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Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations
Middle East peace process; Arab-Israeli relations; U.S.-Middle East policy
Experience:Executive Director, American Jewish Congress (1978-94); Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Study Center, Bellagio, Italy (1992); Founder, International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (1968); Director, American Association for Middle East Studies, and Editor, Middle East Studies (1958-63).
Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions, Report of an Independent Task Force (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1999); U.S. Middle East Policy and the Peace Process, Report of an Independent Task Force (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1997); "Arab Unity and Disunity," in Contemporary Middle East (1965); author of over one hundred articles and essays on the Middle East in the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, Washington Post, Commentary Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Nation, Middle East Journal, Islamic World, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Jerusalem Post, Al-Ahram, Al-Hayat, and Ashraq al-Awsat.
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March 7, 2008
Henry Siegman, Director, United States/Middle East Project interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Henry Siegman, an expert on Middle East negotiations, says no peace will be possible between Israel and the Palestinians unless Hamas is brought into the talks.
See more in Middle East, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Nationalism
November 29, 2006
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Henry Siegman, a leading expert on Israeli-Palestinian affairs, says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s recent speech reflected a “surprisingly radical change in tone,” but in substance “it’s quite true there was very little new.”
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security
June 28, 2006
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
CFR Mideast expert Henry Siegman says the fate of the kidnapped Israeli soldier could have a major impact on the future of the Palestinian government.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security
June 28, 2006
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Democracy and Human Rights
June 18, 2006
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security
June 8, 2006
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
Financial Times
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April 27, 2006
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Henry Siegman, CFR's expert on Israeli-Palestinian affairs, says that despite the refusal of Israel's government or the United States to deal with Hamas he believes there is a strong potential for Hamas to transform "in the direction of moderation and responsibility and away from violence and terror."
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security
March 29, 2006
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Henry Siegman, CFR’s leading expert on Israeli and Palestinian affairs, says Israel’s parliamentary elections held some major surprises, although Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has emerged as expected as the likely next head of government. One was the major setback to the Likud party, its most significant defeat in the past 30 years.
January 27, 2006
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
See more in Palestinian Authority, Elections
January 8, 2006
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
The Observer
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Nationalism
November 14, 2005
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
September 26, 2005
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
See more in Israel, Human Rights
August 22, 2005
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
Financial Times
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August 22, 2005
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Peacemaking
July 25, 2005
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority
June 21, 2005
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in Middle East, Peacemaking
May 23, 2005
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building, Peacemaking
May 5, 2005
| Author: | Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
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April 7, 2005
| Speakers: | Abdel Aly, director, Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies Khalil Shikaki, director, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research |
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| Presider: | Henry Siegman, director, U.S.-Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
March 16, 2005
Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
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