It is said of Albert Einstein that he gave a particular exam to a class that had already been given that exam. Alarmed at what he saw and thinking it to be the result of the professor's absent-mindedness, an assistant warned Einstein of what he was about to do. The Professor just smiled and said: [...]
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A Shared State in a Shared Homeland By Miko Peled
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently argued, “What is required is creative, novel thinking in order to resolve these complex [peacemaking] issues.” Netanyahu has never been so right. The current Mideast peace talks will fail, as befell predecessors, because they are based on a flawed premise blocking the conflict’s resolution. The proposed solution is based [...]
62 Years of Shame
By Miko Peled I will never forget celebrating Independence Day in Israel as a child. Yom Ha’atzmaut as we call it in Hebrew was a big day. The main event was the military parade in the streets of Jerusalem and as I recall, it began in the main stadium of Hebrew University. We would sit [...]
GAZA IS STILL THE ISSUE
By Miko Peled In the US the Palestinian national struggle is still being ignored and though it seemed the Obama administration might bring a new outlook that has not happened. Palestinian efforts to reign Israeli in through diplomacy get no attention and once again Palestinian are left with no options. As has been the case [...]
September 4 Is a Sad Day.
September 4, 1997 was a sad day. For my family and I it will forever be a sad day, a day that brings bad tidings. It was September 4 when that phone call came from my mother telling me that there was an explosion in Jerusalem, even as I was watching the horror live on [...]
עשר שנים לסמדר
יום מותה של הנסיכה דיאנה היה יום עצוב לכולם. לי זהו יום שלעולם ישאר עצוב, יום שמבשר רעות. אני לא היכרתי את הנסיכה דיאנה אבל כמו כולם הייתי מאוד, מאוד עצוב כשנהרגה. לא העלתי על דעתי שיום מותה ישאר עמי לעולם כיום המבשר את בואו של מוות נוסף. כיצד יכולתי לדעת אז שכעבור שמספר ימים [...]
Moving Beyond The two State Solution
Moving Beyond Two States By Miko Peled United States envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, kicked off a visit to Israel restating the US commitment to the Road Map and the Two State Solution. However, both of these options have become irrelevant and it is time for the administration to seriously study the possibility [...]
The shooting of US citizen and peace activist Tristan Anderson by Israeli soldiers occurred just days after the 6th anniversary of the killing by Israeli forces of another American peace activist, Rachel Corey. In both cases the killing was unprovoked and intentional but no official condemnation of Israel has been made by the US. It [...]
Winning in Gaza By Miko Peled
The common wisdom regarding Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza suggests that Israel is defending itself against a vicious enemy and that all means justify the cause of security for the citizens of Israeli cities. Common wisdom dictates that the US must support the Israeli Jewish population in their effort to gain recognition and acceptance, not [...]
“Child’s Play”
This piece by Gideon Levi speaks volumes. The attacks on Gaza are great for the Israeli army - the air-force doesn't have to deal with anti aircraft systems; the tanks don't have to fear anti tank missiles, and really the soldiers have little to fear because Gaza has no army. The fighting in Gaza is "war deluxe." Compared with previous wars, it is [...]
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