How to strengthen the interim Iran deal

http://www.middleeast-armscontrol.com/2013/11/19/how-to-strengthen-the-interim-iran-deal/ Press reports make it clear that the interim deal will bring Iran into compliance with none of its key international legal obligations as spelled out in applicable Security Council resolutions. These resolutions explicitly require...

The Crisis of Confidence in the Peace Process

What most distressed veteran US diplomat Madaline Albright on her maiden sojourn Secretary of State to the Middle East was the depth of the crisis of confidence that now exists between Israelis and Palestinians. The...

Israel: CNN’s Amanpour must apologize for comparing Trump to Nazis

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich has called on CNN anchorwoman and veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour to apologize for remarks she made last week comparing President Trump’s actions to Kristallnacht. “This week 82 years...

Why Sharon’s Plan will NOT Come to Fruition

"What are you doing regarding planning for the day after?" That infuriating question regarding Sharon's Disengagement/Expulsion Plan is constantly being asked and repeated. There are those asking the question out of real concern for the...

Dialogue with Arab students

On Thursday evening, May 29, a group of Israeli and Arab college students were aired live on Al Jazeera from Haifa from where they participated in a special two-hour program. The college students, who...

PM: Iran must commit to recognizing Israel’s right to exist in final deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that any final agreement between Iran and world powers must insist that Iran commit to recognising Israel's right to exist. The leader spoke after meeting with his security...

What I Saw At the J Street Convention

In a small minority of right-thinking observers and journalists who came to see what this new J Street phenomenon was all about, I was eager to see how it related not just to other...

Vindication: After 20 years of Vilification for Reporting the Hamas-PA Armed Collusion, Documentation emerges

This week, the respected Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs issued a policy paper which documented how the PSF, the Palestinian Security Forces, which reports to the Palestinian Authority, has been consistently arming the Hamas...

NGO MONITOR: How Germany Funds The Adversaries Of The Jewish State

The German federal government provides millions of euros to political advocacy NGOs in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza through a variety of frameworks, including the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the...

The Future of an Illusion: A piece of paper will not bring peace to...

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration. Since the Oslo Accords of 1993, 17 years of efforts under three American presidents and...