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Legal Acrobatics: The Palestinian Claim that Gaza is Still “Occupied” Even After Israel Withdraws

August 26, 2005 | Amb. Dore Gold

Remarkably, even as Israel completes its withdrawal from 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip, official Palestinian spokesmen are already making the argument that Gaza remains "occupied" territory. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stated that "the legal status of the areas slated for evacuation has not changed."

The Arafat Paradox

November 12, 2004 | Amb. Dore Gold

The very first time I was sent as an envoy to Yasser Arafat, what seemed most striking to me was the enormous gap between the total unreality of his conspiratorial explanations of political events transpiring around him and the extraordinary skill with which he played his weak political hand in order to advance the hard-line ideological agenda from which he never swerved: the elimination of the State of Israel.

Lessons from Northern Ireland for the Arab-Israeli Conflict

October 1, 2004 | Dean Godson

While there are obvious limitations in any analogy between the situation in Northern Ireland and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, many in the British government and military believe there is such an analogy. As a consequence of the Troubles of the last 30 years, Northern Ireland has become the defining national security experience for that generation of people who now have stewardship for British policy.

Understanding Arafat Before His Attempted Rehabilitation

August 16, 2004 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

The Struggle of Palestinian Journalists for Freedom of the Press

May 25, 2004 | Dr. Dan Diker

Israel’s Anti-Terror Fence: The World Court Case

February 15, 2004 | Laurence E. Rothenberg, Abraham (Avi) Bell

Is Hamas Preparing to Inherit the Palestinian Authority?

January 7, 2004 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

The PLO Weapons Ship from Iran

January 7, 2002

Failure of Perception and Self-Deception: Israel’s Quest for Peace in the Context of Related Historical Cases

March 15, 2001 | Joel Fishman

The Cease-Fire That Never Was

November 3, 2000 | 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

Oslo II: Where Will it Lead?

November 15, 1995 | Daniel J. Elazar

More Than a Truce: The Cold War Between the PLO and Hamas

September 16, 1994

The Israel – PLO Agreement : Palestinian Perspectives

May 15, 1994

Israel and the PLO Now Struggle for Leverage

September 16, 1993 | Amb. Dore Gold