September 10, 2010 -

Current Middle East Updates

Happy Returns (6/11/08)
By Martin Peretz/The New Republic
Happy Returns (downloadable file)

Who Gets the Golan? (5/28/08)
By Yossi Klein Halevi/The Los Angeles Times
Who Gets The Golan? (downloadable file)

The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace (5/21/08)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC14.php?CID=396
By David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Israel Facing Demographic Challenge (5/11/08)
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/527357.html
By Trudy Rubin/The Miami Herald

Showdown Between Hizballah and Beirut (5/9/08)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2860
By David Schenker/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

On Israel's 60th Anniversary (5/7/08)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/05/07/EDR110HRPK.DTL
By Douglas Kahn/SFGate

United at 60 (5/6/08)
By Zeev Bielski/The Jerusalem Post
United at 60 (downloadable file)

A World Where Jews, Arabs Live in Peace (5/5/08)
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/521289.html
by Frida Ghitis/The Miami Herald

The Diplomatic Dance with Hamas (4/30/08)
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=
443&PID=0&IID=2105&TTL=The_Diplomatic_Dance_with_Hamas

By Efraim Karsh/The Jerusalem Council for Public Affairs

Israel Addresses Diplomatic Corps at a Reception in Honor of Israel's 60th Anniversary (4/28/08)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Foreign+Minister+Livni/Speeches+interviews/
CD+reception+in+honor+of+60th+anniversary+28-Apr-2008.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Egypt Builds a Wall, Changes Its Tune on Israel's Barrier (4/28/08)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1152
By David Schenker/The Weekly Standard

Israel: The First 60 Years (4/23/08)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734254,00.html
By Tim McGirk/Time Magazine

Carter's Unhelpful Freelancing (4/20/08)
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/
2008/04/20/carters_unhelpful_freelancing/

Editorial/The Boston Globe

When Israel Refutes Defamation Quickly, Media Coverage Improves (4/20/08)
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1208422644391&pagename=JPost/
JPArticle/ShowFull

By Andrea Levin/The Jerusalem Post

The False Hope of Embracing Hamas (4/19/08)
http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1151
By Robert Satloff/The Los Angeles Times

A Hamas-Made Crisis in Gaza (4/11/08)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Hamas+war+
against+Israel/A+Hamas-made+crisis+in+Gaza+11-Apr-2008.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Winning Counterinsurgency War: The Israeli Experience (4/08)
http://jcpa.org/text/Amidror-perspectives-2.pdf
by Maj.-Gen (res.) Yaakov Amidror/The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Road Map to a Gaza War (4/7/08)
By Jackson Diehl/The Washington Post
Road Mao to a Gaza War (downloadable file)

Taking Calculated Risks for Abbas (4/1/08)
By Yaacov Katz/The Jerusalem Post
Taking Calculated Risks for Abbas (downloadable file)

Imagined Partners (3/30/08)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/969543.html
By Jonathan Spyer/Ha'aretz

Ethiopian Diplomat Gives Israel a New Look (3/30/08)
http://web.israel21c.net/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El2043&enPage=
BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Profiles&

Laura Wiessen/Israel21c.net

Statement by Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman to the U.N. Security Council (3/25/08)

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign+Relations/Israel+and+the+UN/Speeches+-
+statements/Statement+by+Amb+Gillerman+to+the+UN+Security+Council+25-Mar-2008.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Shifting the Blame (3/25/08)
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=397651
Editorial/The National Post - Canada

Cheney Meets with Abbas and Israelis (3/23/08)
By The Associated Press/The New York Times
Cheney Meets with Abbas and Israelis (downloadable file)

The Return of the "Road Map: - A Shift in the Annapolis Peace Process (3/20/08)
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=1719
by Aluf Benn/The Institute for National Security Studies

Merkel to Knesset: Germany filled with shame over Holocaust (3/18/08)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3520679,00.html
By Amnon Meranda/Ynet News

What to do about Gaza? (3/16/08)
By Barry Rubin/The Jerusalem Post
What to do about Gaza (downloadable file)

Fayad's Reform Plan: Difficulties and Political Implications (3/12/08)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2729
By Mohammad Yaghi/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Iranian-Israeli War (3/11/08)
By Yossi Klein Halevi/The New Republic
The Iranian-Israeli War (downloadable file)

The Israel Litmus Test (3/9/08)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-miller9mar09,0,3926492.story
By Aaron David Miller/The Los Angeles Times

Gaza: Now is the Time (3/5/08)
http://www.nysun.com/article/72308?access=649738
By Abraham Foxman/The New York Sun

Gaza v. Annapolis (3/4/08)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1139
by David Makovsky/The International Herald Tribune

The End of the "Guilty Israel" (3/2/08)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-halevi2mar02,0,7671220.story
By Yossi Klein Halevi/The Los Angeles Times

Israeli Statement to Emergency Meeting of the Security Council (3/1/08)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign+Relations/Israel+and+the+UN/Speeches
+-+statements/Israeli%20statement%20to%20emergency%20meeting%20
of%20the%20Security%20Council%201-Mar-2008

by Ambassador Daniel Carmon/Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel Prepares for Assault on Gaza (2/28/07)
By Herb Keinon/The Jerusalem Post
Israel Prepares for Assault on Gaza (downloadable file)

2 Boys, 2 Sides, 2 Beds in an Israeli Hospital Ward (2/13/08)
By Isabel Kershner/The New York Times
2 Boys, 2 Sides, 2 Beds in an Israeli Hospital Ward (downloadable file)

Gaza, Stripped (2/12/08)
By Dennis Ross/The New Republic
Gaza, Stripped (downloadable file)

What is Israel to do? Ignore the attacks? (2/11/08)
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/414435.html
By David A. Harris/The Miami Herald

Encountering Peace, the Way Forward (2/11/08)
By Gershon Baskin/The Jerusalem Post
Encountering Peace, the Way Forward (downloadable file)

Annapolis, Road to Nowhere (2/1/08)
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=2&DBID=1&LNGID
=1&TMID=111&FID=375&PID=0&IID=2029&TTL=Annapolis_-_Road_to_Nowhere

By Zalman Shoval/The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Strategic Implications for Israel of the Gaza-Egypt Border Opening (2/5/08)

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=
283&PID=0&IID=2023&TTL=Strategic_Implications_for_Israel_of_the_Gaza-Egypt_Border_Opening

By Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror and Dan Diker/The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Israel Isn't to Blame for Chaos Around Egypt's Wall (2/5/08)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA020608.02O.gurwitz.25d44c7.html
by Jonathan Gurwitz/The San Antonio Express-News

Reading the Winograd Report (2/4/08)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/
article3278541.ece

By Eran Lerman/The American Jewish Committee

Study the Past (1/31/08)
http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/inside.php?id=873
By Daniel Kurtzer/Bitterlemons-international.org

A Barrage Against Israel (1/31/08)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/
article3278541.ece

By Robin Shepherd/Times-UK

Blame Hamas for the Suffering (1/28/08)

http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/396117.html
By Frida Ghitis/The Miami Herald

International Law and Gaza: The Assault on Israel's Right to Self-Defense (1/28/08)
http://jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=378&PID=
0&IID=2021&TTL=International_Law_and_Gaza:_The_Assault_on_Israel's_Right_to_Self-Defense

By Abraham Bell/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

The Enemy Within (1/24/08)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0124edit1jan24,0,6488015.story
Editorial/The Chicago Tribune

Blame it on Hamas (1/23/08)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080122.wegaza22/BNStory/International
Editorial/Globe and Mail-Canada

Israeli UN Mission to Oppose Security Council Resolution on Gaza (1/22/08)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/2008/Israeli+UN+mission+to+
oppose+Security+Council+resolution+on+Gaza+22-Jan-2008.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel's Statement to the United Nations Security Council: The Situation in Gaza and Sderot (1/22/08)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign+Relations/Israel+and+the+UN/Speeches
+-+statements/Statements+to+the+Security+Council-+The+situation+in+
Gaza+and+Sderot+22-Jan-2008.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Arab Nations Must Recognize Israel (1/15/08)
http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/504565.html
Editorial/The Intelligencer-Wheeling, W. VA)

Presidential Politics: Republican and Democratic Views on Middle East Politics (1/11/08)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2703%20
By Michael Barone and Peter Beinart/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Here we go round the mulberry bush (1/13/08)
By Barry Rubin/The Jerusalem Post
Here we go round the mulberry bush (downloadable file)

Cede Not, Want Not (1/9 /08)
By Aron U. Raska/The National Review
Cede Not, Want Not (downloadable file)

Israel's Ties that Bind (1/8/08)
By Mitchell Bard/The Los Angeles Times
Israel's Ties that Bind (downloadable file)

A Jewish State (12/20/07)
By Gerald Steinberg/Canadian Jewish News
A Jewish State (downloadable file)

The U.S.-Israel Relationship (12/17/07)
http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=4829519
By David A. Harris/The American Jewish Committee

Bush's Middle East Muddle (1/9/07)
By Michael Oren/The Wall Street Journal
Bush's Middle East Muddle (downloadable file)

Bush's Mideast Trip (1/7/08)
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080107/EDITORIAL/913506715/1013/editorial
By Chuck Freilich/The Washington Times

Bush's Mideast Mission (1/7/08)
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/
01/07/bushs_mideast_mission/

Editorial/The Boston Globe

The Bush Visit and Tensions in the U.S.-Israel Relationship (1/7/07)
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=
1&TMID=111&FID=376&PID=
0&IID=2007&TTL=The_Bush_Visit_and_Tensions_in_the_U.S.-Israel_Relationship

By Gerald M. Steinberg/The Jewish Council for Public Affairs

The Palestinians: Between State Failure and Civil War (12/07)
By Michael Eisenstadt/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
The Palestinians: Between State Failure and Civil War (downloadable file)

Shades of Terror (12/27/07)
By Khaled Abu Toameh/The Jerusalem Post
Shades of Terror (downloadable file)

Dilemma Over Military Action in Gaza (12/26/07)
http://jewishpublicaffairs.org/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem
&orgid=54&typeID=87&itemID=21792

JCPA Middle East Briefing

Victory at the U.N. (12/24/07)
Editorial/The Wall Street Journal
Victory at the U.N. (downloadable file)

A Middle East Study Tour: Perspectives from Amman, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv (12/20/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2699
By David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Down Payment on Mideast Peace (12/19/07)
Editorial/The New York Times
Down Payment on Mideast Peace (downloadable file)

Address by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to the Paris Donors Conference (12/17/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2007/
Address%20by%20FM%20Livni%20to%20the%20Paris%20Donors%20
Conference%2017-Dec-2007

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Blair Sees Mideast Solution Beyond Territories (12/17/07)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d67f7dc-ac41-11dc-82f0-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
by James Blitz and Roula Khalaf/UK Financial Times

Aid to the Palestinians: The Role of Oil-Rich Arab States (12/14/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/print.php?template=C05&CID=2695
By David Makovsky, Simon Henderson and Michael Makovsky

Is the Outline of a Peace Deal Really All That Clear? (12/12/07)
http://www.forward.com/articles/12246/
by Yossi Alpher/The Jewish Daily Forward

Deluded by Hope of Peace (12/9/07)
By Mark Davis/The Dallas Morning News
Deluded by Hope of Peace (downloadable file)

After Annapolis: Next Steps in the Middle East Peace Process (12/5/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC14.php?CID=381
By Dennis Ross/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Post-Annapolis Dynamic - The Hamas Factor (12/4/07)
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=1340
By Anat Kurtz/The Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University

Bush at Annapolis: Hints about the final Thirteen Months (11/28/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2688
By Robert Satloff/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Chance for Arab-Israel Peace (11/27/07)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/jgurwitz/stories/MYSA2007112807.
02Ogurwitz.e414ea.html
By Jonathan Gurwitz/The San Antonio Express-News

Jerusalem's Jewish Roots Must Be Acknowledged (11/25/07)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.jerusalem25nov25,0,1753743.story
By Nathan Diamant/The Baltimore Sun

The Great American Delusion (11/24/07)
By Efraim Inbar/The Jerusalem Post
The Great American Delusion (downloadable file)

Address by Israeli Prime Minister Olmert at the Annapolis Conference (11/27/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2007/Address+by+PM+
Olmert+at+the+Annapolis+Conference+27-Nov-2007.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis Conference (11/27/07)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071127.html
The White House

President Bush Attends Annapolis Conference (11/27/07)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071127-2.html
The White House

The Day After Annapolis (11/27/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1110
By Dennis Ross/USA Today

Peace and Politics in Annapolis (11/27/07)
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14867/peace_and_politics_at_issue_in_annapolis.html?breadcrumb=%2F
By Michael Moran/Council on Foreign Relations

To Annapolis - Without Illusions (11/26/07)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/927862.html
By Shlomo Avineri/Ha'aretz

Towards Annapolis: Is U.S. Policy Changing on Israel's rights in a Peace Settlement? (11/ 23/07)
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=
1&TMID=111&FID=376&PID=0&IID=1942&TTL=Towards_Annapolis:_Is_U.S._
Policy_Changing_on_Israel%E2%80%99s_Rights_in_a_Peace_Settlement
?
By Dore Gold/The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

The Challenge of Annapolis (11/22/07)
By David Horovitz/The Jerusalem Post
The Challenge of Annapolis (downloadable file)

Israel, the Conflict and Peace (11/21/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+
since+2000/Israel-+the+Conflict+and+Peace-+Answers+to+Frequen.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Six Critical Questions for Annapolis and Beyond (11/19/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2684
By Robert Satloff/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy


Towards Annapolis (11/12/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2007/Towards+Annapolis+-+
Address+by+FM+Livni+to+Knesset+12-Nov-2007.htm

By Tzipi Livni/Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Annapolis and a Dual-Track Peace Process (11/8/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2678
By David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Israel Prepares for Annapolis (11/6/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About%2Bthe%2BMinistry/Behind%2Bthe%2BHeadlines/Behind%2Bthe%
2BHeadlines-%2BIsrael%2Bprepares%2Bfor%2BAnnapolis%2BNov%2B2007.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

For Mideast Talks to Work, Rice Must Move Goalposts (11/4/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1104
by Dennis Ross/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Linking the Gaza Strip with the West Bank: Implications of a Palestinian Corridor Across Israel (11/07)
http://jcpa.org/text/TheSafePassage.pdf
by Justus Reid Weiner and Diane Morrison/The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Rules of the Game - Palestinian-Style (10/30/07)
By Barry Rubin/The Jerusalem Post
Rules of the Game - Palestinian-Style (downloadable file)

Israeli-Arab Conflict not Ripe for Resolution Yet (10/28/07)
By Richard Haass/The Miami Herald
Israeli-Arab Conflict not Ripe for Resolution Yet (downloadable file)

13 Years of Peace between Israel and Jordan (10/26/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Modern+History/Historic+Events/
Yitzhak+Rabin+1922-1995.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Case for Israel's Strike on Syria (10/19/07)
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3752687&page=1
By Martha Raddatz/ABC News

What Rice must do to pave way for Mideast Peace Deal (10/17/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1101
By Dennis Ross/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Address by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Opening of the Knesset Winter Session (10/8/07)
http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/PMSpeaks/speechknesset081007.htm
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Looking ahead to the "November Meeting": Negotiations with the Palestinians: An inevitable failure or a chance for change? (10/8/07)
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=776
by Amir Kulick/ Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Incorporating the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University

Condi's Keys (10/8/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1097
By Dennis Ross/The New Republic

What Israel Really Gained from Bombing Syria (9/24/07)
By Dennis Ross/The New Republic
What Israel Really Gained from Bombing Syria (downloadable file)

Rice's Obstacles On The Road to An Israeli-Palestinian Breakthrough (9/20/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2665
by David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Reckoning with Syria (9/19/07)
http://www.nysun.com/article/62938
By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen/The New York Sun

Hamas's Authoritarian Regime in Gaza (9/13/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2661
By Mohammad Yaghi/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

UN Resolution 242 (Land for Peace): Setting the Record Straight (9/2/07)
http://henryjacksonsociety.org/sections/middleeast/resolution_242
By Eran Benedek/The Henry Jackson Society

Rosh Hashanah Message from the President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, to Jewish Communities (9/5/07)
http://www.jewishpublicaffairs.org/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem
&orgid=54&typeID=87&itemID=21320

Middle East Briefing/Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beehives (9/5/07)
By Matti Friedman/The Washington Post
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beehives (downloadable file)

Israel's Agenda for the 62nd U.N. General Assembly (9/4/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign+Relations/Israel+and+the+UN/Issues/Israel%20
agenda%20for%20the%2062nd%20UN%20General%20Assembly%20-%20Sept%202007

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

It Won't Work (9/3/07)
http://www.bitterlemons.org/issue/isr1.php
By Yossi Alpher/Bitterlemons.org

Colt Serves as Reminder of Philosopher's Reach (9/3/07)
By Joe Drape/The New York Times
Colt Serves as Reminder of Philosopher's Reach (downloadable file)

Understanding the U.S.-Israel Alliance (9/07)
http://jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=2&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&
FID=376&PID=0&IID=1795&TTL=Understanding_the_U.S.-Israel_Alliance:_An_Israeli_
Response_to_the_Walt-Mearsheimer_Claim

By Dore Gold/The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Israel, AIPAC won't parry Walt-Mearsheimer book (8/27/07)
By Herb Keinon/The Jerusalem Post
Israel, AIPAC won't parry Walt-Mearsheimer book (downloadable file)

Hamas's Military Capabilities After the Gaza Takeover (8/27/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2654
By Nick Francona/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Missing the Point (8/27/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1082
by Ben Fishman/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity (8/27/07)
By Isabel Kershner/The New York Times
The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity (downloadable file)

Renewal of the UNIFIL Mandate (8/26/07)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/2007/Renewal+of
+the+UNIFIL+mandate+26-Aug-2007.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Gaza Dilemma (8/24/07)
By Frida Ghitis/The Miami Herald
The Gaza Dilemma (downloadable file)

Speculating about War with Syria (8/20/07)
http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=1717407&ct=4303543
By Eran Lerman/American Jewish Committee

Checklist for Peace Pact (8/20/07)
By Ephraim Sneh/The Washington Post
Checklist for Peace Pact (downloadable file)

Time to End Violence (8/19/07)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3439462,00.html
By Yaakov Lapin/Ynet News

Wishful Thinking (8/17/07)
By David Horovitz/The Jerusalem Post
Wishful Thinking (downloadable file)

United Nations Peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon: One Year Later (8/14/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2648
By Andrew Exum and Gerri Pozez/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Good Statecraft Means Not Excluding the Enemy (8/13/07)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=84478%23
By Dennis Ross/The Daily Star

Possible Elections Pose Problem (8/6/07)
http://www.bitterlemons.org/previous/bl060807ed29.html#pal1
By Ghassan Khatib/Bitterlemons.org

The Last Jews of Baghdad (7/27/07)
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1647740,00.html
By David vanBiema/Time Magazine

Syria Occupies Lebanon (7/24/07)
By Bret Stephens/The Wall Street Journal
Syria Occupies Lebanon (downloadable file)

Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza: Middle East Trends (7/22/07)
by Asher Susser/The Moshe Dayan Center
Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza: Middle East Trends (downloadable file)

American Man's Kidney to Give Soldier New Lease on Life (7/19/07)
By Yaakov Katz/The Jerusalem Post
American Man's Kidney to Give Soldier New Lease on Life (downloadable file)

Can Fatah Compete with Hamas? (7/16/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1075
By Dennis Ross/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Is Peace Out of Reach? (7/15/07)
By Aaron David Miller/The Los Angeles Times
Is Peace Out of Reach?

Israeli Baseball Debuts (6/26/07)
By Martin Abramowitz/JTA
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070626israelbaseball.html

In the Wake of the Hamas Coup: Rethinking America's 'Grand Strategy' for the New Palestinian Authority (6/26/07)
By Robert Satloff/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2628

Ordering a Counter-Boycott (6/26/07)
By Hillel Halkin/The New York Sun
http://www.nysun.com/article/57280

Shalit's Father Expresses Hope Hamas is Willing to Negotiate (6/25/07)
By Avi Isaacharoff and Jonathan Lis/Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=874524

Winds of War (6/25/07)
By Joshua Muravchik/The Wall Street Journal
Winds of War (downloadable file)

25 of 36 New Judges are Women (6/19/07)
By Greer Fay Cashman/The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813076612&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Behind the Masks (6/20/07)
By Thomas L. Friedman/The New York Times
Behind the Masks (downloadable file)

Israel to Chair UN Committee for the First Time (6/18/07)
Foreign Minister's Bureau
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/2007/Israel+to+
chair+UN+committee+for+the+first+time+18-Jun-2007.htm

Hamas and the Second Six Day War: Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities (6/18/07)
By Robert Satloff/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2623

A Boycott Built on Bias (6/17/07)
By Thomas L. Friedman/The New York Times
A Boycott Built on Bias (downloadable file)

Israeli Researcher Wins Prize for Epilepsy Breakthrough (6/15/07)
By Nicky Blackburn/Israel21c
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l1680&enPage=BlankPage&en
Display=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Profiles&

Kibbutz is Haven for Fleeing Sudanese (6/12/07)
By Ben Hubbard/The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061200916.html

Scant Support for Israel Boycott Plan (6/13/07)
By Alexandra Frean/The UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1923685.ece

Boycott Plan Puts our Reputation at Risk (6/12/07)
Letter to the Editor/The Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330009028-103683,00.html

We Will Isolate Them (6/9/07)
By Matthew Taylor, Suzanne Goldberg and Rory McCarthy/The Guardian UK
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2099045,00.html

Drop the Boycott (6/7/07)
Editorial/The UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article1896030.ece

The Future of Syria: Challenges and Prospects (6/7/07)
By Barry Rubin and Theodore Kattouf/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2612

40th Anniversary of Six Day War Issues Guide (June 2007)
San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council
http://www.jcrc.org/issues/Six_Day_War-Backgrounder.pdf

Lessons of the Six-Day War (6/5/07)
By Ariel Cohen/The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20070604-104907-2521r.htm

No Pyrrhic Victory (6/5/2007)
By Bret Stephens/The Wall Street Journal
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bstephens/?id=110010169

Malicious Boycotts (6/3/07)
Editorial/The New York Times
Malicious Boycotts (downloadable file)

Remaking the World in Six Days (6/3/07)
By Michael Oren/The Los Angeles Times
Remaking the World in Six Days (downloadable file)

My Jerusalem (5/16/07)
By Liat Collins/Israel21c.org
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Views%5El300&enPage=Blank
Page&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Views

Photographer Adi Nes Connects Ancient and Modern Israel (4/29/07)
By Simona Kogan/Israel21c.org
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1632&enPage=Blank
Page&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Profiles&


40th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem (5/16/07)
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Jerusalem+Capital+of+Israel/40th+Anniversary+of+the+
Reunification+of+Jerusalem.htm

Jerusalem and Peace (5/14/07)
Op-Ed/The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708600556&pagename=JPost/
JPArticle/ShowFull

The French Presidential Elections of May 2007: Implications for French-Israeli Relations (5/13/07)
By Tsilla Hershco/ The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies
http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/perspectives.html

Until they Accept Responsibility (5/10/07)
By Shlomo Avineri/Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/857767.html

Tolerance Shines on ‘Sesame Street' (5/9/07)
By Daniel Estrin/JTA
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070509sesamestreet.html

Israel Will Join OECD Next Week, Predicts Finance Ministry (5/9/07)
By Moti Bassok/Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/857559.html

Israel to Donate 5 Million in Aid to Refugees in Darfur and Chad (5/8/07)
By Barak Ravid/Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/857249.html

Archeologist: King Herod's Tomb Desecrated, but Discovery 'High Point'
By Amiram Barkat/Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/856784.html

Op-Ed on Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program (5/7/07)
By Martin Raffel
Op-Ed on Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program (downloadable file)

French Jews Celebrate Sarkozy Victory (5/7/07)
By Rina Bassist/ajn.com
http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=3157

Strategic Lessons of the Winograd Commission Report (5/7/07)
By Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror
http://jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=0&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=
111&FID=283&PID=449&IID=1568&TTL=Strategic_
Lessons_of_the_Winograd_Commission_Report

The Next Mideast War? (5/3/07)
By David Makovsky/The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/
AR2007050202223.html

Olmert After Winograd: A Battle for Survival (5/2/07)
By David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2595

British Doctors Call for New Israel Boycott (5/2/07)
By Jeremy Last/European Jewish Press
http://www.ejpress.org/article/16412

Resolution on Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program
Adopted by JCPA Board of Directors on March 27, 2007 (downloadable file)

Misreading Arab-Israeli Diplomacy (4/30/07)
By Ambassador Dore Gold
http://zope06.v.servelocity.net/hjs/sections/middleeast/arab_israeli_diplomacy

Give Them Shelter (4/27/07)
By Jennifer Medina/The New York Times
Give Them Shelter (downloadable file)

Country's Vibrant ‘Factory of Ideas' (4/26/07)
The Financial Times
Country's Vibrant 'Factory of Ideas' (downloadable file)

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative (4/25/07)
http://www.israel-un.org/sec_council/UNGA61/gillerman25april2007.htm

Blue and White Everywhere--Even in these Strange Times: Israel at 59
Dr. Eram Lerman, AJC Director Israel/Middle East Office
Blue and White Everywhere--Even in these Strange Times: Israel at 59 (downloadable file)

Why Boycott Israel (4/24/07)
By Richard Cohen/The Washington Post
Why Boycott Israel (downloadable file)

When Will it All End? (4/24/07)
By Gershon Baskin/The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1177251160896&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Real Development (4/24/07)
Editorial/The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1177251161375&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Squeeze Play: Approach Tehran with Sticks, Not Carrots (4/23/07)
By Dennis Ross/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1045

Professor a Hero to the End (4/18/07)
The Dallas Morning News
Professor a Hero to the End (downloadable file)

Remarks by the President at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (4/18/07)
Remarks by the President at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (downloadable file)

Israeli Photographer Wins Pulitzer Prize (4/17/07)
By Shelly Paz/The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1176152819303&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Interview: Robert Satloff (4/2007)
By Charley J. Levine/Hadassah Magazine
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=334

How Israel Saved Intel (4/9/07)
By Ian King/Bloomberg News
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/
2003658346_intelisrael09.html

Olmert Speaks (3/29/07)
By Ronen Zvulun/Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1604593,00.html

A Plan for Calm, Hope and Reform in the Middle East (3/28/07)
By Dennis Ross
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ffe8f78c-dcc9-11db-a21d-000b5df10621.html

The Best Opportunity in Years (3/26/07)
By Yossi Alfer/www.bitterlemons.org
The Best Opportunity in Years (downloadable file)

Israeli's Enemies Smell Weakness (3/17/07)
By Jonathan Gurwitz
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/jgurwitz/stories/
MYSA031807.3H.gurwit%20z.26588f4.html

Photography Opens the Eyes of Israelis Special Needs Children (3/4/07)
By Laura Wiessen
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l1567&enPage=BlankPage&en
Display= view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Culture

Israel Official Expects Peace to Prevail (3/12/07)
By Steven Gutkin /The Washington Post
Israel Official Expects Peace to Prevail (downloadable file)

Choosing Israel, Not the Hamptons (3/9/07)
By DAVID KAUFMAN/The New York Times
Choosing Israel, Not the Hamptons (downloadable file)

Altering the Future of Israeli Arab Women - One at a Time (3/04/07)
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1571&enPage=
BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Profiles&
By Nicky Blackburn/www.israel21c.org

Next Steps in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process (2/16/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2570
By David Makovsky

Islam of a Different Kind (3/7/07)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/833132.html
By Michael Melchior/Ha'aretz

The Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 after Six Months (3/4/07)
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/res_1701e0307.htm
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence' Heritage & Commemoration Center

Israel Security Agency 2006 Report (2/10/07)
http://www.ict.org.il/apage/9927.php

A Palestinian Unity Government: To Recognize or Not, is that the Question? (2/21/07)
By Amir Kulick/Tel Aviv University
A Palestinian Unity Government: To Recognize or Not, is that the Question? (downloadable file)

The Art of the Possible Peace (2/15/07)
By Dennis Ross/The Washington Post
The Art of the Possible Peace (downloadable file)

Teaching Terror: How Hamas Radicalizes Palestinian Society (2/15/07)
http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=331
By Matthew Levitt/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Next Steps in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process (2/14/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=332
By David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Palestinian National Unity Government (2/14/07)
By Shlomo Brom/Tel Aviv University
The Palestinian National Unity Government (downloadable file)

Peace in Palestinians' Hands (2/12/07)
By Frida Ghitis/The Miami Herald
Peace in Palestinians' Hands (downloadable file)

A Very Partial Palestinian Peace (2/11/07)
Editorial/The New York Times
A Very Partial Palestinian Peace (downloadable file)

Will Palestinians Take the Second Step? (2/9/07)
Editorial/The Los Angeles Times
Will Palestinians Take the Second Step? (downloadable file)

The Jewish School Where Half the Pupils are Muslim (2/1/07)
By Jonathan Margolis/The Independent
The Jewish School Where Half the Pupils are Muslim (downloadable file)

Israel sets an example of freedom, tolerance (2/2/07)
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/02/05/0205edisrael.html
By Reda Mansour/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lessons from the Palestinian ‘War' Against Israel (1/07)
http://washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus64.pdf
By Moshe Yaalon/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

At Brandeis, Carter Responds to Critics (1/24/07)
By Pam Belluck/The New York Times
At Brandeis, Carter Responds to Critics (downloadable file)

Peretz chooses Ashkenazi as IDF Head (1/22/07)
By Yaakov Katz and Sheera Claire Frankel/The Jerusalem Post
Peretz chooses Ashkenazi as IDF Head (downloadable file)

Jimmy Carter's Jewish Problem (1/20/07)
By Deborah Lipstadt/The Washington Post
Jimmy Carter's Jewish Problem (downloadable file)

Hamas vs. Fatah: Is Confrontation Inevitable? (1/10/07)
http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2556
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Carter aside, Israel deserves total support (1/14/07)
By Jim Wooten/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Carter aside, Israel deserves total support (downloadable file)

Rice is Thinking Big, but Will it Work? (1/11/07)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/print.php?template=C06&CID=1017
By David Makovsky/The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Peace Index: December 2006 (1/10/07)
http://www.e-guana.net/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=
54&typeID=87&itemID=19968&User_Session=
8bee464d9b603a68d1abc92039f589b1

Middle East Briefing/Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Don't Play With Maps (1/9/07)
By Dennis Ross/The New York Times
Don't Play With Maps (downloadable file)

The ‘elections-militias' connection (1/9/07)
By Shlomo Avinieri/The Jerusalem Post
The 'elections-militias' connection (downloadable file)

Legendary Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek to be Laid to Rest in Jerusalem (1/3/07)
By Haaretz Service and Agencies
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/808615.html

Iran and the Holocaust Deniers (1/2/07)
Editorial/The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070101-111207-2472r.htm

Israel-Palestinian Conflict is Key (1/1/07)
By Herb Keinon/The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467641590&pagename=
JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull