Copyright 2010 Asaf Romirowsky Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:40:02 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Asaf Romirowsky :: Writings http://www.romirowsky.com romirowsky@gmail.com (Asaf Romirowsky) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.romirowsky.com/7729/palestinian-identity Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST Discussing the historical evolution of Palestinian independence is a project laden with perils both political and methodical. The highly charged tone of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict causes the question to be considered through the prisms of mutually... http://www.romirowsky.com/7721/the-end-of-palestinian-democracy Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST Saturday, July 17, was the day Palestinians were slated to hold a municipal election in the West Bank. But the elections were scrapped. Initially, only groups like Hamas rejected the vote. Then, last month, the Palestinian Authority (PA) opted to... http://www.romirowsky.com/7630/israel-first-victim Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST Since 2007, Israel has maintained a legal maritime blockade around Gaza. Gaza is a territory ruled by a known terrorist organization -- Hamas -- whose explicitly stated goal is the elimination of Israel through violence. Past experience has proven that... http://www.romirowsky.com/7581/palestinian-means-never-say-sorry Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST It is predominately understood that Israel was in the right in her actions during the latest operation against the Gaza flotilla. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on the mark when he unequivocally stated that Israel "will never apologize... http://www.romirowsky.com/7545/palestinian-refugees-pawns Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST Since Yasir Arafat's death in 2004, the cleavages within Palestinian society have become much more apparent. We are witnessing a telling and significant growth in violence between Palestinians — a phenomenon which is notable both for its frequency as... http://www.romirowsky.com/7280/on-the-palestinian-state-to-be Wed, 12 May 2010 09:00:00 EST Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad proclaimed of late that a Palestinian State will come to fruition within two years, saying, "the time for this baby to be born will come… our vision, and a reflection of our will to exercise our right to... http://www.romirowsky.com/7114/can-palestine-be-one-state Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST It is common to hear from good-hearted individuals who are [obviously] not familiar with the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the simple, naïve question of "why can't Israelis and Palestinian just get along and share the land?" Of late, a new... http://www.romirowsky.com/7053/reform-palestinian-schools Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST Two years have passed since the horrific massacre of eight young yeshiva students at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem. With the turning of administrations in Washington, and a renewed effort by the Obama administration to focus on "moving peace... http://www.romirowsky.com/6752/doomed-to-failure Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST In her latest book, Doomed to Failure?: the Politics and Intelligence of the Oslo Peace Process, Ofira Seliktar dissects the 1993 Oslo Accords, showing how they were doomed to failure from their inception. Seliktar, an Israeli-born former professor of... http://www.romirowsky.com/6632/israel-qualitative-military-edge Mon, 1 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST When the modern State of Israel was founded 61 years ago, David Ben Gurion, its first prime minister, correctly noted that the country could not afford to lose a single war. Consequently, Israel has worked to maintain a high level of military deterrence... http://www.romirowsky.com/6610/the-mideast-quagmire Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST After President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech on U.S.-Muslim concerns, including the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his own speech at Bar Ilan University stipulating that Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish... http://www.romirowsky.com/6529/a-safe-haven Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST From the campaign trail to the White House there has been much talk about Barack Obama's polices toward Israel, specifically their nature and significance. Historically speaking, every president since Harry Truman has been "pro-Israel," but there have... http://www.romirowsky.com/6426/unrwa-accountability-bill Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST Since Hamas's complete takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Palestinians in the new 'Islamic State of Gaza' have been crying out for more aid and are turning to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Their reliance upon UNRWA comes as no surprise... http://www.romirowsky.com/6560/the-palestinian-military Mon, 1 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST Frisch, a senior research fellow at Israel's BESA Center for Strategic Studies and senior lecturer at the department of political studies at Bar-Ilan University, argues that it is easier to develop a terrorist infrastructure than to unite one's forces... http://www.romirowsky.com/6084/norton-mezvinsky-legacy-future Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST A newly formed "educational think tank," the International Council for Middle East Studies (ICMES), is poised to influence U.S. policy toward the Middle East in ways that could further harm American interests in the region. It will be led by Norton...