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How Israel failed to learn from the Northern Ireland peace process

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
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The Good Friday agreement which brought peace to Northern Ireland a quarter of a century ago, provided a clear guide.

Key Points: 
  • The Good Friday agreement which brought peace to Northern Ireland a quarter of a century ago, provided a clear guide.
  • They have to do what the negotiating teams, of which I was a part, did in Northern Ireland.
  • The problem is Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his ally, the United States of America, who have failed to apply the lessons of Northern Ireland to Middle East peacemaking.

How ‘peace polls’ work

  • The objective was to determine the precise points of common ground, where they existed, or effective compromise where it was needed for peacemaking.
  • So I always made a point of hand delivering the reports to Mitchell and the parties the day before they were published.
  • Through public opinion polls the people gained a seat at the negotiating table, and through a referendum the deal was made.

When it all went wrong

  • I had been in touch with Mitchell and met him in his office at the State Department.
  • At that time I had also been running peace polls in Sri Lanka with support from the Norwegians.
  • So I did not get the funding and Mitchell eventually resigned his post without achieving peace in May 2011.
  • But I had made all necessary preparations and contacts with all the parties to the conflict to make it work.
  • My pollster Mina Zemach was a good friend of Peres and had been his pollster when he led the Labour party.
  • Like Sinn Féin they had a legitimate grievance and said they would be happy to cooperate with the peace polls.

Misplaced optimism

  • In my optimism at the time, I thought perhaps that Clinton – if she became president – would send her husband to the Middle East as her special envoy.
  • Bill Clinton had got very close to making an agreement some years earlier with the “Clinton parameters”, but he ran out of time.
  • And then Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump – and so we are where we are.
  • It is just as likely that my optimism was misplaced and that Clinton and possibly Joe Biden – who has always been a very strong supporter of Israel – did not want to oppose Netanyahu for domestic political reasons.


Colin John Irwin receives funding from: Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in South East Europe, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, OneVoice, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (now FCDO), Economic and Social Research Council (UK ESRC), United Nations, InterPeace, Health and Welfare Canada, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), British Academy, Norwegian Peoples Aid, The Day After, No Peace Without Justice, US Department of State, Local Administrations Council Unit (Syria), Asia Foundation, Department for International Development (UK DFID), OpenAI, Atlantic Philanthropies, Universities: Dalhousie, Manitoba, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, Queens Belfast, Liverpool. Also member of the World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) which promotes freedom to publish public opinion polls and sets international professional standards.

Despite Dem and GOP hurdles designed to limit opposition, The Alliance Party announces nine candidates for midterms

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Monday, August 22, 2022
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- After four years of hard work, The Alliance Party has overcome legal and regulatory hurdles by the Democratic and Republican parties designed to limit competition and will field nine candidates on ballots in three states this year.

Key Points: 
  • Two are fusion candidates in South Carolina, approved to run as Alliance Party and Democratic Party candidates.
  • Michelle M. Griffith, APR, Alliance Party National Committee Chair, announced the party has one candidate on the ballot in Washington State, three in Minnesota, and five in South Carolina.
  • The Alliance Party has observable and measurable behaviors that are explicitly required of Alliance candidates for elected office.
  • Under the leadership of the National Chair, the Alliance Party National Committee is committed to setting a new future in motion for Americans.

Alliance Party and American Delta Party Agree to Merge; Rapidly Growing, Alliance Party Now on Ballot in 25 States

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Monday, October 12, 2020
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The Alliance Party and the American Delta Party of Delaware announced today they have agreed the American Delta Party will become a part of the Alliance Party after the November election.

Key Points: 
  • The Alliance Party and the American Delta Party of Delaware announced today they have agreed the American Delta Party will become a part of the Alliance Party after the November election.
  • The partnership with the American Delta Party of Delaware brings to 25 the number of states where the rapidly growing Alliance Party has ballot access either on the ballot or as a write in.
  • De La Fuente, a lifelong businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lives in San Diego, is now in his second bid for the presidency.
  • The Alliance Party and its candidates believe that we should put our national effort towards excelling in the critical areas that determine quality of life for Americans, our global communities, and our planet itself, declared Jim Rex, National Chair of the Alliance Party.

On Ballot in Maine, Presidential Candidate De La Fuente Unveils Education Plan; Calls for Nationwide Virtual Classes With Top Educators Teaching Online

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Friday, September 18, 2020
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Alliance Party of Maine presidential candidate Roque Rocky De La Fuente today announced his plan to create an online network of virtual universities in which leading faculty will provide post-secondary instruction online at no cost, and local public schools will be funded to strengthen their online teaching technologies.

Key Points: 
  • Alliance Party of Maine presidential candidate Roque Rocky De La Fuente today announced his plan to create an online network of virtual universities in which leading faculty will provide post-secondary instruction online at no cost, and local public schools will be funded to strengthen their online teaching technologies.
  • De La Fuente and his staff have been working on fleshing out details for the national Education for Everyone (E4E) plan since January.
  • De La Fuente is the Alliance Partys nominee for president in Maine, with running mate Darcy G. Richardson.
  • He is also the presidential nominee for the American Independent Party, the Reform Party of the United States, and the Natural Law Party in Michigan.

Presidential Candidate Roque De La Fuente, Son of Mexican Immigrants, Salutes Hispanic Contributions to America During Hispanic Heritage Month

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Monday, September 14, 2020
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Alliance Party presidential candidate Roque Rocky De La Fuente , the son of Mexican immigrants, today called on Americans to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by acknowledging the contributions Hispanics continue to make to the quality of life in America and around the world.

Key Points: 
  • Alliance Party presidential candidate Roque Rocky De La Fuente , the son of Mexican immigrants, today called on Americans to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by acknowledging the contributions Hispanics continue to make to the quality of life in America and around the world.
  • Hispanic Heritage Month, first observed in 1968, begins tomorrow on September 15.
  • Hispanic and Latino Americans are the second largest ethnic group in the U.S., with 52 million people or 16.7% of the national population; 47 million are American citizens.
  • De La Fuente , fluent in Spanish and English, is the Alliance Partys nominee for president, with running mate Darcy G. Richardson.

Presidential Candidate Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Salutes U.S. Workers on 126th Anniversary of Labor Day

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Monday, September 7, 2020
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Presidential candidate Roque Rocky De La Fuente is commemorating Labor Day 2020 today by calling on Congress to pass the second stimulus package when their summer recess ends tomorrow to get more people back to work in a nation reeling from massive unemployment due to COVID-19.

Key Points: 
  • Presidential candidate Roque Rocky De La Fuente is commemorating Labor Day 2020 today by calling on Congress to pass the second stimulus package when their summer recess ends tomorrow to get more people back to work in a nation reeling from massive unemployment due to COVID-19.
  • Its a travesty and a betrayal of every unemployed American every day, but especially on Labor Day.
  • I cannot imagine the personal and emotional pain, the heartbreak and sadness, someone feels when they cant, said De La Fuente.
  • De La Fuente is the Alliance Partys nominee for president, with running mate Darcy G. Richardson.

De La Fuente: Congress and Trump Must Act to Save Lives; COVID, Poverty and Food Insecurity Devastating Americans

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Monday, August 10, 2020
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Government inaction is killing us, declared De La Fuente , the POTUS nominee of the Alliance Party .

Key Points: 
  • Government inaction is killing us, declared De La Fuente , the POTUS nominee of the Alliance Party .
  • Since that nomination, the Reform Party , American Delta Party and Natural Law Party have also nominated him in a multi-party effort to place De La Fuente on the ballot in many states.
  • They have turned a blind eye to the misery of so many Americans whose plight has been documented in numerous scholarly studies completed this spring and summer, declared De La Fuente.
  • De La Fuente has analyzed many of the most recent research findings, including: