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JCall statement on Ariel Sharon’s death

In the wake of Ariel Sharon’s death, JCall recalls that the former Prime Minister of Israel belonged to the first generation of pioneers who founded the country. His name will remain closely associated with the defence of Israel, to...

jcall12 January 201413 January 2014

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Water resources, Iran and current negotiations…

On november 30th, 2013, the second session of JCall’s ‘Israel÷Palestine 2020“ conference, launched in Paris on october 6th, took place at Angers university. We had decided to dedicate it to the water problem in the Middle East and to...

emmanuel.gellman9 December 2013

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JCall at the Elysee Palace

This morning, October 17th, 2013, Gérard Unger, President of JCall France, and David Chemla, European Secretary-General of JCall, met President François Hollande at the Elysee Palace. They exposed and explained JCall’s goals and provided together with Mr Hollande an...

jcall17 October 201317 October 2013

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The Lessons of Oslo

This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the Oslo Accords. The disappointment on the part of most Israelis and Palestinians at any mention of the Accords is in direct proportion to the enormous hope that they inspired at...

jcall19 September 2013

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Shana Tova 5774 / 2013

emmanuel.gellman1 September 20131 September 2013

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Time for action!

Will the forthcoming new Jewish year, 5774, be the year when we finally witness the signing of an agreement that brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to an end? Or will the current negotiations join the long list of missed opportunities...

jcall27 August 201327 August 2013

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JCall’s statement following E.U. decision to stop funding Israeli activities in the territories

The European Union has released in its Official Journal of July 19th new guidelines according to which, from 2014, not one euro of grant, prize or financial instrument coming from European institutions will be attributed to Israeli entities set...

jcall20 July 2013

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On Palestinians, Israel’s Leadership Has a Split Personality

Jonathan Jeremy Goldberg asked in an article published in Forward on June 09, 2013 why can’t the political and security establishment agree? In late February 2002, shortly after Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah presented columnist Thomas Friedman with his...

david.chemla15 June 201315 June 2013

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Wieseltier: Jewish state won’t last unless Israeli-Palestinian conflict solved

Jun. 10, 2013 By The Associated Press (Excerpts) Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country’s survival may be in jeopardy — and says much...

Meir Waintrater11 June 201311 June 2013

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Encountering Peace: Our window of opportunity

By Gershon Baskin, co-chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information. The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2013 (Excerpts) The ticking clock is not the closing of the window on the two-state solution, but on the political...

Meir Waintrater7 June 2013

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Netanyahu’s “map” is a non-starter

The painful truth is that there is no real land potential in Israeli territory for a 1:1 territorial exchange with the Palestinians. Excerpts from an article by Shaul Arieli (Haaretz, June 3, 2013). Read full article HERE. Israel has...

Meir Waintrater3 June 20133 June 2013

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Back from the JCall’s trip to Israel and Palestine

In the context of a deadlocked political situation, the JCall trip that took place in Israel and Palestine between april 28th and may 4th 2013 has gathered 100 JCall members from Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland with...

jcall13 May 201325 November 2014

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Dr Obama’s therapy

Listening to and reading the first reactions to last week’s speech to representatives of Israeli youth in Jerusalem, it’s easy to see how little international commentators on this long-standing conflict understand Israeli society. Clearly Obama himself does understand it....

jcall26 March 201326 March 2013

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Text of Obama’s Speech in Israel

Peace is necessary … Peace is just … Peace is possible …told President Obama to the people of Israel in his speech in Jerusalem today. You can follow us on our Facebook to read all the reactions to the...

jcall21 March 2013

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Full text of Obama’s speech on arrival in Israel

Shalom. President Peres, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and most of all, to the people of Israel, thank you for this incredibly warm welcome. This is my third visit to Israel so let me just say tov lihiyot shuv ba’aretz. (Ir’s...

jcall20 March 2013