Gadi Taub | Yale University Press (2011)
Book Review (Tablet)
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The New York Times (September 2011)
A look at Ariel, a large settlement deep in the West Bank that is emblematic of the conflict's flash points. Part
of the New York Times video series "Challenges
in Defining an Israeli-Palestinian Border." (7:31) Watch >
The New York Times (2011)
Overview of the borders issue and related points of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Includes a
special focus on the Jordan Valley. Part of the NY Times video series "Challenges
in Defining an Israeli-Palestinian Border." (7:01) Watch >
Americans for Peace Now (2011)
APN's Lara Friedman provides an outline of the history of US policy regarding the status of Jerusalem. Includes
dates, statements, and descriptions of relevant actions by US government bodies and officials. Read More >
The New York Times (2012)
Overview of Jerusalem as it pertains to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Residents, experts, and notable figures
are interviewed. (8:08) Read More >
Hagit Ofran is Director of the Israeli Peace Now movement;s Settlement Watch Project. (7/19/11) There is a
sense of outrage within the Israeli public following the passing of "the boycott law" in the Knesset last week. The law
allows any individual or institution who faces possible damage as a result of any person's call for boycott settlement
products to sue that person. Evidence of actual damage will not be required. Organizations calling for such boycott
could lose their legal standing as non profit organization.
Americans for Peace Now (2011)
APN's honest assessment of the "defensibility" of borders based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed upon land
swaps. PDF >
Zogby International / Arab American Institute Foundation (July 2011)
Finds that President Obama is seen overwhelmingly as failing to meet the expectations of Arabs set during his 2009
Cairo speech speech, and the vast majority of those surveyed disagree with U.S policies. In five out of the six
countries surveyed, the U.S. was viewed less favorably than Turkey, China, France--or Iran. The countries surveyed
viewed "U.S. interference in the Arab world" as the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East,
second only to the continued Palestinian occupation. Read More >
Daniel Levy / The Harvard International Review (June 2011)
Examination of the history of the conflict as it relates to borders. Questions of how and to what extent are
borders an integral aspect of the conflict, and how central the border issue should be to peace efforts, are also
addressed. Read More
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60 Minutes (2011)
Lesley Stahl reports from under the city of Jerusalem from a controversial archeological dig that has become a
flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (13:40) Watch >