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Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal (C) and members of Hamas’ political bureau. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: What “Destruction of Israel”?

by John V. Whitbeck | Apr 30, 2014 | Opinion

When, in response to the threat of potential Palestinian reconciliation and unity, the Israeli government suspended “negotiations” with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on April 24 (five days before they were due to terminate in any event), Israeli Prime...

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 5, 2014. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool (JERUSALEM – Tags: POLITICS)

Opinion: Palestine and the ‘Jewish State’ of Israel

by John V. Whitbeck | Jan 9, 2014 | Opinion

News reports continue to suggest that one of the primary roadblocks to any agreement in the current round of Israeli–Palestinian negotiations is the understandable Palestinian refusal to accept the Israeli demand that Palestine explicitly recognize Israel as a “Jewish...

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Supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small PLO faction, chant slogans during a protest against resuming peace talks with Israel in Gaza City, Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP)

Opinion: Give Democracy in Palestine a Chance

by John V. Whitbeck | Sep 28, 2013 | Opinion

In an opinion article entitled “Israel Should Annul the Oslo Accords,” which was published on September 21 in the New York Times, Israeli deputy defense minister Danny Danon offered his own vision—presumably not radically inconsistent with that of his prime...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) brings Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (R) and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat together for a handshake as they conclude a press conference after Middle East peace talks, at the State Department, in Washington DC, USA, 30 July 2013. (EPA/MIKE THEILER.)

Opinion: The Essential Catalyst

by John V. Whitbeck | Aug 14, 2013 | Opinion

On July 30, after preliminary talks about talks in Washington DC, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that “sustained, continuous and substantive negotiations” between Israelis and Palestinians “to achieve a final status agreement” would commence within two weeks....