ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
October 1, 2008
"The Strange Failures of 'The Global War on Terror'"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"Something is very wrong if the United States and allies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on a global war on terror, but the main terror group targeted continues to operate, spawns many imitators and allies, and in most parts of the world is seen either to be holding its own against the United States or maintaining considerable public support or sympathy."
Joel Carillet
September 29, 2008
"Let the Quartet Die"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"The agencies -- including Oxfam, Save the Children, Care, Christian Aid and World Vision -- said that in five of the ten main areas the Quartet had identified to improve Palestinians' daily life conditions, the situation has actually deteriorated. The situation also has worsened, rather than improved, for most Palestinians since the Annapolis peace process was launched last November. It added that the Quartet has not held Israel accountable for continuing to build settlements on occupied land, and that travel restrictions on Palestinians has also increased."
AP Photo
September 24, 2008
"Tzipi Livni"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"Her challenge is very similar to the one that her father faced in 1938 when he joined the Irgun underground in Palestine: How to safeguard a Zionist homeland and state for Jews, in a land that had been majority owned and populated by Palestinian Arabs?"
Yehuda Boltshauser
September 22, 2008
"Thirty Years of Peacemaking"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
"The peace-making legacy of Camp David and Oslo remains thin, but real. It is certain that Arabs and Israelis, with assorted eternal mediators, will try again to negotiate permanent peace agreements, perhaps starting as early as next spring."
AP Photo
September 2, 2008
"The Neocons vs. The Realists"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, National Interest
By Joshua Muravchik and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"A must-read debate about our foreign-policy future. Does realism offer the best solutions to today’s threats? Or will neoconservatism be responsible for our policy triumphs? The choice is clear after eight years of failed Bush policies, says Walt, but Muravchik thinks the House of Kristol may well be vindicated." — National Interest
AP Photo
September 1, 2008
"US-Iranian Tango"
Op-Ed, The Jerusalem Post
By Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"...Engagement with Iran does not constitute appeasement, nor a slippery slope leading to further concessions. It can be these things if mishandled, but there is no reason for it to be anything other than a coherent, integrated policy. A policy based solely on sticks, without carrots, will surely fail. Engagement, however, should be conducted from a position of strength, with a concomitant attempt to increase pressure, such as heightened restrictions on international trade, banking and investments...."
August 25, 2008
"When Hamas and Jordan Talk"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The meetings between Jordanian intelligence officers and Beirut-based Hamas officials may be as important for what they signal about Iran, Syria, Israel and Palestine as for what they tell us about Hamas and Jordan.
AP Photo
September-October 2008
"The Right Return"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The American Interest, Toolbox, issue 1, volume 4
By Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Former Deputy Head of the Israeli National Security Council Chuck Freilich outlines a bold proposal to re-invigorate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in an action memorandum to the next President of the United States.
August 13, 2008
"Timely American Wisdom"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The next American administration will have a timely, honest and very practical handbook. The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has just published a compact but rich little book entitled Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East
August 11, 2008
"The Importance of Iran"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
The American-European-led diplomatic minuet with Iran is the most interesting and significant political dynamic in the world today. What happens on the Iran issue will determine power relations for years to come -- far beyond Iran's immediate neighborhood.
