20 Jan Peace and the “Palestinians”
1967 Lines
Right of Self Defense and Secure Borders–How Deep is Strategic Depth?
The “1967 lines” are really the armistice lines of 1949 that were set following Israel’s war of independence and survival and never legalized as borders. As Prime Minister Netanyahu explained, the 9 mile width of Israel from the Mediterranean to the “green line” is half the width of the Washington DC Beltway. In Chicago terms, that is the distance from Lake Michigan to Harlem Avenue. In Manhattan, that spans Battery Park to the George Washington
Bridge; in Los Angeles, LAX to downtown Santa Monica. View a video that puts Israel’s minimum defense requirements in the context of its neighborhood.
BACKGROUND STORIES
Remembering Six Days in 1967: The anniversary of Israel’s Six-Day War is a reminder why it cannot return to armistice borders.
BY MICHAEL OREN | JUNE 6, 2011
President Obama Speech to AIPAC May 20, 2011
A Voice of Reason from an Arab Dissident
By Yoel Meltzer On May 6, 2011
UPDATES
Palestinian Leadership: It Is Forbidden to Normalize Relations with Israel
Khaled Abu Toameh December 16, 2011
Palestinian political activists protest meetings designed to “normalize” relations.
UDI: Unilateral Declaration of Independence
The UN and Palestinian Statehood; Scenarios and Realities
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas went to the United Nations in September, 2011 to request some form of recognition of a unilaterally-declared independent state. For an overview of what is feasible within the United Nations system, and some of the options the Palestinians might pursue, click here.
BACKGROUND STORIES
Countdown to September: Israel, the Palestinians, and the UN General Assembly
Dore Gold August, 2011
Palestinian Authority-Hamas Unity Government
BACKGROUND STORIES
Fatah-Hamas Agreement: Another Nail in the ‘Peace Process’ Coffin Barry Rubin April 27, 2011
Terrorist Unity and the Push for Statehood
P. David Hornik April 29, 2011
Palestinians kill peace process Steve Huntley
The Hamas Charter: What they say in their own words
Jerusalem
BACKGROUND STORIES
What’s So Dangerous About Divding Jerusalem?
Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein
Linkage
BACKGROUND STORIES
The Death of Linkage
Danny Ayalon February 24, 2011
Inciting Violence; Rejecting Peace
Deception: Palestinian Messages That Aren’t So Public
Isable Kershner December 20, 2011
Hamas-Naked Bloodlust
Evelyn Gordon 12.16.2011
The Problem with Islam
Kenneth R. Timmerman November 4, 2011
