http://www.usmep.us/usmep non partisan analysis of the Middle East peace process Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:41:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-necessary-elimination-of-israeli-democracy-1.397625 http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/11/25/the-necessary-elimination-of-israeli-democracy/ [gallery link="file"] http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/10/27/1404/ [caption id="attachment_1396" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="General Brent Scowcroft, Eric Melby and Henry Siegman"][/caption] http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/10/27/httpwww-usmep-ususmepwp-adminupdate-core-php/ By Henry Siegman September 22, 2011 The National Interest dbird@nsc.eop.gov The outpouring of commentary on the request that Palestinians intend to submit to the United Nations to affirm their right to statehood within the pre‐1967 borders has fallen into two categories. The first supports the Israeli and American view that sees the Palestinian ... http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/09/23/palestinians-declare-independence-from-u-s/ By Henry Siegman September 15, 2011 Foreign Policy Mideast Channel Is there anyone familiar with the history of the Israel-Palestine peace process who still believes that this Israeli government would defy the over half-a-million settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- by far the most influential political force in Israel -- ... http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/09/23/september-madness/ By Henry Siegman August 10, 2011 The National Interest In their near-hysterical efforts to prevent Palestinians from asking the United Nations to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination and statehood in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel and the United States have put forward a number of insupportable arguments that cannot be allowed ... http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/08/15/challenging-the-insupportable-arguments-against-palestinian-statehood/ By Leonard Fein August 9, 2011 The Forward “The People demand social justice.” That’s the slogan, the chant of more than 300,000 people in dozens of sites across Israel. And just maybe, the State of Israel is now entering the third chapter of its history as independent. During the first chapter, which extends from ... http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/08/09/protest-movement-offers-hope-for-israels-future/ http://www.usmep.us/usmep/wp-content/uploads/2011-19-USMEPolicy-Brief.pdf By Efraim Halevy August 2, 2011 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs The options for Israel and the Palestinians basically can be boiled down to these: a permanent agreement, an interim agreement, a de facto interim agreement, and a situation of no agreement. The best possible option - a permanent agreement - is not ... http://www.usmep.us/usmep/2011/08/02/a-strategy-for-israel-in-the-changed-middle-east/ http://www.usmep.us/usmep/wp-content/uploads/2011-18-USMEPolicy-Brief1.pdf