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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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Condoleeza Rice

How is the latest Israel-U.S. row different from any other?

By David Twersky
Writer on Israel, American Jewry and American politics
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 5:35pm

The debate between the US and Israel over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has a long and distinguished pedigree. Over time, it has been managed so that bi-lateral relations almost never reached a boiling point. While there were skirmishes during the Clinton administration - especially when Mr. Netanyahu was Prime Minister, and some tough language from Sec. Rice during the second Bush term, relations were never threatened as they are today. 

Rice's Roadmap Achievement

By Sadie Goldman, April 2, 2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have brokered the first tangible achievement in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiating process since the Annapolis peace conference four months ago.

Akiva Eldar on the Bush Trip

By Israel Policy Forum, January 16, 2008

 

On Thursday, January 10, Israel Policy Forum held a conference call with Akiva Eldar, chief political columnist and editorial writer for Ha'aretz. The following is a summary of his remarks.

Annapolis Update

By Sadie Goldman, October 25, 2007

 

While government officials, policy makers, and analysts are abuzz with opinions about the upcoming Annapolis conference, uncertainty prevails regarding the details of the conference, from the date and guest list to the issues that will be discussed.

Time to Get Serious

By David Dreilinger, February 21, 2007

At first glance, it appears that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent visit to Israel has proved the skeptics – those who doubted that either Israeli or Palestinian leaders were prepared to make any bold moves, and that the United States was not truly committed to the process – right.  Traveling

Ready For Rice

By David Dreilinger, January 24, 2007

 

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to wade back into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with what appears to be the most serious initiative of her tenure.  And there are signs that the situation is ripe for progress.

War on Hamas


By Gilead Light and Steve Spiegel, March 25, 2004

 

The Bush Administration responded not once but twice to Israel's targeted assassination of Hamas spiritual leader and founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin on Monday. 

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