A Tragedy of Errors: U.S. Incompetence in Israel-Palestine Talks, Part II
2014-05-06
Israel was acting as one should expect an occupying power to act. It was the US that failed here, as has long been the case.Continue Reading
A Tragedy of Errors: U.S. Incompetence in Israel-Palestine Talks, Part I
2014-05-05
The collapse of talks was not, ultimately, Israel’s fault. It was the United States’.Continue Reading
Was the Palestinian Reconciliation Deal a Mistake?
2014-04-28
Advertisements At +972 Magazine my friend and colleague, Larry Derfner, a former columnist for the Jerusalem Post, says he believes that by deciding to go forward with a third unity agreement with Hamas at this time, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “has shot the cause of Palestinian independence in the foot.” Put bluntly, IContinue Reading
Oslo Process: The Walking Dead
2014-04-12
Advertisements John Kerry’s words at a report-back to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent shock waves all the way to Jerusalem. “Unfortunately, prisoners were not released on the Saturday they were supposed to be released,” he said. “And so day one went by, day two went by, day three went by.Continue Reading
Israel, the US and the Palestinians: A Recipe for Failure
2014-04-01
Why would Obama consider freeing Pollard now? Answer hereContinue Reading