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After Hebron: Prospects for the Peace Process

March 16, 1997 | Zalman Shoval

The Hebron agreement is now finally in place. During the months that it took to reach that point, some must have been reminded of what the nineteenth century British Prime Minister Lord Palmerstone once said about the Schleswig-Holstein question: there were only three people who understood it - one of whom was dead, one was in an asylum, and he himself had forgotten it.

Israel and the PLO Now Struggle for Leverage

September 16, 1993 | Amb. Dore Gold

Now that the drama surrounding the Israel-PLO signing ceremony has passed, it is critical to consider just what this accord means for the future of the Arab-Israel conflict. Are we speaking about a historical reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinians that will bring a new era of stability to the Middle East? Or will many of the struggles of the past just be rechanneled within new parameters?

The Islamic Jihad: The Imperative of Holy War

February 15, 1993 | Dr. Boaz Ganor

The Islamic Jihad is one of the most complex and dangerous of the Arab terrorist organizations, with cells in many Middle Eastern countries and, apparently, in Europe as well. These groups generally act on their own initiative without coordination, sometimes even within the same country. All these groups share a fundamentalist Islamic ideology which espouses holy war (jihad) against the infidels, and which is under the powerful ideological-religious influence of the Islamic revolution in Iran.

A National Solution to the Palestinian Problem

March 1, 1992 | Raphael Israeli

Hamas–The Islamic Resistance Movement in the Territories

February 2, 1992 | Dr. Boaz Ganor

The Intifada in Judea and Samaria: A View From the Field

August 1, 1990

The Beginning of Israeli Rule in Judea and Samaria

April 16, 1989 | Major General Rephael Vardi

The Arabs in Israel: A Surging New Identity

January 1, 1989 | Raphael Israeli

PLO: Nexus for International Terror

January 28, 1983

Realism About Real Peace In The Middle East

June 13, 1978 | Allan Silver