Column: War & Peace
Shlomo Ben-Ami is the former Israeli foreign minister who came closest to devising a viable peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. A renowned historian of fascism, as well as a seasoned diplomat, Shlomo Ben-Ami has not only struggled – practically and daily – with the problems of war and peace; he is intellectually engaged with the historical currents and ideas that underlie armed conflict. He now serves as Vice President of the Toledo International Centre for Peace and is the author of Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy.
Islam’s European Hope
Mohamed Merah’s killing spree in and around Toulouse in March, like the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the 2005 suicide attacks in London’s Underground, has highlighted once again the dilemmas that Europe faces with regard to its growing...
Iran’s Nuclear Grass Eaters
A Western push for regime change in Iran is unlikely to succeed, comments Schlomo Ben-Ami.
Syria’s Agony
The English author and priest William Ralph Inge once said that “A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.” Syria’s Assad dynasty, however, seems to believe that it can defy that dictum. Historically, few autocrats have...
"Iraq is in no condition to play its part in America’s vision of an Arab wall of containment of Iran"
The folding of the American flag in Iraq amid a collapse of public...
Egypt’s Revolutionary Coup
How revolutions unfold depends on many factors, including a country’s socio-economic structure, its particular historical traditions, and sometimes the role of foreign powers. So the Arab Spring was never expected to be a linear process,...
Ransoming Israel’s Chance for Peace
The exchange of prisoners between enemies is often a prelude to political reconciliation.Has Palestine Won?
The somber spectacle of Israel’s isolation during the United Nations debate on Palestinian statehood marks the political tsunami that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s critics warned would arrive if Israel did not propose a bold peace initiative.Advertisment
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Image Of The Week: A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative
Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails outside the Massiyahu Prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, May 3. Israel has so far rejected all appeals lodged by the hunger strikers.
