peace process

An American past in an Israeli future for an ever present and brutal occupation

by Clive Hambidge December 25, 2011

Mr President what about the human condition and the children lost to a sordid history created by Israel and paid for by American tax dollars?

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A False Friend in the White House

by SR Editor February 25, 2011

The man who declared in Cairo on June 4, 2009 that a two-state solution was “in the “Israel’s interest, the Palestinians’ interest, America’s interest, and the world’s interest” must have changed his mind, because his actions ever since have merely hastened the moment when creating two viable states will be impossible (if that is not already the case).

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Justice in the Holy Land first, Mr Hague, then peace

by Stuart Littlewood February 11, 2011

Stuart Littlewood views the weasel words of William Hague, British Foreign Secretary and life-long member of the ruling Conservative Party’s Israel lobby, who has voiced fears over the non-existent Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” while studiously avoiding any mention of the need for justice for the people of Palestine.

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The Elders: We need peace in the Middle East, not just process

by Haitham Sabbah December 16, 2010

Israelis and Palestinians must ultimately agree to a solution, but they cannot do it alone.
Without a strategy that can deliver a peace agreement based on a two-state solution, Palestinians will continue to live under Israeli occupation, millions of Palestinian refugees will continue to live without hope and Israel’s survival and security remain under threat. If there is no real progress, more violence is the likely outcome.

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The endgame for the peace process

by SR Editor December 4, 2010

Future historians will no doubt argue over the precise moment when the Arab-Israeli peace process died, when the last glimmer of hope for a two-state solution was irrevocably extinguished. When all is said and done, and the forensics have been completed, I am sure they will conclude that the last realistic prospect for an agreement expired quite some time before now, even if all the players do not quite realise it yet: anger and denial are always the first stages in the grieving process; acceptance of reality only comes later.

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Empty Promises: Obama takes his Middle East peace plan to the UN

by SR Editor September 24, 2010

“International law is not an empty promise” – except for Palestinians By Phyllis Bennis* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz President Obama’s General Assembly speech called on the international community to mobilize behind the U.S.-led “peace process.” He called on the Palestinians to “reconcile with a secure Israel” and waxed eloquent on the illegality of killing [...]

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