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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US Vice President Joseph Biden (left) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Avi Issacharoff
Analysis
Avi Issacharoff
Biden’s victory prompts great expectations in Ramallah, quite possibly too great
PA is anticipating a possible White House invite for Abbas, the reopening of its DC offices, and resumed aid. It may be over-confident, and there’s a two-month transition first
US Vice President Joseph Biden gestures as he speaks at Tel Aviv University, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Op-edMessage to US President-elect Biden: On Israel and the region, first, do no harm
By David Horovitz
US Vice President Joseph Biden (left) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
November 13, 2020, 1:22 pm
Biden’s victory prompts great expectations in Ramallah, quite possibly too great
PA is anticipating a possible White House invite for Abbas, the reopening of its DC offices, and resumed aid. It may be over-confident, and there’s a two-month transition first
By Avi Issacharoff
US Vice President Joseph Biden gestures as he speaks at Tel Aviv University, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
November 12, 2020, 12:47 pm
Message to US President-elect Biden: On Israel and the region, first, do no harm
Iran and the Palestinians are relishing his arrival, anticipating a return to Obama-era thinking and policies. Let’s hope they’re mistaken
By David Horovitz
Israelis light candles, as part of a display of 25,000 memorial candles in honor of the 25th Memorial Day for the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2020.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 1, 2020, 8:22 pm
25 years after assassination, Rabin-lit hope for peace with Palestinians dims
Israeli mindset has shifted due to terror attacks, Hamas control of Gaza and, more recently, normalization deals with Arab states
By AFP and TOI staff
US Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wave to the press ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
October 30, 2020, 9:54 am
Israel-Arab accords an earthquake for Palestinians, who now pin hopes on Biden
Sudan deal has deepened the shock in Ramallah, which is digging in despite impatience among erstwhile Sunni supporters. The Palestinians aren’t going anywhere, but the PA might be
By Avi Issacharoff
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, US President Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on September 13, 1993. (Wikipedia)
October 28, 2020, 7:40 pm
Yitzhak Rabin was always a realist. How would he have handled the 2020 Mideast?
For starters, he’d have used the new ties with the Gulf states to help restore the sense of possibility for peace with the Palestinians, and broken the stalemate with them
By Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
Then-public security minister Gilad Erdan, at a press conference on January 2, 2019. (Flash90)
October 26, 2020, 10:04 pm
UN envoy chides Security Council for ‘ignoring’ Israel normalization deals
Erdan’s criticism comes though several at top UN body praise new accords with UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan; US ambassador indicates belief 2002 Saudi peace initiative no longer relevant
By Jacob Magid
Arthur Balfour, and the Balfour Declaration. (Wikipedia)
October 23, 2020, 1:24 am
Palestinian lawyers file lawsuit against Britain for 1917 Balfour Declaration
Activists file charges in West Bank court, say British support for Jewish national home at root of Palestinian suffering; claim they’ll take matter to London, demand accountability
By TOI staff and AFP
Joe Biden during a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, not seen, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (Debbie Hill, Pool via AP)
October 21, 2020, 4:11 am
A President Biden would likely take less combative approach on Israel than Obama
Israel and Mideast not expected to top foreign policy priorities for Democratic nominee; if elected, his administration may disengage from region, but won’t leave Israel behind
By Jacob Magid
Joint List leader Ayman Odeh speaks to reporters outside his home in Haifa on March 3, 2020. (Flash90)
October 18, 2020, 5:34 am
Joint List chief: Israel’s occupation, not Iran, is region’s main problem
Explaining his Arab-majority Knesset faction’s vote against Gulf deals, Ayman Odeh says pacts based on flawed, twisted logic; ‘We cannot accept this, either morally or nationally’
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the 75th United Nations General Assembly via video message, September 29, 2020. (Screen capture: UNTV)
September 29, 2020, 8:06 pm
Full text of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the 2020 UN General Assembly
Israeli PM reveals location of a Hezbollah ‘missile factory’ in Beirut, says Iran will have material for two nuclear bombs in months, hopes Palestinians will ultimately seek peace
By TOI staff
L-R: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump talk at the ceremony for the signing of the Abraham Accords, at the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
September 18, 2020, 6:52 am
With the Israel-UAE-Bahrain deals, ‘undeniable Palestinan truths’ no longer hold
Axioms the Palestinians imposed on the Arab world for decades — notably including the eschewing of all normalization with Israel — are crumbling before their horrified eyes
By Avi Issacharoff
US President Donald Trump, center, with from left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, September 15, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)
September 17, 2020, 2:57 pm
Russia: Middle East peace impossible without solving ‘Palestinian problem’
Moscow warns it would be a mistake to think long-term stabilization can be achieved without addressing the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians
By AFP and TOI staff
From left to right: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani stand on the Blue Room Balcony during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 16, 2020, 4:17 am
Agreements indicate UAE and Bahrain are now less pro-Palestinian than Europe
Documents signed by Abu Dhabi and Manama vaguely urge ‘solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’ but, remarkably, don’t explicitly mention two-state solution or settlements
By Raphael Ahren
L-R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords, where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
September 16, 2020, 2:35 am
Accords mark Mideast peace breakthrough, but Palestinian issue isn’t going away
Treaties signed with UAE, Bahrain at White House herald a new era for Jerusalem; they don’t solve Israel’s longstanding problems with its closest neighbor
By Raphael Ahren
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (left) presents a Torah scroll to Bahrain's king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, while visiting the Gulf state in early September, 2020. (Twitter/Avi Berkowitz)
September 15, 2020, 5:25 pm
The tender photo that just might signal start of true change in Arab-Israel ties
As the UAE and Bahrain make peace with the Jewish state, the first signs at least are that these may develop into warm partnerships between peoples
By David Horovitz
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