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Constructive Clarity in Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

July 7, 2010 | Benny Begin

The PLO platform, as reaffirmed in the Fatah Congress in August 2009, states that their struggle will not stop until the Zionist entity is eliminated and Palestine is liberated. As a logical corollary, they refuse to accept Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The Palestinian leadership insists that negotiations now start at the point they had reached with Olmert at the end of 2008. That means they are not satisfied with what was put on the table a year ago. They want more than that

Europe Seeks to Divide Jerusalem

December 10, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

According to the 1993 Oslo Agreements, Jerusalem is one of the issues to be discussed in future permanent status negotiations. The Swedish move to have the European foreign ministers back a declaration recognizing eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state clearly pre-judges the outcome of those talks.

The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem: Why Continued Israeli Control Is Vital

July 28, 2009 | Nadav Shragai

The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, that the Palestinians demand to transfer to their control, is the most important Jewish cemetery in the world. The area has constituted a religious and national pantheon for the Jewish people and the State of Israel, containing the tombs of the illustrious dead of the nation over the course of 3,000 years.

The U.S.-Israeli Dispute over Building in Jerusalem: The Sheikh Jarrah-Shimon HaTzadik Neighborhood

July 27, 2009 | Nadav Shragai

Israel’s Forgotten Rights in Jerusalem

May 24, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

The European Union Report on Jerusalem: Distortions and Omissions

April 1, 2009 | Nadav Shragai

Banging Square Pegs Into Round Holes

December 24, 2008 | Amb. Dore Gold

The Influence of Christian Interests in Setting the Route of the Security Fence in Jerusalem

November 1, 2008 | Col. (Res.) Danny Tirza

Jerusalem: The Ideal City of the Bible

October 28, 2008 | Daniel J. Elazar

Jerusalem: A Microcosm of Jewish Rights

August 29, 2008 | Sir Martin Gilbert

Rivkah Fishman-Duker on Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, by Martin Goodman

April 23, 2008 | Rivkah Fishman-Duker

The Latest Damage to Antiquities on the Temple Mount

February 27, 2008 | Nadav Shragai

Jerusalem: Dangers of Division

February 26, 2008 | Nadav Shragai

Illegal Construction in Jerusalem:
Claims that Jerusalem is Being ‘Judaized’

July 17, 2005 | Justus Reid Weiner

What if Bush Invited Sharon and Abu Mazen to Camp David? The Prospects for Negotiations in the Post-Arafat Era

January 2, 2005 | Amb. Dore Gold, David Keyes