Articles
Twenty Years After Madrid: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward for Arab-Israeli Peacemaking
James Baker III Institute for Public Policy (November 2011)
Summary of results of a conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Madrid Peace Conference which included Arab, Israeli, American and European diplomats, policymakers, business people, academics and civil society activists. The goal was to reflect on the key achievements of the Madrid conference and to draw lessons learned from that period- and from the intervening years- that might be instructive in the current context. PDF >
From Three No's to Three Yes's
Elie Podeh / Sharqiyya: Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Fall 2010)
Analysis of the 2002 Arab Peace Plan, including the main considerations and assumptions upon which it is based. Also discusses Israeli apathy toward the plan and recommended measures for overcoming this sentiment. (PDF)
Audio and Video
POMEPS Conversations 20 with Shibley Telhami
June 7, 2013
The George Washington University's Marc Lynch, director of the Project on Middle East Political Science, speaks with author, professor, and Middle East expert Shibley Telhami. (19:45) Watch >
Is Peace Out of Reach?
60 Minutes (2009)
Has peace in the Middle East become nothing more than a pipe dream? As Bob Simon reports, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians feel that a two-state solution is no longer possible. (13:10) Watch >
Is Peace Possible?
New America Foundation / Arab-American Institute (2012)
Panel featuring Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now and Yousef Munayyer of the Palestine Center, moderated by Peter Beinart, and presented by James Zogby. The event marked the public release of a comprehensive Zogby poll of Israeli Jews and Arabs, Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, and the American Jewish community. (1:36:54) Watch >
Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace
BBC (2005)
Documentary about the attempts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the 2000 Camp David Summit. Includes extensive interview footage with key players involved, such as Bill Clinton, Ehud Barak, and Colin Powell. Watch >
Books
Periphery: Israel’s Search for Middle East Allies
Yossi Alpher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2015)
Book Review (Brookings) | CampusBooks
The World Through Arab Eyes
Shibley Telhami | Basic Books (2013)
Book Review (Publishers Weekly) | CampusBooks
The Lingering Conflict: Israel, the Arabs, and the Middle East 1948-2012
Itamar Rabinovich | Brookings Institution Press (2012)
Book Review (Foreign Affairs) | CampusBooks
The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War
Avi Raz | Yale University Press (2012)
Book Review (Kirkus Reviews) | CampusBooks
Historic Documents
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334
December 23, 2016
With a 14 delegation approval of the resolution and a US abstention, the Security Council reaffirmed the illegality of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem. Read More >
Israeli Peace Initiative
April 6, 2011
Israeli response to the Arab Peace Initiative developed with the aid of Israeli experts, and based on the known solutions to all the basic elements of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (the Clinton parameters, the proposals put forth Barak at Camp David, the Olmert and Livni understandings in the framework of the Annapolis process, the talks with Syria from the time of Rabin). Read More >
Geneva Initiative
October 12, 2003 / September 15, 2009 (Expanded Version)
Draft Permanent Status Agreement to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on previous official negotiations, international resolutions, the Quartet Roadmap, the Clinton Parameters, and the Arab Peace Initiative. Read More >
Arab Peace Initiative
March 27, 2003 / March 28, 2007
Comprehensive peace initiative that attempts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict by normalizing relations between the entire Arab region and Israel in exchange for a complete withdrawal from the occupied territories (including East Jerusalem) and a "just settlement" of the Palestinian refugee crisis based on UN Resolution 194. Read Document >
Public Opinion
Palestinian Public are Tactical Moderates, But Strategic Militants: Where Does that lead?
David Pollock / Fikra Forum, The Washington Institute (June 15, 2017)
Pollock analyzes a survey that shows the Palestinian public is more moderate than its leaders on short-term issues - such as PA funding for terrorists, a U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, or Hamas attacks on Israel - but more conservative on the existential, narrative issues. Read More >
Poll Shows Most Palestinians for Practical Progress, Tactical Compromises with Israel
David Pollock / Fikra Forum, The Washington Institute (July 23, 2015)
Poll shows that most Palestinians want a ceasefire and economic cooperation with Israel, and that many would compromise on core issues to end the occupation. Read More >
Positions of the Israeli Public Regarding a Possible Peace Agreement
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (January - June, 2003)
Contains findings of two polls: "Positions of the Israeli Public Regarding a Possible Peace Agreement" by Machon Dahaf, and "Public Poll Findings on Peace with the Palestinians." The polls demonstrate that roughly two-thirds of respondents (67%) support a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, with land swaps; a demilitarized Palestine; and Jerusalem's Old City administered jointly by the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians, with Israel maintaining control of the Western Wall. Read More >
Most Israelis Back Arab Peace Initiative
Israeli Peace Initiative / Al-Monitor (2013)
Includes results of a poll showing that 55% of the Israelis interviewed would support the Arab Peace Initiative to at least some degree. Only 27% ''strongly oppose'' the initiative, while 17.5% of them answered ''don't know". Read More >
Reports and Data Sources
Israel and the Palestinians: Conditioning and Capacity Building for Future Arrangements
Assaf Orion and Udi Dekel / INSS (2016)
Article presenting the infrastructure and conditions necessary to create an environment for successful peace negotiations. Read More >
Arab Approaches to the Political Process and Normalization with Israel
Ofir Winter / INSS (2016)
Article discussing the political process towards peace from an Arab standpoint and unsuccessful attempts to revive the political process, specifically from Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Further assesses the factors that resist political progress and towards improving relations with Israel. Read More >
Israel–Palestine Conflict: Religion, The Third Rail
Tim Mathew (February 18, 2015)
Analysis of the historical religious aspects that have helped fuel the conflict, the role that religion currently plays in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how religion can be utilized going forward to help resolve the conflict. Read More >
Two States in One Space
IPCRI (November 25, 2014)
Research paper proposing a system where Israel and Palestine would exist as separate sovereign states. Under such a vision, a shared Jerusalem would serve as both states' capital. Read More >