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Israel Policy Forum Announces its Next Chapter with Middle East Progress

By Israel Policy Forum
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 4:52pm

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

By David Halperin
Assistant Director, IPF - NY
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 1:27pm

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

By Institute for National Security Studies
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 10:45am

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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"Blue and White Peace" movement to bolster 2 state solution

By The Pulse
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 2:58pm

Ynet reports that several prominent politicians and other figures from the Left and Center in Israel will launch a new campaign titled "Blue and White Peace." The goal of this initiative is to support Prime Minister Netanyahu in realizing the goals laid out in his speech in June at Bar Ilan University, specifically his first endorsement of a two-state solution.

Netanyahu joins the rest of Israel

By Kenneth Bob
National President, Ameinu
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 1:34pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his policy address on Sunday and accepted the two state solution already embraced by a large majority of Israelis. OK, I am not really suggesting that the Ameinu public letter that many of you signed before Netanyahu's Washington visit was the deciding blow, but he definitely heard from the U.S. President, the Congress and the American Jewish community which way the wind was blowing. I am proud that we made our modest contribution.

Netanyahu and Mubarak:Tension After Bar Ilan Speech?

By The Pulse
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 10:22am

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak criticized Binyamin Netanyahu's speech saying that, "the call to recognize Israel as a Jewish state complicates things further and scuttles the possibilities for peace."

In an attempt to alleviate possible Egyptian-Israeli tension, Yediot Acharonoth's Smadar Peri and Itamar Eichner report, Binyamin Netanyahu called Hosni Mubarak last night:

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