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- In Search of the Elusive Israeli Peace Partner. Jabr, Samah // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;Dec2008, Vol. 27 Issue 9, p26
The article reports that the Israeli peace camp has failed to become a significant political movement because it could not find a peace partner among the various Palestinian movements. Some Israeli Jews maintain that living in occupied Palestine is a religious obligation and that modern European...
- Political Overview. // Israel Defence & Security Report;Q2 2010, p34
The article presents an overview of the politics in Israel by Business Monitor International (BMI) Ltd. It mentions that the temporary construction suspension in the West Bank is an attempt by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to start peacetalks with the Palestinians. On the other hand, the...
- No peace in our time. Kampfner, John // New Statesman;10/30/2006, Vol. 135 Issue 4816, p26
The author writes from Jerusalem, giving a first person account of the social, military, and political climate in Israel in the wake of the fighting with Lebanon. He reports initially from an Israeli army base in Zufim, communicating the stress and panic felt within the security control room. He...
- World Bank Study on the Palestinian Economy and the Israeli. // Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics & Culture;2004, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p111
Presents the World Bank study on the Gaza disengagement proposal by Israel and how it would affect the Palestinian economy. Importance of easing the Israeli closure policy for the Palestinian economy; Need of Gaza to export in order to survive; Call for a credible Palestinian reform program to...
- In the Name of God, Go: Menahem Begin at the End. // New Republic;12/1/79, Vol. 181 Issue 22, p6
Comments on the efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's coalition government to pursue peace relations with Palestine. Arrest of Nables Mayor Bassam al-Shaka for his comment about Palestine Liberation Organization terrorism; Threats posed by Palestine terrorists to rights and...
- Editorial: Future Options�. AbuZayyad, Ziad // Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics & Culture;2007, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p3
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one on the future options facing Palestinian-Israeli bilateral relations and another that talks about the possibility of bi-national state.
- Future Options Beyond Stagnation. Salem, Walid; Baskin, Gershon // Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics & Culture;2007, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p5
The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one on the viability of the two-state solution and another on non-Palestinian state options such as annexation of territories by Israel.
- Israel as banana republic? // Tikkun;May/Jun95, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p6
Discusses the notion of Israel being a `banana republic' whose policies could be dictated by a small minority. Risks of the implementation of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians; Impact of Hamas terrorist movements on the peace process; Palestinians' support of Yassir Arafat's...
