Alpher responded last month to the following questions for an APN mailing insert:

Would a Palestinian state threaten Israel's existence? Why can't we accept that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be resolved, and, accordingly, find ways to manage the conflict or just live with it? Where does Israel's Peace Now movement come into the picture? How does it contribute to Israel's overall security?

"the IPI serves as a timely reminder to the Obama administration (which has welcomed the initiative) that there is in Israel an influential and credible peace lobby..."

Read all of Alpher's comments on the newly released Israeli Peace Initiatiative (IPI) endorsed by an impressive group of Israeli security experts (not officially connected to the current Israeli government).

...significance of Judge Richard Goldstone's recent Washington Post op-ed revealing his new conclusions regarding the problematic nature of the Goldstone report?

Alpher also addresses PA FM's Malki's comments on the regional revolutionary situation, its potential effect on the Palestinian assessment of prospects for progress; Abbas on Palestinian plans for September, and any new explanations regarding the failure of his 2008 peace talks with then-PM Ehud Olmert?