Middle East peace process; Arab-Israeli relations; U.S.-Middle East policy
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.
B.A., New School for Social Research.
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.
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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.”
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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.
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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."
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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.
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