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| Number 22, November 13, 2007 Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis: Who's to Blame for What? While all eyes are fixed on the potential and pitfalls of the Annapolis meeting the United States is convening, the Gaza Strip is suffering a humanitarian crisis and ongoing violence from Israeli attacks and intra-Palestinian clashes. Who's to blame? ... |
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| Number 21, October 2, 2007 Why, When and How the US Challenges Israel’s Actions The maneuvering continues over the participation in and content of the mid-November meeting proposed by the United States, while the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories deteriorates. A serious move for peace would help to restore US cre ... |
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| Number 20, September 11, 2007 The Fall Meeting & the Trend to Focus on Aid Rather than Rights The timing and substance of the international meeting called by US President George Bush in his 16 July 2007 speech on the Middle East may end up focusing on aid at the expense of a political solution. This moves further away from the 1991 Madrid int ... |
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| Number 19, August 14, 2007 Courting and Countering the Christian Zionists Notwithstanding its apocalyptic agenda, Christians United For Israel, the newest pro-Israel group on the Washington block, is courted by serious presidential candidates like Senator John McCain. Pro-peace evangelical Christians and Jews ar ... |
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| Number 18, July 27, 2007 Why Does Bush Talk About Israel’s Negev and Galilee? It is unusual for the president of one country to take an interest in regional development in another country. Yet United States president George W. Bush talks about Israel’s Negev and Galilee regions as well as about America’s commitment ... |
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| Number 17, July 13, 2007 Reality Check on Palestinian Elections The 30-day emergency period declared by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas ends July 14. There has been talk of early elections as a way out of the political crisis, but tremendous legal, political, and physical obstacles w ... |
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| Number 16, June 28, 2007 How US Middle East Policy Continues to Undermine the “Moderates” In the wake of the fighting that pitted Fatah against Hamas this month, ending in Hamas control over Gaza, the United States has voiced full support for Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas. But past US policy greatly contrib ... |
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| Number 15, April 24, 2007 How Can the Gaza Ceasefire Be Rescued? The "low" level of violence between Israel and the Palestinians since the Gaza ceasefire on 26 November 2006 had reached alarming totals even before an escalation on 21 and 22 April 2007 left nine Palestinians dead and led Hamas' armed wing to e ... |
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| Number 14, March 26, 2007 How the Arab Peace Initiative Overtook the Road Map: But Will It Lead to Peace? The Arab summit in Riyadh on 28-29 March 2007 is expected to “re-launch” the Arab peace initiative that was unanimously approved at the 2002 summit in Beirut. What does the plan offer and why didn’t it fly at the time? Why is Israel making ... |
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| Number 13, March 6, 2007 Nuclear Double Standards on India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Fuel ME Fears Iran's potential nuclear capability tops the agenda at this week's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna. In New York, the United Nations permanent five members and Germany are discussing further sancti ... |
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| Number 12, February 16, 2007 Will the Quartet Recognize the Changed Palestinian Reality
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 11 House Passes S2370: An AIPAC Shot Across Baker's Bow?
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Notes 9&10 Looking Back, Looking Forward: Lessons from the 109th Congress on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 8 The Rice Agenda and the Real Agenda for the Palestinians |
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 7 When Bush Meets Abbas: Small Steps or Big Picture? Washington, D.C. 19 September 2006 - The US State Department is said to be undertaking a review of its policies toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which may include a renewed push for access to and between the occupied Palestinian territories. As US President George B ... |
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 6 Israeli Attacks Force Rethink of Palestinian Political Options Washington, D.C. 31 August 2006 - During his recent visit to Israel Italy's Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema remarked that a successful international force in Lebanon could presage a similar one in Gaza. Gaza could certainly use it. Over 210 Palestinians, including 44 ch ... |
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 5 Casualties of Lebanon Include Israel's Prowess, US Policy Washington, D.C. 16 August 2006 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 ushered in an unbalanced Lebanese-Israeli cessation of hostilities that was shaky as of the first day. Will the resolution help Israel achieve the political objectives it failed to ach ... |
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 4 What the Struggle Over a Cease-Fire Could Mean for US-Israeli Unilateralism Washington, D.C. 4 August 2006 - As war raged in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel, with far greater losses in lives and civilian infrastructure among Lebanese and Palestinians, Israel and the United States resisted global calls for an immediate cease-fire. Instead, President G ... |
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 3 Will Palestinian Prisoner Plan Set Compatriots Free? Washington, D.C. 6 June 2006 |
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 2 Olmert Visit Highlights US-Israeli Convergence and Divergence
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| Institute for Palestine Studies Policy Note 1 The Implications of an Imploding PA
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| Institute for Palestine Studies PolicyNote 0 Issue Aid as Leverage Washington, D.C. 19 September 2006 - The US State Department is said to be undertaking a review of its policies toward the P ... |
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