SPME Research

Distorted mirrors and misleading images

When the Oslo process began in 1993, optimists declared that after living in close proximity for so many years, at least Israelis and Palestinians understood each other. Despite the history of conflict and acrimonious violence, and the competing interests and…

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THE IMPACT OF RECENT WATERSHED EVENTS

http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp519.htm . • Watershed events such as the Palestinian uprising in 2000 created major new challenges to the American Jewish leadership. Other mega-events such as September 11, 2001, and the war in Iraq also heavily influenced their environment. . •…

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Detached from reality

The disastrous outcome of the Oslo process – seven years of false peace negotiations that Yasser Arafat exploited to prepare a terror campaign – can be blamed on many factors. It was driven by the personal ambitions and naive optimism…

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The ever-vanishing American Jew

Once again, fears over continuity may lead the way to renaissance and revival Next week, more than 100 scholars will gather in Washington, DC, for what will likely be the largest conference ever held dedicated to the history of Jews…

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