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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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Elections

This Was The Week That Was

By Sadie Goldman
Senior Policy Associate, Israel Policy Forum
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:34pm

From President Barack Obama's historic Cairo address to two critical elections--last Sunday in Lebanon and tomorrow in Iran--this has been a week of activity in the Middle East. The following is a review of what happened, what might happen next, and how that will affect the futures of Israel and Palestine.

This Was The Week That Was

By Sadie Goldman, June 11, 2009

From President Barack Obama's historic Cairo address to two critical elections--last Sunday in Lebanon and tomorrow in Iran--this has been a week of activity in the Middle East. The following is a review of what happened, what might happen next, and how that will affect the futures of Israel and Palestine.

Cairo

President Obama's speech in Cairo last week has been heralded as so transformative that some are pointing to it as the deciding factor in Lebanon's election on Sunday, when the pro-democracy "March 14" coalition won a parliamentary majority over the Hezbollah-allied "March 8" faction. 

Middle East Experts on the U.S. Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

By Israel Policy Forum, February 21, 2008

 

On February 7th the Israel Policy Forum assembled a team of prominent Middle East experts-Robert Malley, Aaron David Miller, Ambassador Edward S. Walker, Toni G. Verstandig-to brief journalists on the current status of U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The discussion was moderated by Steven L. Spiegel. Some of the discussion's remarks are included below.