and used that occasion to convey a message from Syrian President Bashir Assad, with whom the senator had met with...

Egypt withdraws from nuclear non-proliferation meeting in Geneva

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/70401/World/Region/Egypt-withdraws-from-nuclear-nonproliferation-meet.aspx Egypt withdrew from the sessions of the preparatory committee for the 2015 Review Conference to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Geneva, Egypt's state-run news agency MENA reported on Monday. According...

The Palestinians and Their ‘State of Failure’

http://www.jewishexponent.com/the-palestinians-and-their-state-of-failure Secretary of State John Kerry launched a new round of Palestinian-Israeli diplomacy this summer. The naysayers said he would fail, yet the negotiations continue apace, with Kerry hoping to score a diplomatic victory by...

Abbas Uses Fatah Speech to Reject U.S. Plan

http://jcpa.org/abbas-uses-fatah-speech-to-reject-u-s-plan/ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council on March 9. In a departure from normal procedure, Fatah did not release the speech immediately, but only at the end...

The Moment of Truth Has Arrived

An open letter: I write this letter with great inner turmoil, at the end of another day in Gush Katif. In the past year and a half, we inhabitants of Gush Katif have waged a struggle,...

Geneva Accord in English:

Read the Geneva Accord in English at: www.heskem.org.il/Heskem_en.asp Further Information at: heskem@heskem.org.il Outline of the accord: Article 1 - Purpose of the Permanent Status Agreement Article 2 - Relations between the Parties Article 3: Implementation and Verification Group Article 4...

“The legacy of Shimon Peres”, with David Bedein

Venue: Israel Center, 22 Keren HaYesod St., Jerusalem. Time and Date: Sunday Night, February 28th - 8pm.