An Opportunity to Make a Difference

The internationally respected prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad, who recently quit, raised deep concerns about the political stability in theWest Bank. Ever since his appointment to the premiership in 2007, he has championed law and order in theWest Bankafter years of chaos focusing instead on building the institutions of a future Palestinian  » Read the rest of this article

Mr. President, usually when celebrities speak, people listen. So do the Egyptians. When you, their leader, speak, they listen. And that demands responsibility on your part. When you label the Jews as “bloodsuckers” and “descendants of apes and pigs,” and call Egyptians to “nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred for them: for Zionists,  » Read the rest of this article

In the course of our tour of the Upper Galilee, Israel, on November 29, 2012, my wife and I visited the picturesque, historic village of Rosh Pina. Quite by accident, we came upon the Nimrod Outlook, a magnificent monument built on the highest point of the town overlooking the Golan Mountains, Jordan Valley, and the  » Read the rest of this article

Dear Friend, THANK YOU! With your moral support and kind generosity throughout 2012, the Middle East Peace Network was able to make the  voice  of peace heard loud and clear in places where peace hardly exists, where peace is truly desired but dismissed as a fantasy, where “peace” has become a bad word. We live  » Read the rest of this article

Mr. President, usually when celebrities speak, people listen. So do the Egyptians. When you, their leader, speak, they listen. And that demands responsibility on your part. When you label the Jews as “bloodsuckers” and “descendants of apes and pigs,” and call Egyptians to “nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred for them: for Zionists,  » Read the rest of this article

In the course of our tour of the Upper Galilee, Israel, on November 29, 2012, my wife and I visited the picturesque, historic village of Rosh Pina. Quite by accident, we came upon the Nimrod Outlook, a magnificent monument built on the highest point of the town overlooking the Golan Mountains, Jordan Valley, and the  » Read the rest of this article

Dear Friend, THANK YOU! With your moral support and kind generosity throughout 2012, the Middle East Peace Network was able to make the  voice  of peace heard loud and clear in places where peace hardly exists, where peace is truly desired but dismissed as a fantasy, where “peace” has become a bad word. We live  » Read the rest of this article

Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been frozen for nearly two years and the peace road, as we have known it, is all but desolate. Looking at the array of world threats President Barack Obama is facing, including the challenges posed by Iran’s nuclear program and the widening political instability on the Middle  » Read the rest of this article

At a time when the sand dunes of the Middle East are shifting rapidly and a new political order is slowly emerging over the ruins of old repressive regimes, I invite you to join the MEPN and support its “one handshake at a time” initiative. This moment of many challenges facing the countries of the  » Read the rest of this article

We need to distinguish between visionary leaders, who are desperately needed as drivers of change in the Middle East, and traditional politicians who populate all levels of government and typically serve as barriers to change. Visionary leaders focus on the future and the exciting opportunities it offers. They know the way, guide the way, and  » Read the rest of this article

In the face of growing concern over home-grown Islamic terrorism, marked by the recent disturbing congressional hearing into “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community” and the CNN documentary “Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door,” I was not surprised to be invited to give a talk at Solomon Schechter Middle School in Northbrook, Illinois.  » Read the rest of this article