In Egypt, democracy is fighting to save democracy. It is a lesson well worth observing because there are other parts of the region which are calling for the same thing. Right next door to us in Gaza there are young people adopting the Tamarod (the movement in Egypt behind the June 30 revolution) who call for an uprising against Hamas. We should all hope that they are successful.
Peace in Jerusalem is the key to Israeli-Palestinian peace. That key is on the table and waiting to be used.
Economic growth and hopes for prosperity are important, perhaps even essential, but not enough to bring us peace.
Negotiators often get lost in the task of negotiating. The details consume their attention – and this is necessary. It is essential that the agreements are explicit and understood in the same way by both parties.
While Netanyahu is negotiating with Palestinians, his former friends, political allies will be organizing creation of a Palestinian state.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is coming back to Israel today after months of intensive work with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on finding the mechanism to formally renew Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
There is no possibility for Israel to have it both ways – we can either have a Jewish nation-state on that territory or a democratic state.
Real Zionists and real Palestinian nationalists will march their people to peace. We should all thank Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama for pushing us to act in our own interest.
Gershon Baskin confirms that the Hamas military leader, Ahmed Jabari, at the time he was killed, was in the final stages of negotiating a long-term ceasefire with Israel and that Israel has tried every military option to crush the capacity and will of Gaza to engage in violent resistance.