Jimmy Carter’s latest op-ed in the Washington Post starts off with this: “I am concerned that public discussion of my book “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid” has been diverted from the book’s basic proposals: that peace talks be resumed after six years of delay and that the tragic persecution of Palestinians be ended. Although most critics [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Why the A-Word Doesn’t Work
Posted in Carter, Israel, United States on January 20, 2007 | 31 Comments »
Peace With Syria: What Would It Mean?
Posted in Ehud Olmert, Golan Heights, Israel, Syria, United States on January 19, 2007 | 14 Comments »
The January 16 edition of Ha’aretz revealed that some intrepid Israelis, Syrians and international supporters of peace had come together and cobbled out a document that would serve as the framework for a peace agreement between the two old enemies. It is reminiscent of the early days of the Oslo Accords, before the lawyers (and [...]
What “Third Way?”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The subject of the Middle East and its conflicts has always been a heated one and has also always been of greater interest to more people than many conflicts around the globe. But in recent years, and especially since September 11, 2001, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as well as the larger, turbulent [...]