The UAE has chosen the West
by Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON – The Abraham Accords signed on September 15, 2020 radically changed the political...
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There Will Be No Real Palestinian State Israel will accept only an autonomous entity for ever dependent on the Jewish state
WASHINGTON – A couple of recent interviews with two Israeli citizens, the first one a seasoned policy-maker with an impressive...
Palestinians Have Been Granted The Status Of Perpetual Refugees With good intentions, the international community transformed a humanitarian problem into a permanent issue
WASHINGTON – Trying to do good, we may often make a bad situation a lot worse. Back in 1950...
Israel and Palestine: Mutually Exclusive Interpretations, Peace Impossible The Palestinians demand full statehood. The Israelis do not believe that a Palestinian state will ever be a peaceful neighbor
WASHINGTON – Sadly, there is a hopeless circularity in the reasons produced by both sides for the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
No Peace Until Hamas Rules Gaza We cannot ignore the fact that Hamas refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist
WASHINGTON – In a recent editorial, (Stop the rockets, but lift the siege, July 20th, 2014), The Economist provides thoughtful...
Israel Will Be Forced To Stop Its Offensive Against Hamas World opinion condemns the killing of civilians by the Israeli forces. Hamas' violence condoned
WASHINGTON – Predictably, Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the Gaza strip has been loudly condemned by international public opinion....
Can Israel Win Against Hamas? To the extent that other players in the region will continue funding Hamas, this conflict will continue
WASHINGTON – I do believe that Israel’s invasion of Gaza in order to destroy the tunnels that Hamas built...
The Conflict Between Israel And The Palestinians Will Go On And On Neither side can prevail militarily. Both camps have factions that consider the other side a mortal enemy
WASHINGTON – Whatever the outcome of the current Israeli military operation aimed at destroying or at least downgrading Hamas’...
Iran Is Not Negotiating In Good Faith About Its Nuclear Program Tehran has no intention to give up its capability to enrich uranium and therefore its ability to produce nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON – By now, as we approach a critical July 20 deadline, it is obvious that the Vienna talks between...
How Israeli Natural Gas May Help Solve The Cyprus Problem Turkey wants Israeli gas. However, a pipeline would have to pass through Cyprus waters. Will this necessity induce Ankara to push for a resolution of the Cyprus issue?
By Paolo von Schirach February 11, 2014 WASHINGTON – The perennially stalled negotiations between Turkish and Greek Cypriots about the future...