Henry Siegman

Henry Siegman, director of the U.S./Middle East Project in New York, is a visiting research professor at the Sir Joseph Hotung Middle East Program, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is a former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America.

Articles

Can Obama Beat the Israel Lobby? (Foreign Policy, War and Peace, World)

He can, if he presents a just peace plan supported by former Presidents Clinton and Bush.

Henry Siegman

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Netanyahu's Freeze Scam (Foreign Policy, War and Peace)

What did Benjamin Netanyahu mean when he said he and Mahmoud Abbas should be prepared to make "painful concessions" for the sake of peace?

Henry Siegman

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Imposing Middle East Peace (Regions and Countries)

Forceful outside intervention is the only alternative to an unstable and dangerous status quo.

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A Last Chance at Middle East Peace? (Regions and Countries)

The two-state solution for Israel-Palestine will disappear for good if Obama doesn't move fast.

Henry Siegman

Tough Love for Israel (Regions and Countries)

Another Middle East peace conference? Statesmen instead should have the moral and political courage to end the massive hoax the peace process has become.

Henry Siegman

Letters

Readers respond to Gary Younge on The Obama Effect, exchange views with Henry Siegman on Israel and comment about the subprime mortgage meltdown.

Our Readers and Henry Siegman

Post-Annapolis Pitfalls (Foreign Policy, Regions and Countries)

Washington must abandon the fantasy that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement can be reached in the face of deep divisions between Fatah and Hamas, the United States and Israel have fostered.

Henry Siegman

Hurricane Carter (Regions and Countries)

Jimmy Carter has been vilified for saying things about the occupation in his new book that appear regularly in Israeli newspapers.

Henry Siegman