Israel

We have all heard the statement that foreign policy is economic policy, and vice versa. This may seem like a cliche when one talks about the need for a global trade regime in the post-Cold War world, or U.S. bilateral relations with Mexico. But even in a region where politics

Tourism offers an opportunity to promote the economic development of the Levant, demonstrate the material rewards of peace, and forge cooperation between Israel and its neighbors. To be economically sound, however, regional cooperation must generate additional tourism, rather than redistributing existing visitors. Foreign governments and international aid agencies can encourage

Keynote address by Warren Christopher. With Uri Savir, Hasan Abdel Rahman, and others.

The Commission on U.S.-Israel Relations was formed in May 1992 to examine the future of a unique and special relationship as both countries entered a new era. Its mandate was shaped by three dramatic developments that had emerged from the end of the Cold War and conflict in the Gulf

The end of the Cold War has created a unique opportunity to promote a comprehensive peace settlement between the Arabs and Israel. American interests are still vitally engaged in this troubled region and lasting Arab-Israeli agreements can help to protect and promote them. With the next administration inevitably preoccupied with

Keynote addresses by Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. With Michael Mandelbaum, Martin Indyk, Steven Spiegel, Mordechai Gur, James Roche, Geoffrey Kemp, and Stuart Eizenstat.

Hamas--the Islamic Resistance Movement--arose during the intifada as the organization of Palestinian Muslim fundamentalists of the West Bank and Gaza. Because it views the Arab-Israeli conflict as a religious struggle between Islam and Judaism that can only be resolved by the destruction of the State of Israel, it opposes the

The staggering allied victory in the Gulf War has been followed by presidential statements from Washington and Paris about the need to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict. On the face of it, however, the war against Saddam appears to have made a solution to the Palestinian problem more necessary and yet