Two-State Solution: Why Not Now?CIE+
The notion of a two-state solution remains front and center as the most often discussed and endorsed solution to the Palestinian-Israeli dimension of the conflict in the Middle East. So why has it not happened?
History, Politics and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli ConflictCIE+
An easy way to learn Israel’s history for personal use and the classroom. Our CIE source and document compilation, is easily searchable, an ebook. Highly praised by teachers at all levels, practitioners and casual users.
Trust, Embrace and Own Israel’s StoryCIE+
In two books written sixty years apart, When Prophecy Fails, 1957 (Festinger, Riecken and Schachter) and The Influential Mind, 2017 (Sharot, an Israeli neuroscientist), the conclusions were the same.
Eighty Years later: Cogent Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictCIE+
Abba Eban, writing in The Israel Yearbook in 1977, recounted what a British official, Sir Reginald Coupland said about how to end or wind down political conflict in Palestine.
History, Politics and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli ConflictCIE+
Ken Stein’s Third Edition of most “comprehensive” document compilation available on Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Ebook and kindle versions
Joseph Braude: Arab-Israeli Relations in a New Regional FrameworkCIE+
A thoughtful perspective of Arab-Israeli relations, that places the Palestinian-Israeli conflict within a regional framework, still burdened by multiple political uncertainties. (August 2016)
June 1967 War: Actions With Unfinished ConsequencesCIE+
Coming up, fifty years after the June 1967 War. How many times have I taught the causes and effects, or written about the War? Hundreds of times in forty years.
Kerry’s Frustration About Arab-Israeli Negotiations, December 2016CIE+
In the aftermath of UNSC Resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlement construction, Secretary of State John Kerry publicly blamed Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank for being the major barrier to a two-state solution to resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Forty-Three years since the October 1973 Arab-Israeli WarCIE+
The October 1973 War was 43 years ago this month. What follows is the US Intelligence Estimate when the war started on October 6
Palestinian-Israeli Pulse: Low Chances for an Independent Palestinian State in the Next 5 YearsCIE+
For the last decade it seems that not a month has gone by without some politician, news outlet, or analyst telling us that a two-state solution to resolving the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is dead. Now we learn it is not dead, even if barely on life-support.
Palestinian Authority to Sue British Government Over Balfour DeclarationCIE+
For almost 100 years, the Declaration has represented, for the Palestinians, the political beginning of Palestine falling out of their influence and into the control of the budding Zionist movement.
David Pollock: Mixed Messages: Abbas and Palestinians on Israel, 2014-2016CIE+
Within the Palestinian Authority, official talk of negotiations, peace, reconciliation, or even the “two-state solution” has become conspicuous by its absence.
Daniel Polisar: Why Do Palestinians Believe What They Believe?CIE+
For this project, Daniel Polisar of the Shalem College in Israel examined over 330 surveys carried out by the four major Palestinian research institutes, each of which has been conducting regular polls for a decade or more. His conclusions focus on what Palestinians think about Israel and why?
Jonathan Spyer: Israel is avoiding the abyss, for nowCIE+
For the past four weeks, Israel and the West Bank have been hit by a wave of stabbing attacks by Palestinian Muslims on Israeli Jews and protests in the West Bank.
Rand Corporation: The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictCIE+
Palestinians and Israelis will benefit significantly by reaching an agreement; another conflict between them will cost each community.
Alliances of Convenience Alongside Alliances of ConvictionCIE+
Alliances of convenience alongside alliances of conviction: when do the first become the second? Who is telling the story that we read?
Ken Stein: Recollections from the October WarCIE+
Many recollections remain from the Egyptian-Syrian surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973. The war set in motion a diplomatic process that eventually culminated in the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.
Ken Stein: Morsi Overthrow, Peace Talks and Civil War in SyriaCIE+
Lessons from the overthrow of the Morsi government in Egypt, the restart of Palestinian-Israeli talks, and the civil war in Syria remind us how difficult it is to judge whether American engagement is good or bad in the long run.
Ken Stein: Pre-Negotiations and Political Realities Frame Israeli-Palestinian TalksCIE+
Preliminary negotiations and changing political realities have catalyzed the opening of new talks, but even a two-state agreement would not guarantee an imminent end to the conflict.
Ken Stein, “The U.S. Role in Palestinian Self-Determination”CIE+
Many in the Arab world and amongst Palestinian leaders believe that, for the sake of evenhandedness and justice, the U.S. government, a longtime supporter of Israel’s security and existence, should have openly endorsed and urged others to vote for the proposition of Palestinian state recognition at the United Nations. Criticism of the U.S. failing to do so has been harsh, but it is also without perspective or historical context. What is forgotten is the persistent, even aggressive, perhaps unprecedented role that Washington has played in pushing for Palestinian rights, self-determination and, most recently, for Palestinian statehood.
Alan Baker, “Israel’s Rights as a Nation-State in International Diplomacy” (8 articles), 2011CIE+
Ambassador Alan Baker (ed.), Israel’s Rights as a Nation-State in International Diplomacy, published in 2011 by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the World Jewish Congress. The importance of this book arose in light…
Annapolis: Precedents and Transactions but Not TransformationsCIE+
Since the June 1967 war, more than two dozen mediators have engaged in Arab‐ Israeli diplomacy seeking to clarify one underlying question: under what conditions and over what period of time would Israel relinquish land attained in the June 1967 War, and what kind of understanding or agreement from an Arab partner would Israel receive in return? The Annapolis Conference in 2007, was again a Transaction but not a Transformation of Outcomes.
The Quest for Arab-Israeli PeaceCIE+
“The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace: Israel’s Disengagement from the Gaza Strip: Precedents, Motivations and Outcomes” Zionism Fulfilled.- Israel’s preemptive physical disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 was the result of a national consensus;…
Or Commission, 2003: Context and Causes of Communal Clashes in October 2000CIE+
The findings of the Or Commission on the October 2000 clashes between Arab and Jewish Israelis provide context to the response of Arab citizens to the May 2021 Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
