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Israel Policy Forum Announces its Next Chapter with Middle East Progress

By Israel Policy Forum
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 4:52pm

Dear Friends and Supporters of Israel Policy Forum:

On behalf of Israel Policy Forum (IPF), including our President Peter Joseph and Chair Larry Zicklin, I am pleased to inform you that IPF is embarking on its next chapter. 

2010 Must Be Showtime for Mideast Peace

By David Halperin
Assistant Director, IPF - NY
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 1:27pm

As 2009 draws to a close, we are bombarded by the annual litany of commentary features recapping the year in Hollywood movies to the year in international conflict, and everything in between.

When it comes to the Middle East peace process, current conventional wisdom suggests the 2009 recap might go something like this: 

US-Iran Negotiations: Simulation Exercise at INSS

By Institute for National Security Studies
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 10:45am

Ephraim Asculai, Emily B. Landau, and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg

INSS Insight No. 154, December 29, 2009

Despite the tendency to denote any simulation exercise on security issues a "war game," the recent simulation designed and held at INSS did not focus on the option of a military attack. Rather, it developed the scenario of a bilateral US-Iranian negotiation over Iran's nuclear program.

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Engaging the Arab States

Ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - as well as the broader Israeli-Arab conflict - will require the endorsement and support of the international community. The United States should lead the effort to obtain this endorsement and support - in particular from the Arab League or its constituent members.

The Arab Peace Initiative, formally introduced at the Arab Summit in March 2002, states that following successful negotiations, all Arab and Muslim countries will "consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, enter into a peace agreement with Israel ... and establish normal relations with Israel..." The Palestinian Authority has recently openly endorsed it.

This important initiative, the best offer the Arabs have ever made to Israel, is meant to serve as the basis for negotiations between Israel and the Arab states and should be welcomed as such. IPF urges the United States to publicly endorse the initiative and to use it as an umbrella for negotiations, supported and brokered by the United States, leading to an end to the Israeli-Palestinian and broader Israeli-Arab conflicts.

 

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