Joel Singer

Jul 23, 2024 | psychologytoday.com | Arie W. Kruglanski |Joel Singer

No idea—including the Hamas idea of annihilating Israel—can be altogether “killed" or “defeated." However, an idea can be rendered less attractive to its followers if it is seen as detrimental to their needs. Ideas are more or less attractive to the degree that they are seen to serve people's need for significance. Defeating Hamas could make its extremist ideology less attractive, and a two-state solution more attractive. By Arie W.

Jul 22, 2024 | msn.com | Joel Singer |Arie W. Kruglanski

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Jul 22, 2024 | jpost.com | Joel Singer |Arie W. Kruglanski

Only independent nationhood can demonstrate to Palestinians that there is a better and more attractive alternative to Hamas. A common criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is that Hamas is an idea, and because an idea cannot be defeated, it is futile to fight Hamas.

Jun 25, 2024 | fathomjournal.org | Joel Singer |Hussein Agha |Yair Hirschfeld |Gidi Grinstein

Gidi Grinstein, who served as secretary of the Israeli delegation for the Camp David negotiations, argues that the embattled Oslo Accords will eventually emerge as the only possible cornerstone for the regulation of Gaza in the post-war era. This article is also related to a piece Grinstein wrote about international recognition of a Palestinian state which can be found here.

Mar 3, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Joel Singer

On Feb. 22, Ahmed Qurei, popularly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Ala, passed at the age of 85 in the West Bank, closing a very important chapter in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In 1993, Abu Ala led a small team from the Palestine Liberation Organization that conducted secret discussions in Norway with a small Israeli team (of which I was a member), led by Uri Savir, the director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.