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Israel Policy Forum Announces its Next Chapter with Middle East Progress

Dear Friends and Supporters of Israel Policy Forum:

On behalf of Israel Policy Forum (IPF), including our President Peter Joseph and Chair Larry Zicklin, I am pleased to inform you that IPF is embarking on its next chapter. 

2010 Must Be Showtime for Mideast Peace

Assistant Director, IPF - NY

As 2009 draws to a close, we are bombarded by the annual litany of commentary features recapping the year in Hollywood movies to the year in international conflict, and everything in between.

When it comes to the Middle East peace process, current conventional wisdom suggests the 2009 recap might go something like this: 

US-Iran Negotiations: Simulation Exercise at INSS

Ephraim Asculai, Emily B. Landau, and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg

INSS Insight No. 154, December 29, 2009

Despite the tendency to denote any simulation exercise on security issues a "war game," the recent simulation designed and held at INSS did not focus on the option of a military attack. Rather, it developed the scenario of a bilateral US-Iranian negotiation over Iran's nuclear program.

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Ambs. Sam Lewis and Ned Walker on US Diplomacy in the Mideast

Earlier today, IPF National Scholar Dr. Steven Spiegel interviewed Ambassadors Sam Lewis and Ned Walker, following the release of IPF's most recent policy paper "After Cairo and Iran: Next Steps for US Diplomacy in the Middle East". Ambassadors Lewis and Walker are both signers on the paper, which was developed by 15 academics, analysts and former government officials.

After Cairo and Iran: Next Steps for US Diplomacy in the Middle East

After Cairo and Iran: Next Steps for US Diplomacy in the Middle East

Executive Summary

Among the many issues and recommendations to the Obama administration contained in the policy paper, the key ones are:

CBS Weekend Roundup on IPF Policy Paper

Listen to Dan Raviv comment on the latest IPF policy paper and interview former Amb. Edward Walker.

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