July 5th

What Does Morsi Mean for Israel? Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The New York Times - July 5, 2012 - 12:00am Is the election of Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, as president of Egypt the beginning of the end of the Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt? It doesn’t have to be. In fact, it could actually be the beginning of a real peace between the Israeli and the Egyptian peoples, instead of what we’ve had: a cold, formal peace between Israel and a single Egyptian pharaoh. But, for that to be the case, both sides will have to change some deeply ingrained behaviors, and fast. » Read more

June 26th

Jews Must Repudiate All Hatred, Especially From One of Their Own Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Huffington Post - June 26, 2012 - 12:00am Pamela Geller, an outspoken Islamophobe who spins wild hateful conspiracy theories about Muslims, as well as President Obama, had a speaking event entitled "Islamic Jew Hatred: The Root Cause of the Failure to Achieve Peace" cancelled in Los Angeles over the weekend following condemnation by a number of local advocacy groups. The speech sponsored by the Zionist Organization of America was terminated after the venue owner, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, intervened to prevent its tenant from hosting the controversial speaker. » Read more

June 20th

Palestine nominates birthplace of Jesus in controversial UNESCO World Heritage bid Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In Foreign Policy - June 19, 2012 - 12:00am Palestine, recognized last October as the 195th member state by the U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), recently launched its first initiative as a full-fledged government in the Paris-based agency, nominating the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem and a traditional pilgrimage route to be listed as an endangered site on the World Heritage List. » Read more

June 14th

Hamas 'left behind' by Arab Spring Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The National - June 14, 2012 - 12:00am When Hamas won control of the Gaza Strip after a brief but vicious round of factional fighting in 2007, it earned a degree of influence unprecedented in its short history. Its clashes with its archrival Fatah that culminated in military victory five years ago today emboldened Islamists, rattled Israel and the West and divided Palestinians between rival leaders in Gaza and the West Bank. » Read more

June 7th

When Will the Six-Day War End? Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Atlantic - June 7, 2012 - 12:00am This week marks the 45th anniversary of the Six-Day War. It was a war of necessity for Israel -- Egypt and Syria, in particular, had manifested themselves as existential threats to the then-19-year-old Jewish state (Jordan less so) -- and it was a war whose first phase ended in unambiguous victory. » Read more

June 5th

Palestinians: US refugee bill may delay peace Media Mention of Ghaith al-Omari In The Jerusalem Post - June 5, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian advocates are warning that a new US Senate amendment dictating a reporting requirement on the issue of Palestinian refugees could set back efforts to reach a peace deal. The amendment to a bill, recently approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, mandates that the secretary of state must report how many of the Palestinians serviced by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency fled or left homes in Israel during the War of Independence and how many are only their descendants. » Read more

May 31st

Defining a Palestinian refugee a US complication Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In Associated Press - May 31, 2012 - 12:00am WASHINGTON—A simple congressional request for the United States to distinguish between Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and millions of their descendants poses a high-stakes diplomatic and political challenge for President Barack Obama. » Read more

May 14th

Arabic media mum on Nakba Day events Media Mention of Ziad Asali In The Jerusalem Post - May 14, 2012 - 12:00am » Read more

May 7th

The Visionary Media Mention of Ghaith al-Omari In The New Republic - May 4, 2012 - 12:00am If you were to pinpoint one moment when it looked as if things just might work out for Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, it would probably be February 2, 2010. That day, Fayyad addressed the annual Herzliya Conference, a sort of Israeli version of Davos featuring high-powered policymakers and intellectuals. It is not a typical speaking venue for Palestinians; yet Fayyad was warmly received. » Read more

April 20th

Radical action needed after Oslo's decline Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The National - April 20, 2012 - 12:00am In 1993, when the Oslo Accords were signed and the Palestinian Authority was born, the senior Israeli politician Yossi Beilin was a leading advocate for Palestinian self-rule. The accords, and the Authority, were intended to pave the way for permanent solutions on borders, refugees and two-state control. » Read more