Gershom Gorenberg | Oxford University Press (2001)
Book Review (Publishers Weekly) | CampusBooks

Avi Shlaim | W. W. Norton & Company (2001)
Book Review (Palestine-Israel Journal) | CampusBooks

Shibley Telhami | Current History (January 2001)
Examination of what led to the failure of the 2000 Camp David negotiations, including an analysis of the issue of Jerusalem and how it led to the collapse of the talks. Misplaced assumptions about the Middle East are also addressed, as well as the increasing transformation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a nationalist to a religious one. PDF > (requires ProQuest login)

IPCRI (December 23, 2000)
After Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat failed to achieve a peace agreement at the Camp David Summit in July, 2000, U.S. President Bill Clinton offered guidelines as a basis for future negotiations.  Read More >

Jerome M. Segal, Shlomit Levy, Nader Izzat Sa'id, and Elihu Katz | SUNY Press (2000)
Book Review (Shofar) | CampusBooks

Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

This week, Alpher discusses the analysis of the shared characteristics of the Sarona and Orlando terrorist attacks; the additional unique elements of the Sarona attack of June 8 that seem to have made it so traumatic; and what Netanyahu's fourth meeting in a year with President Putin, together with the fact that he met only once with President Obama during this time tells us about Netanyahu’s strategic world view.

Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy positions.

This week, Alpher discusses the analysis of the shared characteristics of the Sarona and Orlando terrorist attacks; the additional unique elements of the Sarona attack of June 8 that seem to have made it so traumatic; and what Netanyahu's fourth meeting in a year with President Putin, together with the fact that he met only once with President Obama during this time tells us about Netanyahu’s strategic world view.

Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (April 30, 2000)
Created by an international fact-finding committee led by former US Senator George Mitchell. The report describes possible causes of the al-Aqsa Intifada, and gives recommendations to end the violence, rebuild confidence and resume negotiations. PDF >

Efraim Inbar | Woodrow Wilson Center Press (1999)
Book Review (Choice Reviews) | CampusBooks

Mohammed Abu-Nimer / State University of New York Press (1999)
Book Review (Amazon.com) | CampusBooks