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Winning The Battle for The Left

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In a piece published on the Huffington Post, freelance writer and self-identified liberal leftist (and two-time Ralph Nader voter) Alan Krinsky delineates “8 Reasons Leftists Should be Pro-Israel,” among these human rights, peace, and self defense. Krinsky premises the piece in a rejection of a phenomenon of singling Israel out for criticism with a unique [...]

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Is a Palestinian State in Provisional Borders the best way forward?

Posted in About Reut, National Security, tagged , , , , on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

An interesting article by Aluf Benn in Haaretz maps out the dilemmas facing Israel’s leaders and suggests that a Palestinian State in Provisional Borders (PSPB) might be the most practicable arrangement, either through mutual agreement or a unilateral Israeli decision.

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Tracking One-State Discourse in Israel: A Growing Phenomenon?

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , on April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In analyzing a Delegitimization Network operating mostly in the West with an agenda opposed to the State of Israel as an embodiment of the Jewish right to self-determination, the Reut Institute has long tracked the rise of rhetoric promoting a One-State Solution – based on the principle ‘one man, one vote’ – to the Israeli [...]

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Maintaining the viability of the Two-State Solution: Proposal for a third way in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , , , 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 [...]

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FAQs: Reut report on Israel’s delegitimization

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Reut Institute’s paper on Israel’s delegitimization challenge has generated widespread reaction to an issue traditionally insufficiently featured on the agenda of decision makers and in public discourse. Much of the response to the report has taken place in international media, despite the fact that the report has yet to be translated into English. It [...]

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Increasing Prominence of One-State Solution Narrative

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Reut Political-Security team’s current project explores what we perceive to be a global trend advancing Israel’s fundamental political delegitimization. One manifestation of this trend is the growing intensity of mainstream calls to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a One-State Solution, an outcome that would effectively eliminate Israel as a Jewish state.

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Could Palestinian Unilateralism be Good for Israel?

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence (UDI) is one of two options mentioned by Fatah in the case of negotiations failing (the other being support for a bi-national state). Yet following Salam Fayyad’s paper on building a Palestinian state, several commentators suggest that the international community may support such a policy of Palestinian unilateralism.

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The Political Implications of Fayyad’s Plan

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last week, the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad unveiled a plan for the de-facto establishment of Palestinian state in two years, thus strengthening the logic of a ‘Palestinian State First’ in the West Bank. 

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Palestinian Opposition to a PSPB Challenges Israel’s National Security

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, different Palestinian and Arab actors have stressed their opposition to the idea of a Palestinian state in Provisional Borders (PSPB). However in light of the current circumstances – the political deadlock, the gap between the sides and the inter-Palestinian split - this solution could be the most viable option.

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‘Economic Peace’ and Security Gains in the West Bank could be Counterproductive

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , , , 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.

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