TALLIE LIPKIN-SHAHAK is the former war correspondent for the daily Davar, where she covered the first war in
Lebanon and the first Intifada. She is a radio personality and a regular contributor to Ma'ariv, writing on social
issues, the arts, and politics.
The summer of 1967 was packed with adventures. In May, after we extinguished the Lag Ba'Omer fires in accordance
with emergency regulations, we anxiously bit our nails, filled sand bags, and wrapped ...
Issue Briefs: May 2007 Archives
Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. is President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, a Washington
D.C.-based foundation devoted to fostering peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Wilcox retired after 31 years
of service from the U.S. Foreign Service, his last overseas assignment was as Chief of Mission and U.S. Consul
General, Jerusalem. In the Department of State, Wilcox had served as Director for Israeli and Arab-Israeli Affairs
and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of ...
"Let Us Not Miss the Opportunity that the War Created"
SENATOR LINCOLN CHAFEE represented Rhode Island in the U.S.Senate for seven years. He is the former Chairman of
the Middle East Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
NOAH ENDURED 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS OF RAIN; THE ISRAELITES WANDERED IN the desert for 40 years; Moses was on the
Mount for 40 days. Jesus fasted, prayed and was tempted by the devil for 40 days in the desert; between His
crucifixion and His ascension into heaven, Jesus spent 40 days ...
YOSSI ALPHER is a former
senior official in the Mossad and the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv
University. He currently coedits the bitterlemons family of Internet publications and writes a weekly Q & A on
security issues for APN, which can be read at www.peacenow.org.
THE SIX-DAY WAR WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST FATEFUL EVENTS in Israel's history as a modern state. Not just
because we stunned the Arab world and ...
ZIAD J. ASALI, M.D., is the President and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, a non-profit,
non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC. Born and raised in Jerusalem , Dr.Asali is a sought-after voice
on Middle East issues in both the media and on Capitol Hill, where he has testified before both chambers of
Congress.
DRUMS OF WAR WERE BEATING IN EARLY JUNE 1967 IN THE WANING DAYS OF MY internship at the Hospital of the American
University ...
LEONARD FEIN is a passionate and gifted writer, teacher, and veteran social activist. Mr. Fein served as
director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, and is the founder of Moment magazine; Mazon: A
Jewish Response to Hunger; and the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. A Board Member of APN, Mr. Fein
facilitates an online conversation which can be found at conversation.peacenow.org.
BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WEEKS OF GROWING panic that ...
Continue reading Leonard Fein - Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of the Six Day War.
DR. MENACHEM KLEIN is a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. In 2000, Dr. Klein served as
adviser for Jerusalem affairs and final status talks to Israel's Foreign Minister. He later joined prominent
Israeli and Palestinian figures in signing the Geneva Initiative-a detailed proposal for a comprehensive
Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. His book, A Possible Peace an Insiders' Account of the Geneva Initiative, is
forthcoming in September by Columbia ...
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