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Audio recording from Israeli-Arab Peace Negotiations

Podcast 5, 16 February. 2012 No End In Sight: Syria After the UN Vote Aram Nerguizian, CSIS Randa Slim, Middle East Institute Mona Yacoubian, Stimson Center moderated by Kate Seelye, Middle East Institute

Audio recording from The Village of Ghajar

Audio recording from Israel, Palestine, the United States, and the Middle East

Audio recording from The Status and Fate of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel

Audio recording from A Conversation on Turkish-Israeli Relations

Audio recording from The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Audio recording from Lebanon and Syria: The Challenge of an Evolving Relationship

Audio recording from Hezbollah and the Next War with Israel

Audio recording from Human Rights and Zionism in Israel

This Opinion was first delivered as a speech at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Institute on February 7, 2012

Bashar al-Assad and his top regime cronies appear to be operating under a deeply flawed assumption: the relatively broad-based opposition it now faces is similar to the narrower Muslim Brotherhood challenge it defeated back in 1982 by killing more than 10,000 Syrians in Hama. Much the same way it did 30 years ago, the regime keeps pounding away at the resistance. But unlike the Hama massacre, a few severe blows will not put an end to this latest uprising. Instead, Assad’s brutish tactics will only escalate the bloodshed and resistance.

The Israeli Peace Initiative (IPI) calls upon the Israeli government to
present a framework for the conclusion of the Israeli-Arab conflict as
a comprehensive response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.

This Opinion first appeared in TheAtlantic.com on February 8, 2012

The Israeli Peace Initiative (IPI) calls upon the Israeli government to present a framework for the conclusion of the Israeli-Arab conflict as a comprehensive response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative. Israeli Peace Initiative signatories include former Israeli Defense Forces chiefs of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Amram Mitzna; former Shin Bet directors Jacob Perry and Ami Ayalon; Ha'aretz correspondent Akiva Eldar; Members of the Knesset (MKs) Dalia Rabin and Colette Avital; and many other distinguished Israelis. Mr.