Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Settlements are not illegal

By David Suissa
Published on March 14, 2013

If you think the West Bank settlements have been an albatross around Israel’s neck up until now, brace yourself. With the new governing coalition announced this week, and the settlers enjoying even more power, all bets are off.

Israelis voted for reality

By David Suissa
Published on January 23, 2013

Regardless of what kind of coalition a bruised and humbled Prime Minister Netanyahu shapes in the new government, the prospects for peace will depend less on his government’s actions and more on the sentiments of Israel’s neighborhood.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry: Oslo Accords could be canceled over Palestinians’ U.N. bid

Published on November 14, 2012

A document being circulated by Israel's Foreign Ministry instructs its envoys to warn their host governments that the Oslo Accords could be canceled over the Palestinian Authority's attempt to upgrade its status at the United Nations.

Palestinians take anti-Oslo protest to Abbas

Published on July 3, 2012

Hundreds of demonstrators marched on the offices of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to protest against diplomatic contacts with Israel and to denounce police violence at a previous rally.

Anti-Semitism limited in Norway, survey shows

Published on June 13, 2012

More than a third of Norwegians believe that Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is similar to how Nazis treated Jews, according to a survey of attitudes toward Jews in Norway.

At Harvard, Dennis Ross takes another bite of the apple

Published on April 24, 2012

Appearing considerably greyer than when he began negotiating the Oslo peace process for the Clinton Administration 18 years ago, former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross addressed Harvard University’s first Israel Conference April 20 on the topic of “Innovating the Peace Process.”

After Norway and before 9/11 anniversary, U.S. answers questions about homegrown threats

Published on August 9, 2011

With the Norway attacks fresh in mind and the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks fast approaching, are U.S. authorities paying attention to the right kinds of threats?

Security experts: To prevent extremist violence, look at behavior, not ideology

Published on August 1, 2011

Focus on behaviors common to all extremists: That's the advice security experts are offering in the wake of the recent attacks in Norway by a perpetrator who appeared to be anti-Muslim rather than an Islamist.

When murdering children becomes everyday news

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on July 27, 2011

As Norway’s Jews mourn, concern about muting of pro-Israel voices

Published on July 26, 2011

Norway has just 1,500 Jews, but to hear Avi Ring tell it, the country is reacting to last Friday's bombing of a government office building and massacre at a political summer camp in a traditionally Jewish way.

Norway attacks spotlight far-right outreach to Jews, Israel

Published on July 26, 2011

For decades after World War II, far-right political movements in Europe stirred up for Jews images of skinheads and Nazi storm troopers marching across the continent.

Envoy compares terror in Israel, Norway

Published on July 26, 2011

Norway's ambassador to Israel drew distinctions between the Oslo and Utoeya massacres and Palestinian terrorism.

Musicians Kill Only Themselves

Published on July 25, 2011

I’d love to know if, in the long history of human evil, a great musician ever became a mass murderer. I ask this question because I’ve always had this crazy theory that when someone is busy and obsessed with creating and playing music, he or she doesn’t think about killing other people.

Beck likens Norway victims to Hitler Youth [AUDIO]

Published on July 25, 2011

Talk-show host Glenn Beck on his radio show likened the victims of the shooting at a Norwegian summer camp to young members of the Nazi Party.

Norway massacre suspect pleads not guilty in court

Published on July 25, 2011

The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 76 people dead in Norway will be held for at least eight weeks, half of that in complete isolation, after a closed hearing in which he said his terror network had two other cells.

Norway killer espoused right-wing philosophy

Published on July 24, 2011

The confessed perpetrator in the attack in Norway that killed at least 76 people espoused a right-wing philosophy against Islam that also purports to be pro-Zionist.

At least 87 dead in double Norway terror attack

Published on July 23, 2011

A gunman dressed in police uniform opened fire at a youth camp of Norway's ruling political party on Friday, killing at least 80 people, hours after a bomb killed seven in the government district in the capital Oslo.

Annapolis parlay repeating the mistakes of Oslo

By Morton A. Klein
Published on November 22, 2007

Before year's end, a U.S.-sponsored conference involving Israel and the Palestinian Authority will convene in Annapolis, Md., to frame yet another plan to end the Arab-Israeli war and create a Palestinian state. Sadly, this conference has as much chance of succeeding as did Oslo, because the same mistakes that ensured failure then are being made now.

A meaningful peace plan

By Judea Pearl
Published on February 8, 2007

We are constantly being told that the ball of peace lies entirely in Israel's court, because Palestinians have no control over their destiny and Israel's economy is so much stronger. It ain't necessarily so.

Better late than never, Theodor Herzl, children reunited in death; Ex-N.J. Governor McGreevey’s Isra

Published on September 28, 2006

Briefs courtesy Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

When Intelligence Falls Short

By Dore Gold
Published on September 11, 2003

The overwhelming evidence from statements by the PLO leadership was that it viewed the Oslo process as a tactical necessity to realize its ultimate strategic goal of recovering the entire territory of British Mandatory Palestine -- including the area of Israel.

How Oslo Harmed Israel

By Morton A. Klein
Published on September 12, 2002

Nine years have passed since the signing of the Oslo accords on the White House lawn. Is Israel better off or worse off as a result of Oslo?

Oslo Logic Still Valid

By Gideon Grinstein
Published on September 12, 2002

In the midst of unprecedented violence, the underlying logic of the Oslo process remains valid: the national

interest of Israel to disengage from the Palestinian people is as critical today as it was when the breakthrough with the Palestinians occurred on Sept. 13, 1993.

Finally, the Solution?

By Douglas Davis
Published on November 4, 1999

"We have just completed a very good meeting. I feel we have revitalized the peace process," Clinton said after Tuesday's meeting, which took place amid commemorations in the Norwegian capital of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.