Prospects for Peace, The Century Foundation
7/20/2010
The Century Foundation
Talk of peace negotiations loomed large in the July 6 meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but there is little sign that Israelis seriously expect much to materialize. Since the start of the “second intifada” nearly ten years ago, the Israeli public has by most accounts become skeptical about the prospects for a durable peace with the Palestinians and resigned to isolation under nationalist rule rather than trust in internationally promoted accords. With the body blows the peace movement has suffered in Israeli politics this past decade, many ask: Is there still a constituency for peace in the Israeli public? Can it ever gain traction again?
Didi Remez, one of Israel’s most provocative and preeminent commentators in the blogosphere, joined TCF for a candid and free-wheeling exploration of the thruways and cul-de-sacs of Israeli peace politics. Didi Remez is senior partner at BenOr Consulting, where he specializes in strategic planning oriented to policy change in the Israeli sphere and provides consulting services to a wide variety of organizations operating in Israel and the Occupied Territories. In 2005-2006, he served as senior media advisor to James Wolfensohn, then the Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement. Before joining BenOr in 2001, Remez directed Peace Now Settlement Watch and was the spokesperson for the movement in Israel. He is a founding member of Yesh Din - Volunteers for Human Rights.
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