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L-R: Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and former PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, at the Oslo accords signing ceremony on the White House lawn, 1993. (Wikimedia)

Is it Time to Declare the Failure of the Oslo Accords?

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 25, No. 5 The Oslo Accords were designed to achieve lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) used the...

How the UN turned Palestinians into permanent refugees

Three weeks ago, US president Donald Trump set the cat among the pigeons when he announced his plan to turn Gaza into a ‘Riviera in the Middle East’. At a joint press conference with Israel’s prime...

A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: A time for war and a time for peace?

SUNDAY, JAN. 19, AND IT’S early morning in Tel Aviv. I’m walking on Sha’ul Hamelech Street, a wide four-lane road where buses, motorcycles and cars fly by all day along. On the sidewalk, I...

The View From Israel

inFOCUS: This issue assesses Iranian policy and the future of the Tehran regime, mostly from the American perspective. Give us an Israeli perspective, please. Dr. Dan Diker: The chessboard is being reset in the Middle East...

From Oslo to Be’eri: how the 30-years-long peace delusion led to Hamas’s 10/7 massacres

ABSTRACT The failure to prevent Hamas’s slaughter of some 1,300 Israelis on 7 October 2023 – the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust – is a direct result of an emergency phone consultation three...

How Mossad’s masterstrokes helped Israel reshape the Middle East

Officially, the Assad regime fell on December 8 when rebel forces seized Damascus in a swift offensive that lasted just over a week. But the countdown to Syria’s collapse – and with it, the...

Trump’s appointments have electrified the West

Donald Trump’s impending arrival at the White House is not only having a seismic impact on American politics. It is also creating dramatic changes to the global landscape, especially regarding the conduct of hostile states that...

Dilemmas

We are faced with a situation in which difficult choices have to be made. The story of creation which we read in Synagogues last week tells us in the first few sentences that the world...
Healing Trauma through Nature and Wildlife Encounters

Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Natural Retreats

Healing Trauma through Nature and Wildlife Encounters. (courtesy) During my ongoing emissary mission with Bedein—Agents of Hope, I embarked on a journey with my family to explore the breathtaking wilderness of Alaska and the bordering Yukon Canadian...
GLACIER VIEW resort in Alaska, nestled amid vibrant autumn forests and near the enchanting Matanuska Glacier, offers a serene escape for families. It seamlessly blends adventure and tranquility in a breathtaking natural setting, says the writer. (photo credit: Courtesy Noam Bedein)

Nature can heal the trauma of war in a post-October 7 Israel

In the wake of profound societal trauma, particularly among Israeli and Jewish families affected by the ongoing war, I find myself reflecting on a transformative journey my family and I undertook. As part of our...