Archive for the ‘Occupied Palestine’ Category

(WASHINGTON, DC) September 23, 2009 –President Barack Obama‘s speech at the 64th UN General Assembly meeting displayed evidence that a lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians has made no new ground. If anything, the speech indicated the President’s plans to restart negotiations and retract his demand for Israel to end construction of illegal colonies. [...]

On Monday, the Israeli government officially authorized the expansion of West Bank settlements. With the approval of Ehud Barak, the Minister of Defense and leader of the Labor Party, 455 new units will be built in several settlements close both to Jerusalem and to the 1967 border. The move comes as parties try to finalize [...]

Principled Policy as a Last Resort Michael Thomas CNI Board Member American policy toward Hamas has been self defeating. From and after the elections of 2006, in the name of the war on terror, the US has dishonored its commitment to democratic institutions; has vigorously supported massive violations of international humanitarian and human rights law [...]

Hamas and Current American Policy Michael Thomas CNI Board Member Part I summarized what was learned about Hamas in meetings throughout the Levant in May of this year. In this Part II, we will consider information about Hamas from sources we did not talk to, and analyze current American policies and their evident effects. Hamas: [...]

Hamas as It and Its Neighbors See It Michael Thomas CNI Board Member The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has proven intractable for over six decades. In the past decade, even as Israel, Arab states and Fatah have seemed to be gravitating toward a two-state solution many blame a resistance organization designated terrorist by [...]