Tag Archives: peace process

Briefly

Posted on 09/22/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Russians aren’t coming! The Russians aren’t coming! The Russians have frozen the sale of S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran, since it is in violation of UN sanctions. Not to worry, though. Iran can just buy them through Syria now, … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Goldberg on Israel’s existential threats

Posted on 09/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

After you’ve read Jeffrey Goldberg’s analysis of Michael Oren’s Yom Kippur sermon, you’ll feel like you’ve just heard from Rabbi Goldberg on the topic of the threats to Israel’s existence over the millennia. I can’t do it justice with an … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 09/16/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Awesome! Iran’s economy is tanking: Just the other day, Rafsanjani chided Mad Mahmoud that the sanctions are the worst Iran has ever seen. Must be really hitting his pocketbook, then. And nothing overthrows tyrants like lack of money to the … Continue reading →

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Catchup briefs

Posted on 09/15/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Amazing how much stuff they can get through those tunnels: That’s funny, I thought Gazans were having a humanitarian crisis: The IMF says that the Gaza economy grew by 16% so far in 2010. Maybe it’s because there never really … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 09/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It’s the Islamism, stupid: But I thought they’re terrorists because they’re poor, unemployed, and oppressed! The head of France’s counterespionage agency said that France foiled a terror attack aimed at an IDF fundraiser (uh… the IDF has fundraisers?) in Paris. … Continue reading →

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Erev Rosh Hashana briefs

Posted on 09/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So cemeteries aren’t such holy ground after all: The Islamists in Israel freaked out over a claim that Israel is building over a Muslim cemetery. (They’ve even put up fake headstones to “prove” it is an active cemetery; it is … Continue reading →

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Post-holiday briefs

Posted on 09/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

How to spin a report properly: This Ynet article takes Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report on the state of Israeli education at face value, and gives you depressing statistic after depressing statistic. Israel spent less, teaches fewer hours, … Continue reading →

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The mythical “last chance” for peace

Posted on 09/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

While doing some reading around the blogosphere, I came across this phrase in a J Street release on the direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians: The window of opportunity for progress is brief and closing. This could well … Continue reading →

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The Netanyahu narrative: He doesn’t really want peace

Posted on 09/03/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The anti-Israel (and anti-Bibi) narrative continues. In this AP peace processs analysis, the writer reports about critics on “both sides,” and yet, it is Netanyahu who is slammed throughout. Witness: Analysts on both sides questioned the ability and desire of … Continue reading →

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Briefs

Posted on 09/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Turkey is starting to get the piper’s bill: The U.S. military will withdraw again from the annual joint military exercises with Turkey and Israel if Turkey excludes Israel again. The question for the Turks, then, is who do they think … Continue reading →

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Friday three-day weekend briefs

Posted on 08/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It’s a three-day weekend for me. I took the day off. Sarah is going to help me put together my new computer desk. That would be because I know which end of a screwdriver to hold, and how to turn … Continue reading →

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Hamas says Abbas Cannot Represent the Palestinians

Posted on 08/22/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Isn’t it exciting that the Israelis and Palestinians are meeting in direct talks to tell each other the same thing that they have been saying for the months now indirectly? Direct talks certainly hold more possibilities for progress, but also … Continue reading →

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Changing Opinions

Posted on 07/21/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

As Meryl wrote yesterday morning, Abbas is refusing to hold direct talks without preconditions that amount to determining the end game of discussions about borders. This is in no small part due to the perception that both the Obama administration … Continue reading →

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Abbas’ strategy: Preconditions, preconditions, preconditions

Posted on 07/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Benjamin Netanyahu has called for direct talks with the Palestinians, with no preconditions. Israel, he says, is ready to sit down right now and discuss all of the issues. Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinians will not resume direct talks … Continue reading →

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Two State Solution Eroding?

Posted on 06/11/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said that a two state solution is eroding.  This is generally assumed to mean that the only option is a single state solution. The problem is that no single state solution has ever been or could be … Continue reading →

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Sabotaging negotiations before they begin

Posted on 05/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Palestinians are not serious about negotations with Israel. It is evident to anyone who has followed the situation at any length, but they’re really making it easy to see that they don’t really want two states, side by side, … Continue reading →

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Why peace processes fail

Posted on 04/27/2010 by Soccerdad

Recently, Meryl, Daled Amos and I have both written about the perverse incentives and results of the peace procdess. Now Bret Stephens writes about how Peace Processes never work: But he misses a deeper point. Even as peace processes almost … Continue reading →

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The peace process is about to continue … no it isn’t … arrgh!

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Soccerdad

What’s the current state of Middle East negotiations? According to the New York Times … they’re back on track … maybe The American envoy to the Middle East, George J. Mitchell, planned to meet on Friday with Israeli and Palestinian … Continue reading →

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The twisted logic of the peace process

Posted on 04/01/2010 by Soccerdad

The other day, the Wall Street Journal ran an article How the next Middle East War could start, by Ronen Bergman. Unfortunately the article is mostly behind the Journal’s pay wall. A quick summary of the article is that all … Continue reading →

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The Egyptian plan: Surrender Dorothy!

Posted on 01/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Egyptians have a new plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Apparently, all Israel has to do is give the Palestinians what they want, and there will be peace. Negotiations? Well, those will be to determine exactly how much of Israel has … Continue reading →

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