Tagged: Israel-Palestinian peace process

Inon Dan Kehati - guest writer on peace initiatives at grassroots

February 2, 2020

Inon Dan Kehati: Pursuing the Slogan and Missing the Peace

One of the main obstacles for the emergence of peace and prosperity, for both Palestinians and Jews, is the dogmatic perception that sanctifies the failed Two State Solution as if it were a religion,...

Politically and Diplomatically Speaking

January 29, 2020

Deal of the Century: Changing the Language If Not Much Else

If Trump’s Deal of the Century had any binding enforcement capabilities, it would be an incredible coup for Israel. If the deal is merely a new starting point for negotiations between the Palestinian Authority...

Politically and Diplomatically Speaking

May 17, 2017

Palestinian Arab, Habib, Isolated And Afraid, Yearns For Normalization With Israel

Leaders have legacies; the rest of us have lives. And normalization is a death sentence for some. Trump may be making his opening gambit for a Nobel Prize. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas...

Politically and Diplomatically Speaking

September 7, 2016

Why I Don’t Care Where Yasser Arafat Was Born And Why You Shouldn’t Either

Let’s get serious . . . it really doesn’t matter where Yasser Arafat was born. When we talk about peoplehood we are not talking about where one’s parents happened to be geographically when one...

From Academia

January 16, 2016

Oslo II: What Did Peres and Abbas Expect?

This is my summary and critique of an article from 1996 that included reviews of two books (one by Peres and the other by Abbas) (citation below). I bring this here now because we...