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Only Buffer Zones Can Protect Israel

February 27, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold

JERUSALEM -- It is doubtful that another case can be found in recent history of a nation that has been willing to take greater risks for peace than has Israel. Eight years ago, Israel embarked on a diplomatic experiment by agreeing to grant authority to the Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization whose founding charter called for Israel's annihilation, and to its leader, Yasir Arafat, in the disputed territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

From “Occupied Territories” to “Disputed Territories”

January 16, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold

At the heart of the Palestinian diplomatic struggle against Israel is the repeated assertion that the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are resisting "occupation." Speaking recently on CNN's Larry King Weekend, Hanan Ashrawi hoped that the U.S. war on terrorism would lead to new diplomatic initiatives to address its root "causes."

Armistice in Jerusalem Once Again?

January 1, 2002 | Raphael Israeli

Since the 1967 Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem, new Israeli neighborhoods have grown as satellite towns all around the core of the city beyond the old demarcation line. Mount Scopus, now connected to the city by a major network of highways, has been rebuilt into a mammoth fortress-campus which accommodates Hebrew University and the Hadassah Hospital. New roads and highways crisscross the city, linking its new neighborhoods.

Beyond Political Terrorism: The New Challenge of Transcendend Terror

November 15, 2001 | Jeffrey Helmreich

Israeli Operations in Area A: The State Department vs. the Oslo Accords

October 23, 2001

Occupied Territories or Disputed Territories?

September 2, 2001

The Failure of UN Forces in Srebrenica

July 15, 2001 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Jerusalem in International Diplomacy: The 2000 Camp David Summit, the Clinton Plan, and Their Aftermath

February 1, 2001 | Amb. Dore Gold

“The Poor in Your Own City Shall Have Precedence”: A Neo-Zionist Critique of the Katzir-Qaadan Decision

January 1, 2001 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

The Use of Palestinian Children in the Al-Aqsa Intifada

November 1, 2000 | Justus Reid Weiner

Interpretations of Jewish Tradition on Democracy, Land, and Peace

October 2, 2000 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

The Emerging Threat of Iraq and the Crisis of Global Security

September 1, 2000 | Richard Butler

Prime Minister Barak’s First Year: Diplomacy and Politics

July 2, 2000 | Zalman Shoval

The End of the Post-Gulf War

March 15, 2000 | Amb. Dore Gold

Jewish NGOs, Human Rights, and Public Advocacy: A Comparative Inquiry

October 30, 1999 | Irwin Cotler