Author: Ameinu Staff

By Henry Siegman Editor’s note: In its November 8, 2007 issue, The New York Review published “Failure Risks Devastating Consequences,” a letter to President Bush

By Amos Oz When it comes to the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the distance between the parties is still great. For that reason,

By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour Everyone knows the outlines of the Middle East peace accord. What’s missing is the political will to achieve it.

By Ziad Asali   The skeptics have unassailable arguments: History and a consistent record of failure are on their side. Weak Israeli and Palestinian governments,

By Minister and Labor Knesset Member Ami Ayalon The upcoming Annapolis peace raises a pressing question: Should Israel now be negotiating over the principles of

By Jon B. Alterman Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, is bringing the wrong people together in Annapolis, near Washington, in November. Belatedly deciding

By Geneva Initiative October 2007: Poll by MarketWatch Research Institute finds great majority of Israelis support conducting permanent status negotiations with the Palestinians. Oct. 30,

Published as “Don’t Alienate Ankara” The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 29, 2007 (Unedited version) Under pressure from the Bush Administration and Turkey, a key US NATO

By Haaretz Service Minister Ami Ayalon has called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to break Israel’s boycott of Hamas and invite representatives of the group

By Yossi Alpher About ten days ago, I made the rounds of the think tanks in Washington, DC, discussing current American/Middle East issues with colleagues.