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What Happened to Secure Borders for Israel? The U.S., Israel, and the Strategic Jordan Valley

What Happened to Secure Borders for Israel? The U.S., Israel, and the Strategic Jordan Valley

June 23, 2000 | Amb. Dore Gold
For three decades, Israeli foreign ministers from Abba Eban through Ariel Sharon have insisted before the international community that Israel could not withdraw in the West Bank to the vulnerable 1967 lines from which it was attacked at the start of the Six-Day War. The great diplomatic victory of November 1967 was the language of UN Security Council Resolution 242 that legitimized Israel's call for "secure borders."
Reshuffled Deck on Syrian-Israeli Negotiations

Reshuffled Deck on Syrian-Israeli Negotiations

June 12, 2000 | Amb. Dore Gold
In a period of tremendous political uncertainty following the death of Syrian president Hafez Assad, one element of his political legacy is especially likely to overshadow the peace process in the years ahead: the terms he laid out in his failed Geneva summit with US President Bill Clinton.
Middle East Missile Proliferation, Israeli Missile Defense, and the ABM Treaty Debate

Middle East Missile Proliferation, Israeli Missile Defense, and the ABM Treaty Debate

May 15, 2000 | Amb. Dore Gold
For most of the Cold War period, the spread of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction to the Middle East was severely constrained by the existence of a global regime of arms control agreements and export controls that was chiefly supported by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union. But in the last decade this regime has crumbled.
The Anti-Millennium: The Islamization of Nazareth

The Anti-Millennium: The Islamization of Nazareth

April 16, 2000 | Raphael Israeli
The End of the Post-Gulf War

The End of the Post-Gulf War

March 15, 2000 | Amb. Dore Gold
Overthrowing Saddam Hussein: The Policy Debate

Overthrowing Saddam Hussein: The Policy Debate

February 1, 2000 | Max Singer
The European Union and the Middle East Peace Process

The European Union and the Middle East Peace Process

November 15, 1999 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg
Defining Limits on Religious Expression in Public Institutions: The Turkish Dilemma

Defining Limits on Religious Expression in Public Institutions: The Turkish Dilemma

October 30, 1999 | Dr. George E. Gruen
The Islamic Movement in Israel

The Islamic Movement in Israel

October 15, 1999 | Raphael Israeli
The Socio-Economic Patterns of Iraqi Jewry in the Twentieth Century by Moshe Gat

The Socio-Economic Patterns of Iraqi Jewry in the Twentieth Century by Moshe Gat

October 30, 1998
Saudi Arabia in the 1990s: Stability and Foreign Policy

Saudi Arabia in the 1990s: Stability and Foreign Policy

September 1, 1997 | Mordechai Abir
No Security, No Peace

No Security, No Peace

March 29, 1997 | Amb. Dore Gold
After Hebron: Prospects for the Peace Process

After Hebron: Prospects for the Peace Process

March 16, 1997 | Zalman Shoval
Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

February 16, 1997 | Dr. Jacob M. Landau
Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

February 16, 1997 | Dr. Jacob M. Landau