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The Inevitable Disintegration of the Hudna

August 23, 2003 | David Keyes

Roadmap requirements have been categorically ignored both by the Palestinian Authority and the Quartet. This was due partly to the fact that the hudna, a temporary truce offered by the terrorist organizations, never fulfilled the terms of the roadmap's cease-fire.

Prisoner Release – Veering Off the Roadmap

July 14, 2003 | Eli Kazhdan

The first sentence of Phase I of the roadmap is crystal clear, demanding that "the Palestinians immediately undertake an unconditional cessation of violence." The roadmap's cease-fire is not contingent upon Israeli performance on any other issue. Any linkage between the question of Palestinian violence and Israeli implementation of the roadmap makes violence part of the negotiating process.

Defensible Borders for Israel

June 15, 2003 | Amb. Dore Gold

The quest for defensible borders has been an axiom of Israeli governments since 1967 on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 242. Defensible borders for Israel has been explicitly backed by Washington since the Reagan administration. In Rabin's last Knesset address he made clear that Israel "will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines."

The Assad Visit to London: Background and Implications

December 15, 2002 | Mark Ami-El

The Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation: Toward a Divorce

June 30, 2002 | Ehud Yaari

Washington Misled: Saudi Arabia’s Financial Backing of Terrorism

May 6, 2002

What Really Happened in Jenin?

May 2, 2002

Only Buffer Zones Can Protect Israel

February 27, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold

A New Paradigm for Arab-Israeli Peacemaking: A Comprehensive Regional System for Security and Cooperation

September 15, 2000 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Abraham "Abrasha" Tamir

No Security, No Peace

March 29, 1997 | Amb. Dore Gold

Israel and the PLO Now Struggle for Leverage

September 16, 1993 | Amb. Dore Gold

The Islamic Jihad: The Imperative of Holy War

February 15, 1993 | Dr. Boaz Ganor

Hamas–The Islamic Resistance Movement in the Territories

February 2, 1992 | Dr. Boaz Ganor