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• "An agenda for a friend of Israel." Haaretz, July 27, 2008.
• "We Are Not One," by Eric Alterman. Moment, July / August 2008.
• "Shalom, Hamas," by Laura Rozen. MotherJones Magazine, July / August 2008.
• "No peace for Obama on Israel," by Gregory Levey. Salon, July 2, 2008.
• "The alternative to an Israeli attack on Iran," by Shlomo Ben-Ami and Trita Parsi. The Christian Science Monitor. July 2, 2008.
• "U.K. Foreign Sec.: Israel's future depends on Palestinian statehood," Haaretz. April 5, 2008.
• "Adrift in the Middle East," New York Times' Editorial. April 3, 2008.
• "Tiny Party Shows Large Clout on Settlements." The Washington Post. April 2, 2008. LOG IN REQUIRED.
• "Jewish Leader calls Hagee 'extremist,'" Associated Press. April 2, 2008.
• "A liberal Israel lobby? If you will it, it is no dream," by Gershom Gorenberg. Prospect Magazine, April, 2008. Gorenberg is an Israeli expert on settlements and the peace process in general.
• "Oh, Jerusalem," by Naomi Chazan. Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2008. Chazan is a Professor of Political Science at Hebrew University and a former deputy speaker of the Knesset.
• "Seize Every Possibility," by MJ Rosenberg. Israeli Policy Forum, March 21, 2008. Rosenberg is the director of the Israel Policy Forum's Washington Policy Center.
• "Talking about Israel," by Nicholas Kristof. New York Times. March 18, 2007. Kristof is a New York Times' syndicated columnist.
• "The Israel litmus test: Why do so many American Jews demand unwavering commitment to Israel from their politicians," by Aaron David Miller. Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2008. Miller is the former Advisor to six Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli Negotiations.
• "Leading article: Stop talking, and the militants have won," The Independent, March 8, 2008.
• "Forward from Gaza: How can the US lead?" Middle East Progress interview with David C. Kurtzer, former US ambassador to Israel and Egypt. March 5, 2008.
• "Why Do We Fawn Over John Hagee," by Leanard Fein. The Forward, March 3, 2008. Fein is a leading Jewish writer and activist.
• Remarks by His Majesty King Abdullah II, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, February 29, 2008.
• "The collapsing myth of the surge," by Brian Katulis. The Center for American Progress. February 28, 2008. Katuluis is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress where he focuses U.S. national security policy in Middle East with a focus on Iraq.
• "You Can't Ignore Syria," by M.J. Rosenberg. Israel Policy Forum. February 22, 2008. Rosenberg is the director of the Israel Policy Forum's Washington Policy Center.
• "The Palestinian Reform and Development Plan: A Primer," by Middle East Progress. February 15, 2008.
• "Push for Peace Now, Before Bush and Abbas Step Down," by Dr. Markus Bouillon and Michael Shtender-Auerbach. The Forward, January 16, 2008. Dr. Bouillon directs the International Peace Academy's Middle East Program and Shtender-Auerbach is the Program Officer and Associate Director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation.
• "On outposts." A background on settlements or outposts from Americans for Peace Now, a prominent American-based pro-Israel, pro-peace organization. January 9, 2008.
• "Fooling Ourselves," Haaretz editorial on settlements. January 4, 2008.
• "Christian Zionists Gain Israel's Inner Sanctum," by Bill Berkowitz. Inter Press Service News Agency, January 3, 2008. Berkowitz documents the strategies, players, institutions, victories and defeats of the U.S. Right in his column "Conservative Watch."
• "Build trust, not settlements," Jewish Week's editorial on the road map. January 2, 2008.
• "Olmert says Israel must internalize divided J'lem," Jerusalem Post. January 1, 2008.
• "Why not seize every opportunity," by MJ Rosenberg. Israeli Policy Forum, December 21, 2007. Rosenberg is the director of the Israel Policy Forum's Washington Policy Center.
• "Bad for the Jews", by Eric Alterman. The Nation. December 20, 2007. Alterman is an English Professor at the City University of New York, and Journalist Professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a frequent political commentator in The Nation.
• "Secretary Rice Announces Launch of US-Palestinian Public Private Partnership to Benefit Palestinian People," American Task Force on Palestine. December 3, 2007.
• "Grasp the Promise of Annapolis," by Daniel Levy. The Forward, November 28, 2007. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
• "An Orthodox Rabbi's plea: Consider a divided Jerusalem," by Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky. Jewish Journal, November 26, 2007. Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky is the Rabbi of B'nai David-Judea Synagogue in Los Angeles.
• Diverse Group of 135 Members of Congress Send Letter to Rice, Declaring Bi-Partisan Support for Annapolis Conference and Increased Aid to Palestinian Authority; Israel Policy Forum. November 19, 2007.
• "New Coalition Promotes Israeli-Palestinian Peace on Capitol Hill," by MJ Rosenberg. Talking Points Memo. October 27, 2007.
• "The Best Option," by Daniel Levy. Haaretz, October 19, 2007. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
• Senator Chuck Hagel's (R-NE) letter (PDF) to President Bush about Iran. October 17, 2007.
• "Top U.S. diplomat: PA security forces have improved order in Nablus," by Associated Press. Haaretz. October 15, 2007.
• "What can we still achieve in Iraq?" by Fred Kaplan. Slate Magazine, October 10, 2007.
• "US Needs to Keep Engaging With Syria," by Ted Kattouf. September 23, 2007. Kattouf is the former US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Syria.
• "Countering Iranian Threat," by Shlomo Ben Ami. JNet News, August 29, 2007. Shlomo Ben Ami was Foreign Minister of Israel from 2000 to 2001.
• "Israeli-Syrian track needs American support," by Debra DeLee, current President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now speaks out about the importance of American involvement for Israeli-Syrian peace. July 25, 2007.
• "Playing the hand we've dealt," by Thomas L. Friedman. New York Times, May 20, 2007. LOG IN REQUIRED. Friedman is a widely syndicated columnist and author of the best selling book, The World is Flat.
• "Talk to Syria", by Dennis Ross. New Republic Online, reposted at Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. May 7, 2007. Ross is counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
• "The Real Fumble in Damascus," The New York Times' Editorial on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria. April 7, 2007.
• "The Syrian Litmus Test," by Daniel Levy. The Huffington Post, December 21, 2006. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
• "Summary of the Opinion Concerning Unauthorized Outposts," by Talya Sasson, Adv. This is the summary of a groundbreaking Israeli government report about the construction of settlements that were illegal under Israeli law. March 8, 2005.