Yossi Alpher is a former Mossad official and former director of the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Until recently he co-edited bitterlemons.net. He is the author of No End of Conflict: Rethinking Israel-Palestine (forthcoming April 2016, Rowman & Littlefield, USA).
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia"Economic peace" for Palestine?By all means, give the Palestinians development aid. But let us not delude ourselves that this will facilitate a two-state solution anytime soon. Norsk
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Israeli public and the Gaza war: supporting the armed effort, doubting the strategic outcomeAnti-Semitic acts in Europe reinforced the perception that the issue was extremist hatred of Jews per se. At the same time, prominent Egyptian and even Saudi spokespersons were openly encouraging of the Israeli war effort, the US was supportive, EU foreign ministers endorsed demilitarising the Gaza Strip. But to what end?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Ukraine/Crimea crisis: ramifications for the Middle EastIn the short term the Ukraine/Crimea crisis adds momentum to Russia’s drive to reassert its superpower presence and influence in the Middle East, and reinforces the regional perception, whether justified or not, of US withdrawal and hesitation.
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Published in: openSecurityThe return of the Arab Peace InitiativeIt would be comforting to believe that a revitalised API could provide sufficient incentive for a successful peace process. Sadly, this discussion is almost certainly theoretical.
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Published in: HomeBitterlemons, the next stage
An innovative Israeli-Palestinian collaboration offering regular analysis of middle-east affairs is ending regular publication after eleven years. Its co-editors, Yossi Alpher and Ghassan Khatib, explain why.
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Published in: HomeIsrael's new government: a blank peace page
The surprise formation of a new governing coalition is bad news for Israeli-Palestinian peace - unless another unlikely scenario takes hold, says Yossi Alpher.