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Shaul Arieli

Shaul Arieli

Dr. Shaul Arieli teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Reichman University, and a research fellow at the Truman Institute. He is the author of A Border Between Us and You (2013) and All of Israel's Borders (2018), the Truman Institute Atlas for the Jewish- Arab Conflict (2021) and “How Exactly Did it Happen? 12 Israeli Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (2021). Arieli has dedicated himself to advancing an Israeli-Palestinian permanent-status agreement and was among the leading negotiators in the process that brought about the Geneva Initiative in December 2003. He headed the Peace Administration in the Ehud Barak government and served as a colonel in the IDF.

Articles

From “Shrinking” to “Singing” the Conflict – Bennett’s Attempts to Beautify theOccupation
The primary problem with the use of the concept “shrinking the conflict” is its failure to define the conflict as a national conflict between two peoples, relating to it instead in terms of violence and economic distress.
Trump Plan Sets the Conflict Back 100 Years
The Trump proposal first and foremost deals a mortal blow to everything achieved to date in efforts to reach a resolution, reviving the Israeli illusion of an agreement without any concession on the West Bank.
There Is No Other Solution
A leadership that lacks the national responsibility necessary to resettle less than 1.5% of the Jewish population in the Land of Israel/Palestine would not be able to cope with the far greater challenges involved in realizing the idea of a federation or confederation.
“Seek Peace and Pursue It”