The Cycle of Conferences - Earth Stewardship & the Middle East Peace Process (Geneva Accord)

The Long Path Out of Denial - Zionism, Heartache, and a New Vision of Israel and Palestine

A remarkable account by an ardent Zionist/psychotherapist of her struggle to break out of her mindset about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

Abu Mazen's threat to withhold his candidacy in January's elections

Israeli and Palestinian views of implications for the peace process in the event of the possible absence of President Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen]from the scene.

Obama must try harder

After his magnificent speech in Cairo, Obama's Middle East peace policy earns an 'A' for vision but only a 'C' for action.

J Street’s Strengths, Weaknesses On View at First National Conference

J Street, the pro-peace-process political action committee and lobby that many pro-Israel hawks love to hate, demonstrated this week that it can pull off an overflow Washington conference, attract hordes of media, feed the passion of supporters and use new technologies to satisfy young activists. But that could be the easy part.

Grassroots group aims to break deadlock over Israeli settlements

One Voice hopes to open debate among Palestinians about land exchange, but finds resistance at West Bank meeting.

Grassroots group aims to break deadlock over Israeli settlements

One Voice hopes to open debate among Palestinians about land exchange, but finds resistance at West Bank meeting.

A war crime whitewash

Condemnation of Goldstone's Gaza report does Israel no favours.

J Street Seeks the Fast Lane to MidEast Peace

Can the Middle East peace process be “wrapped up” in two years? Absolutely, if you believe as strongly as the 1,500-plus Jewish Americans gathered here this week for the first annual J Street conference on Middle East peace.

Israel’s Religious Right and the Peace Process

It would be easy to describe the residents of the outpost of Amona as radicals...But what is disturbing about the settlers in Amona is not how distant they are from other Israelis, whether geographically or politically, but how connected. They are national-religious; that is to say, they are devout in their Judaism, but unlike many other religious Jews they believe equally fervently in the secular Zionist project. 

Download a new book, The Best of Bitterlemons: Five years of writings from Israel and Palestine.

Bitterlemons.org is a website that presents Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern. It focuses on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and peace process.