Jon Alterman

The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.

The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.

Whatever the disarray in the Knesset, whatever's going on there, he's going to make a deal in the name of read more

Whatever the disarray in the Knesset, whatever's going on there, he's going to make a deal in the name of the people of Israel, and he's going to sell it to the people of Israel, and ultimately, because the people in the Knesset are politicians, they will have to back him up.

Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area read more

Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area where they will have to agree to disagree.

Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath read more

Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.

Suddenly it looks like the policy is not tough diplomacy, but the path to war.

Suddenly it looks like the policy is not tough diplomacy, but the path to war.