Heard on the Street on Middle East Peace Process
- Prioritizing The Two State Solution
- Heard on the Street | May 20, 2011
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By Matt Duss
TEL AVIV- While President Obama’s speech yesterday wasn’t particularly groundbreaking, I thought it was an important (and overdue) statement of recognition of the deep significance of the Arab uprisings, both for the peoples of the Middle East and for the future of U.S. policy in the region. I’ll confine my comments here, though, to the president’s remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
There has been a lot of attention paid to the president’s
- An Alignment of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Efforts
- Heard on the Street | Oct 13, 2010
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Tony Blair, Quartet representative and former British prime minister, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy 2010 Scholar-Statesman Award Dinner, remarks, October 5, 2010:
“The problem is not that you couldn’t resolve borders or even very tricky issues like Jerusalem and refugees. You could. I think the problem is that you have to get an alignment between the reality on the ground and the prospect of peace. And by that I mean that, essentially, both sides have a reality-on-the-ground issue.
- Shared Responsibility
- Heard on the Street | Sep 28, 2010
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President Barack Obama, remarks, United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2010:
“Now, peace must be made by Israelis and Palestinians, but each of us has a responsibility to do our part as well. Those of us who are friends of Israel must understand that true security for the Jewish state requires an independent Palestine—one that allows the Palestinian people to live with dignity and opportunity. And those of us who are friends of the Palestinians must understand that the rights
- An Integrated Strategy
- Heard on the Street | Sep 14, 2010
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “Remarks on United States Foreign Policy,” Council on Foreign Relations, September 8, 2010:
“We in the Obama Administration view development as a strategic, economic, and moral imperative. It is central to advancing American interests—as central as diplomacy and defense. Our approach is not, however, development for development’s sake; it is an integrated strategy for solving problems.”
“Look at the work to build institutions and spur economic development in the Palestinian territories … The United States invests
- Helping Israel Seize the Opportunity for Peace
- Heard on the Street | Jul 20, 2010
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Andrew J. Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, remarks, Brookings Saban Center for Middle East Policy, July 16, 2010:
“As Secretary Clinton has often said, the status quo is unsustainable. Without a comprehensive regional peace, the Middle East will never unlock its full potential, and Israel will never be truly secure.
“The dynamics of ideology, technology, and demography in the region mean that this continuing conflict poses serious challenges to Israel’s long-term security and its future as a Jewish
- Israeli Security Requires a More Effective Policy
- Heard on the Street | Jun 15, 2010
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Senator John Kerry (D-MA), chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, interview with This Week, June 6, 2010:
“Israel has every right in the world to make certain that weapons are not being smuggled in after the thousands of rockets that have been fired on it from Gaza. And Israel has every right in the world, as recognized by the international community—because it is not just Israel conducting this blockade; it is Israel and Egypt. So you begin that Israel has
- An Integrated Approach to Building a Viable State
- Heard on the Street | Jun 8, 2010
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Neal S. Wolin, deputy secretary of the treasury, remarks, Palestine Investment Conference, June 2, 2010:
“The two year-plan says, ‘People are the most important and most precious asset in Palestine.’ To make those words a reality, you are working to strengthen education, especially in technology, the sciences, and economics. Those investments—in institutions, in sound policies, and in people will help make it possible for private enterprise to flourish in the years to come. …
“Let us be clear: the obstacles to
- Progress on Jerusalem Key for Israel
- Heard on the Street | May 11, 2010
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Brigadier General (Ret.) Ephraim Sneh, chairman, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, Academic College of Netanya, former Israeli deputy defense minister, op-ed, “When Friends are Mad at You,” Haaretz, April 1, 2010:
“Without a genuine pause in settlement expansion and construction in East Jerusalem, Israel will continue to lose the support of friends and international legitimacy. … Israel should enact an open-ended freeze of settlement and outpost expansion, refrain from building new neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and stop construction
- State-Building and Negotiations: Creating a Virtuous Dynamic
- Heard on the Street | May 4, 2010
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, April 8, 2010:
“There [is] a coupling between what is required from the technical side to prepare for establishing a State on the one hand and between what can be expected in the way of a political process led by the international society efficiently and effectively to accomplish the mission of ending the occupation. … Further, our eyes must be directed to the second track [the political process] that must move
- Consistent Mideast Policy
- Heard on the Street | Apr 27, 2010
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President Barack Obama, letter to Alan Solow, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, April 20, 2010:
“For over 60 years, American Presidents have believed that pursuing peace between Arabs and Israelis is in the national security interests of the United States. I share that understanding and have made the pursuit of peace, including a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a top priority from my first day in office. I am deeply committed to fulfilling