Tag Archives: Oslo

Waking from the Oslo Dream

Posted on March 31, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Guardian- 01/05/2002 Israel is at war. The brief respite afforded by operation Defensive Shield ended with the killings at Adura. As I write, Israeli forces are in Hebron. Here in Jerusalem, once again, the streets are emptying. Tension, fear in … Continue reading →

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A Disengagement of Disenchantment

Posted on March 8, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Haaretz-07/01/2005 The political direction of which Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan forms a part is the most significant development in Israeli policy making since 1967. It is an attempt to finally free the Israeli political discussion from the squabble between rival … Continue reading →

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Missed Opportunities

Posted on March 8, 2011 by jonathanspyer

The Forward- 07/05/2004 There is a growing corpus of Israeli responses to the collapse of the peace process of the 1990s, and the eclipse of the expectations of imminent historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians that it brought in its … Continue reading →

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