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Selected Citings 2007-2010
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By Amos Harel, Haaretz
The introduction to a forthcoming Institute for National Security Studies publication predicts that it will be difficult to renew direct negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis in the near future. The collection of articles, entitled "Strategic Assessment for Israel 2010," was sent to the printer at the end of July. Since then, U.S. President Barack Obama has shown that it is possible to disprove bleak forecasts about the Middle East. |
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By Isabel Kershner, The New York Times
“We should have a Plan B,” said Oded Eran, director of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, who led Israel’s negotiating team with the Palestinians from 1999 to 2000. “If you do not accept the status quo — which I do not — and you cannot obtain an agreement on all the core issues,” Mr. Eran said, “then the alternative is to go for a partial solution while keeping the ultimate political objectives of both sides in mind.” |
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By Aaron Hecht and David Parsons, The Jerusalem Post
“I definitely do not share the fear that Iran would actually use nuclear arms,” says Dr. Emily Landau of the Tel Aviv university’s Institute for National Security Studies. “I think Israel has a strong nuclear deterrent, and Iran knows it. I don’t think it’s in their interests to challenge Israel in that way. There are always those who say we can never know, and that’s true. But I would say the chance of that is quite low. But still, Iran’s becoming a nuclear state is a very dangerous development for the region,” she said. |
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By Dudi Cohen, Ynet
Dr. Ephraim Asculai, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, explained to Ynet that even if the Iranians wanted to use that waste to develop a weapon, it won't be simple to deceive the Russians. "Fuel is not something you put in and remove easily. One-third of it will come out a year later and this is done under full supervision," he said. "It's a complicated operation which takes several dozen days, and the inspectors and the Russians will naturally be there." |
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By Luis Ramirez, Voice of America
The director of the Institute of National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Oded Eran, used to head Israel's negotiations team in previous talks with the Palestinians. He said the rift remains wide on key issues, such as the status of Jerusalem, refugees, and the borders of a future Palestinian state. "The problem right now is to get to an agreement on the terms of reference, and their inability to reach an agreement reflects the deep gap in the positions," said Eran. |
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By Batsheva Sobelman in The Los Angeles Times
The course is almost run, say analysts from the Institute for National Security Studies, or INSS, a think tank in Tel Aviv. Typically, the pattern of the West has been diplomatic processes to nowhere. Iran's obvious nuclear progress is now such that the international community is taking a more realistic approach and making stronger statements. Punditry is talking about possible war and some, write experts Emily B. Landau and Ephraim Asculai, are "setting the stage for blaming Israel for pushing the U.S. to take military action." |
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By Sever Plocker, Ynet
Researcher Zaki Shalom, of the Institute for National Security Studies, recently wrote that Netanyahu sounds as though he is going above and beyond in order to embark on direct talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, ahead of a comprehensive agreement. Netanyahu’s position is puzzling and enigmatic in Shalom’s view and he attributes manipulative intentions to the PM. |
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By David Harris, Xinhua, in China.org.cn
Israel would not be able to accept a United Nations deployment akin to UN Interim Force in Lebanon, according to Shlomo Brom, director of the Program on Israel-Palestinian Relations at The Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv University. "The UN is a political body and we know how it works and who has power there. We know about the problems Israel has with this political body," Brom said. |
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By Adam Gonn, The Middle East News Source
Meir Elran, senior research fellow and director of the homeland security program and co-director of the Israeli society and national security program at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, told The Media Line that the results of the survey would not affect the government’s decision on the defense budget. “It will not depend on the will of the public, but by political consideration with the defense minister versus the other ministers,” he said. |
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By U.Sadikhova, Trend
The probability of rupture in diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel is high at this stage, said Oded Eran, head of the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies. "The both sides stand to lose from the downgrading of the relations, but there is mostly decision of Turkey. It should be put in the wider perspective, the question is where Turkey is turning in the recent years not only month," Eran said. |
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