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بعد مرور أكثر من خمسة أشهر على انتهاء الصراع الذي نشب في غزة خلال الصيف الماضي، توقفت عمليات إعادة إعمار القطاع مع فشل إطار عمل ما بعد الحرب الذي صممته الأمم المتحدة في تجاوز مرحلته الأولى. وبينما ألقى بعض المسؤولين الدوليين في تصريحاتهم الأخيرة عبء المسؤولية على عاتق الأطراف المانحة

In responding to the PA's move, Washington will need to strike a balance between firing shots across the ICC's bow and preserving invaluable Israeli-Palestinian security coordination in the West Bank.

On January 29, Ghaith al-Omari, Dennis Ross, and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Ross, the Institute's counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, recently returned from a regional trip that included meetings with high-level Israeli and Palestinian officials. Omari is a senior fellow at the

As the French beef up their counterterrorism units and the Americans dispatch more advisors to Iraq and Syria, the wider battle cannot be won unless more Muslims stand tall in the face of extremism, as many already have.

New airstrikes are only the latest chapter in the ongoing intelligence war between Israel and Hezbollah, and financial information gained in U.S. undercover operations may be playing a role as well.

Palestinians must be asked to respond to proposals that address Israeli needs and not just their own.

Incitement by Palestinians and Israelis against each other should be penalized rather than explained away or dismissed.

On December 2, 2014, Ambassadors Itamar Rabinovich and Michael Oren were presented with the 2014 Washington Institute Scholar-Statesman Award for their contributions to the academic study of the Middle East and the practice of diplomacy. Oren is the author of two acclaimed books -- Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in