Yossi Beilin is a former Israeli Minister of Justice.
Yossi Beilin
By Yossi Beilin
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Opinion Israel’s new government won’t be perfect. But as a former Knesset leader, I know they can make progress on six key issues.
The unity government taking shape in Israel is complicated, but it is not doomed. New leadership means new opportunities to create real change. There is a chance that the new government — which includes diverse ideological groups, is younger and more liberal than previous governments, and is not committed to the grave mistakes of Netanyahu…
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Opinion Trump’s accidental gift to Biden: the conditions for peace in the Middle East
Think about it: If it hadn’t been for the ill conceived idea of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex approximately 30% of the West Bank, the United Arab Emirates would most likely not have come with an offer for normalization in return for giving up the annexation — an offer Netanyahu could not afford to…
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Opinion Ignore If Not Now – Birthright Is A Lefty Organization. I Should Know. I Started It.
I must admit that I took it personally when I saw the pictures of members of the anti-occupation group If Not Now last Friday blocking Third Avenue in Manhattan, and then blocking the entrance to the offices of Birthright Israel. They claimed that Birthright, a program that I helped start, is lying to young Jews…
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Opinion The Palestinians Just Might Accept Jared Kushner’s Peace Plan. That Would Be A Disaster For Israel.
At some point, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt will reveal their Peace Plan for the Middle East (God only knows the reason for the delay; after all, no advance consent is required). In their eyes, it will be a deal which the Israeli right wing government could swallow, and the Palestinian side will have to…
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Opinion Dear Mr. Vice President: Please Don’t Come To Israel Right Now!
Mr. Vice President Pence, You are very welcome in Israel, but please, don’t come now. We appreciate your friendship, but your timing is wrong. You are not coming with an Administration’s new plan for peace in our region. You are not coming with any clarifications to President Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem, neither about the boundaries…
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Opinion Iran could humiliate Netanyahu — by recognizing Israel
Iran’s President, Mr. Hassan Rouhani, and its Foreign Minister, Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, are making many efforts to change their regime’s image. They are trying to portray their country as a peaceful state, which is being treated unjustly by the world, and which has no intention to develop nuclear weapons, neither now, nor in 15…
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Opinion How Bibi’s Arrest Or Election Defeat Could Revive The Peace Process
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a police investigation regarding very expensive gifts that he allegedly received during his tenure, recently raised the option of calling early elections for the Knesset. He used an odd excuse for the timing, something about the reform of electronic media, but political observers believe that his real motive…
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News Remembering Shulamit Aloni: The Barefoot Girl of Israeli Politics
It is rarely easy to point to one person responsible for landmark social change. But when it comes to human and civil rights in Israel, there was one person. It was Shulamit Aloni who passed away last week at the age of 85. Her official resume is deceiving: She fought in the Palmach, Israel’s elite,…
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