Archive for 'Mediation'
Why the demise of the Middle East ‘peace process’ may be a good thing
Alastair Crooke
Article posted on The Christian Science Monitor
Recognizing that a two-state solution is no longer in the cards opens the way for other paths that don’t depend on Western mediation. It puts to rest the fiction that a Palestinian state will emerge from even the best intentions of the West instead of from the political […]
Posted: January 13th, 2011 under ARTICLES, AUTHORS, Alastair Crooke, Diplomacy, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, Palestinians.
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Dancing with wolves: the importance of talking to your enemies
By the Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram, MP, Middle East Institute, April 19, 2007
“It is often a better use of time to talk to your enemies than your friends,” so said a wise, experienced and senior Israeli to me a few weeks ago. In a similar vein last summer following the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2007 under Ceasefires, Dialogue, Diplomacy, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hezbollah war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, War on terrorism.
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Apply sparingly
By Alastair Crooke, Bitterlemons, May 12, 2005
The international third party role (3PR) has been evolving into a remedy believed to hold quite wide-ranging restorative powers. It has become a remedy for ailments to a political process for which its efficacy is not evident. A key ailment, in the Israeli-Palestinian context, is the international community’s persistence […]
Posted: May 12th, 2005 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation.
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