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Israel/Palestine: If not now, when?

Dick Taffe — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:49:20 +0000

The Foreign Policy Association has issued a new report urging the U.S. to take a more assertive role in pushing for a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. “Israel and Palestine: Two States for Two Peoples — If not now, when?” was co-authored by BU international relations Professor Augustus Richard Norton, who notes that President Obama said in his Cairo speech last year that a two-state solution is in all parties’ best interests.

“Delivering on that vision will lend credibility to his words and cast the United States in the role of peacemaker rather than policeman.”

Contact Augustus Richard Norton, 617-353-7808, arn@bu.edu

EU and Jerusalem

Dick Taffe — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:28:13 +0000

A European Union initiative, to be considered next week, would carve off east Jerusalem as the capital if an independent Palestinian state. Israel rejects the concept. Journalism Professor Bob Zelnick, a former ABC News Middle East correspondent and author of “Israeli Unilateralism: Beyond Gaza,” says the Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. all have missed recent chances to make peace in the region.

“We have here a situation where brains and judgment appear to have recused themselves from the peace process.”

Contact Bob Zelnick, 617-353-5007, bzelnick@bu.edu

Clinton’s tough talk

Jo Breiner — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:32:57 +0000

International Relations Professor William Keylor on Reuters-TV discussing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Middle East visit.