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Menachem Klein

Israel-Palestine: The Continuing Debacle

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Old habits die hard. George W. Bush administration is almost 8 years old, an age that in human life expectancy may equal to 80 years. Facing the termination of his presidency G. W. Bush is hesitant to make serious changes in his Israeli – Palestinian strategy, although his previous achievements fall much shorter then his…

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Forum on Gaza with Menachem Klein, Ian Lustick, and Yoav Peled

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In response to the October 7th Hamas attack and the subsequent Israeli invasion of Gaza, the editors of Logos asked scholars and activists to comment on the latest phase of the conflict as well as the prospects for peace. Menachem Klein, Ian Lustick, and Yoav Peled replied to the initial invitation. More articles are forthcoming.…

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Unilateralism of the Desperate: The Israeli and American Way to Confront Hamas

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A According to Israeli Ha’aretz correspondent Zeév Schiff [‘What to do with Hamas’, Ha’aretz 7 April 2006] Israeli strategists provided four options on how to confront the Hamas- led Palestinian Authority (PA), none of which included direct negotiations with Hamas leaders. While the first two options (of which there is the slightest chance Israel will…

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The Illusion of Safety: How Israeli Security Arrangements Undermine Lasting Israeli-Palestinian Peace

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Introduction: Israel’s Security Foundations    Israel’s security doctrine rests on three conceptual foundations. The first is a defensive military strategy designed to deliver a decisive victory upon the presumed failure of deterrence. Prior to the 1967 war, this was the sole foundation of Israel’s security approach. The concept still exists, but it has been complicated by…

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A Path To Peace: Sharon’s Disengagement Plan Or The Geneva Accord?

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The Geneva Accord is Sharon’s nightmare. On the eve of the Likud referendum on Sharon’s disengagement plan, he threatened that if it failed, Geneva was the alternative. Sharon is so worried about Geneva (or similar initiatives like the Nusseibeh-Ayalon plan) that he insisted that President Bush include the following sentence in the letter the President…

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A Reply To Nick Kardahji

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The Geneva Agreement succeeded to demonstrate an Israeli-Palestinian final status agreement that is close to an optional “real game.” Therefore it evoked critical reviews form both sides. Interestingly, both Palestinian and Israeli critics of the Geneva Agreement use the same leading argument: the signers sold out everything for almost nothing in exchange, due to their…

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The Logic Of The Geneva Accord

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Introduction There are three ways in which the Geneva Accord differs from previous documents dealing with an Israeli-Palestinian settlement. First, this is a model for a permanent status agreement that puts an end to the conflict and to all mutual claims. Prior to the signing of the Geneva Accord in Jordan on 13 October 2003,…

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The War for Jewish Supremacy

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In the past year, I’ve been trying to decipher what happened to most Israeli Jews. What clouded their minds and hardened their hearts to what the IDF is doing in their name to Palestinians and Lebanese? By answering these questions I do not intend to justify Israel’s war crimes, but rather to portray the Israeli…

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A New Judaism?*

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A fundamental question: “Are we, Israelis, still Jews?”, asked the philosopher Ernest Simon in 1953.[1] What looks like a provocative question, was indeed a descriptive statement. He concluded that the establishment of the Jewish state sharply imposes on Israeli Jews a new type of religion in which the state enjoys total rule over religious institutions.…

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After October 7th: Israel’s Search for Victory

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Prologue: A Personal Statement on the War I am not neutral. As a citizen of Israel, I hurt and cry with my fellow Israeli citizens, Jews and Arabs, victims of Hamas’ barbaric attack. Struggle for national liberation does not justify a crime against humanity and war crime. Glorifying the murder and abuse of innocent human…

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