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Prime Minister Barak’s First Year: Diplomacy and Politics

July 2, 2000 | Zalman Shoval

Prime Minister Ehud Barak's tenure started out with almost everything going his way. He had what was often, though misleadingly, described as a "landslide victory" in the 1999 elections (though, in truth, Jewish voters gave him only a slim 3.2 percent majority over Netanyahu - compared to the almost 12 percent margin by which Netanyahu had defeated Peres in the previous elections).

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

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.

The Anti-Millennium: The Islamization of Nazareth

April 16, 2000 | Raphael Israeli

No Security, No Peace

March 29, 1997 | Amb. Dore Gold

After Hebron: Prospects for the Peace Process

March 16, 1997 | Zalman Shoval

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

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

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