Yesterday’s blog about Palestinian unilateralism touched on the potential relevancy gap Israel finds itself in. In this context, an article by David Horowitz touches on two precedents – Kosovo and Lithuania – which are useful in understanding how the international community may respond to a Palestinian unilateral declaration.
Posts Tagged ‘Negotiations’
The Kosovo and Lithuanian Precedents and Palestinian Unilateralism
Posted in National Security, tagged National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state, Unilateralism on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Maintaining the viability of the Two-State Solution: Proposal for a third way in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
Posted in National Security, tagged inversion, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian Challenges, Palestinian state, Political Process, Two State Solution on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a Foreign Affairs essay, veteran Israeli political commentator Ehud Yaari suggests a policy alternative aimed at breaking the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Yaari promotes the idea of abandoning an exclusive focus on achieving a final-status agreement in the short term. The pragmatic alternative, he elaborates in a complementary Foreign Affairs interview, is [...]
Rethinking Aspects of the Two State Solution
Posted in National Security, tagged National Security, Negotiations, Political Process on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting analysis by Rob Malley and Hussein Agha on the problems of negotiating and implementing a Two State Solution raise questions as to the optimum structure of the political process and raise the concept of a long term interim agreement as potentially the best way forward.
‘Economic Peace’ and Security Gains in the West Bank could be Counterproductive
Posted in National Security, tagged National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian Challenges, Palestinian state, Political Process, Two State Solution on August 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Jerusalem Post discusses a new study published by the Peres Center for Peace, which argues that economic peace, though a helpful tool, cannot replace a political solution with the Palestinians.
Palestinian Counter Terrorism and the Principle of Demilitarization
Posted in National Security, tagged Demilitarization, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF is considering allowing the Palestinians to establish a specially trained counter-terror squad qualified to carry out pinpoint operations against Hamas terrorist cells in the West Bank.
The Structure of Negotiations: The Issue of Safe Passage
Posted in National Security, tagged National Security, Negotiations, Safe Passage on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A recent interview by Saeb Erekat inferred that the issue of safe passage between Gaza and the West Bank is included in the ‘territorial cluster’ of negotiation issues. However, Israel could achieve a better deal if an agreement is structured differently and ‘Safe Passage’ presented as an Israeli concession in return for a Palestinian agreement to [...]
How Viable is a Demilitarized Palestinian State?
Posted in National Security, tagged Demilitarization, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PM Netanyahu’s Bar Ilan speech accepted a Palestinian state on the condition that it would be ‘demilitarized.’ Yet while this has been an accepted principle under the Clinton Parameters, Taba negotiations and Geneva Initiative, several trends raise doubts as to its viability.
Not So Special (Relations) Anymore..
Posted in National Security, tagged National Security, Negotiations, Obama, Palestinian Challenges, Palestinian state, Political Process, Two State Solution on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Israeli-US tension may have been avoided if Israel had developed a new strategy regarding the political process. It still may not be too late for Israel to do so and influence the policies of the US. However, in the absence of a relevant strategy, Israel will continue to be led by the international community
Reut Document: Reassessment of the Israeli Palestinian Political Process: Build a Palestinian State in the West Bank
Posted in About Reut, National Security, tagged About Reut, Hamas, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state, Political Process on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Reut Institute recently published a document which seeks to support the reassessment process of the Government regarding the Israeli-Palestinian political process . The document presents the main dilemmas facing Israel and ultimately argues that the country’s political strategy should be based on the logic of upgrading the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank [...]
Israel’s Hard Choice? Militarized Palestinian State or End of the Two State Solution?
Posted in National Security, tagged Clash of Logics, Demilitarization, National Security, Negotiations, Palestinian state on December 10, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Amitai Etzioni’s article on the problems surrounding the demilitarization of a future Palestinian State touches on Israel’s challenge of preserving its security interests in a Permanent Status Agreement.
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