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Messenger Ready for a documentary about three decades of agonizing fits and starts of the Mideast peace process, from the perspective of US negotiators? You’re probably thinking that doesn’t sound too enticing right about now. But there’s a reason “The Human Factor,” by Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh, escapes what would seem a likely fate of being interesting only to policy wonks and those with a direct stake in the issue, and it has something to do with the title. It’s a reference to a line from Dennis Ross, the best-known negotiator of the bunch. “You can’t ignore the human fa...

Review: 'Human Factor' gets personal about Mideast peace by Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press Posted May 3, 2021 4:54 pm EDT Last Updated May 3, 2021 at 4:58 pm EDT FILE - President Bill Clinton, center, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., at the start of the Mideast summit on July 11, 2000. The documentary "The Human Factor" shows the behind-the-scenes story of the U.S.'s effort to secure peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) Ready for a documentary about three decades of agonizing fits and ...

Just as we never tire of the saga of the Titanic, which is doomed to hit the iceberg in perpetuity, so we are drawn to the catastrophe of Israeli-Palestinian relations and the tempting, teasing question: What if this circumstance, or that decision, had been different? Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh’s riveting documentary “The Human Factor” revisits the 1990s negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians through new interviews with the top-level U.S. diplomats who shepherded those talks. Familiar as we are with the admonition to study history so as to not repeat its mistakes, the great tr...

“intellectual” rendition by Daniel Kurtzer, Aaron Miller and Steven Simon published this week in the respected magazine Foreign Affairs. Immediately after stating this thesis, they write: “An April 11 explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility – presumed to be the work of Israel — was a dramatic salvo in the shadow war over Iran’s nuclear program. In response to the attack, Iran ramped up its enrichment capacity. “Just that. In a magical leapfrog, Iran’s scientists, engineers and technicians — working a 24-hour shift for a few days after the attack — designed, built and m...

Well, here’s my take on this. I’d also like your views and opinions. Before I begin I’d like to day something important. There is a new law — the so-called “Hate Speech” law, that just passed the House and is expected to pass the Senate and become law very soon. It was originally designed to guard against discrimination of oppressed minorities but was soon recognized as a way for Israel to forever end any criticism of the state of Israel and Zionism. When it is law, this page, and many like it will be deleted from the internet as yet another mile marker of the infringement of trut...