Peace Process
No substitute for Oslo and the ‘new Middle East’ – opinion
For a moment, I felt that the voice of the late president Shimon Peres was coming from the mouth of Netanyahu. Published in the Jerusalem Post. The agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Sudan – another important step adjoining the agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – fuels the debate over whether a “new Middle East” is…
New Subjects in the Field
How can Israel convince gentiles if it can’t convince Jews?
Israel’s hasbara problem is, of course, only a symptom of much more serious phenomena, among them: the threat to our relations with the US and its Jews.
Don’t Give Up on the Two-State Solution
By: Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, The American Interest, July 14, 2020 Unilateral Israeli annexation would be a mistake, but Peter Beinart’s one-state solution is an approach that compounds one mistake with another. We wrote our book, Be Strong and of Good Courage, because we feared that the path Israel was on would lead to a one-state outcome. By default, continuing to…
The Evolving World Order: Implications for Israel and the Jewish People
Avi Gil is a Senior Fellow of the Jewish People Policy Institute. His work at JPPI focuses on developments in the geopolitical arena and their implications for Israel and the Jewish people. Gil is a former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His book, The Peres Formula – Diary of a Confidant, was published last year. *** The writing…
Will Netanyahu Surrender to the Annexation Camp?
The far-right that favors annexing the West Bank to Israel without giving Palestinians their equal rights are now increasing pressure on Netanyahu, trying to exploit his weakness as he is absorbed in the legal-political fight of his life Writing a book about the period I served as Shimon Peres’ adviser led me to reexamine Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy moves, especially those…
Op-Ed: Red Lines Belong to the People
Rabin was right; red lines are not for prime ministers to draw. They need to hold their cards close to the chest. Real red lines belong to the people. The following is an op-ed originally published by the Jerusalem Post.In the spring of 1995, as the Washington bureau chief of Ma’ariv, I wrote a couple of analyses explaining why then…
Op-Ed: The Trump Win: Hoping for a Strong America to Advance a Peace Initiative
The time to fill the champagne glasses will be when Israel is able to make the most of a trusted and friendly new administration to advance a peace initiative. After the US election the question on Israeli minds is how the results are likely to impact the triangular relationship: Jerusalem, Washington and the American Jewish community. Is there good reason…
Op-Ed: Democratic Crisis or Jewish Catastrophe?
Originally posted in Haaretz (Hebrew) What will Israel’s future look like without a two-state solution? The discourse around this issue frequently boils down to a threatening scenario: “Without a solution, Israel will be forced to choose between a Jewish state and a democratic one.” There are two problems with this threat. First, the public to whom it is directed is…
The Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, Glen Cove 2014
Opening Remarks by Avinoam Bar-Yosef (March 11, 2014) JPPI’s 2014 brainstorming conference was initiated to address the urgent need to discuss in depth a few processes that are coming to a crossroads at the same time, and which will have great long-range impact. First: Secretary Kerry’s forceful effort to bring an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which has been going on…