May 4, 2007
The Palestinians will deal with any prime minister who is elected by the Israeli public, including Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday.
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Original Commentaries
- 09/04/08
- From Zero-Sum to Win-Win —Mara Rudman, adviser, Middle East Progress; senior fellow, Center for American Progress. Original Commentary for Middle East Bulletin.
- 09/04/08
- How Progress Is Possible —
- 08/07/08
- How to Deal with Jerusalem —Lt. Col. (Res.) Ron Shatzberg, Project Director, Economic Cooperation Foundation. Interview with Middle East Bulletin.
Setting the Record Straight
Two-State Solution Still Best Option
“In practical terms, we can reach two conclusions: First, a final-status agreement, although its details are known, cannot be secured in the foreseeable future. Second, the time has come to think about other solutions. One of them is a return not to the 1967 borders, but rather, to the reality that prevailed in 1967, when Jordan controlled the West Bank.”—Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland, “The Jordanian Option,” YNet, September 3, 2008
—Yossi Alpher, coeditor of the bitterlemons family of internet publications & former director, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, "One State Definitely Not an Option," bitterlemons.org, August 18, 2008
Middle East Analysis
- How Progress Is Possible —Hiba Husseini, chair, Legal Committee to Final Status Negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis; former vice chairperson of the Palestine Securities Exchange (1998-May 2005). Interview with Middle East Bulletin.
- Perils of an Israeli Transition —The New York Times, Editorial
- The Arabs Will Look Differently Upon America —Ron Pundak, director general of the Peres Center for Peace and former architects and negotiators of the Oslo Agreement (bitterlemons.org)