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Ghaith al-Omari
Ghaith al-Omari
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Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow in The Washington Institute's Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, is the former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. He served as advisor to the negotiating team during the 1999–2001 permanent-status talks in addition to holding various other positions within the Palestinian Authority.

 

 

Ghaith al-Omari
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Featured Publications

Maps & Graphics
State with No Army, Army with No State
Evolution of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces, 1994–2018
No institution embodies the move toward Palestinian self-determination quite like the Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF). Created in the wake
Mar 27, 2018
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  • Neri Zilber
  • Ghaith al-Omari
Maps & Graphics
The Lines That Bind: 100 Years of Sykes-Picot
A century after diplomats Mark Sykes of Britain and François Georges-Picot of France drew up a secret agreement to divide
Dec 19, 2016
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Governance as a Path to Palestinian Political Rejuvenation
This essay series explores how non-Islamist Arab political actors might facilitate progress toward reform and democratic transition.
Jan 26, 2017
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  • Ghaith al-Omari

Recent Policy Analysis by Ghaith al-Omari

Leaders assemble for the France-sponsored Baghdad Conference in August 2021 - source: Government of Iraq
Brief Analysis
A Baghdad Summit in Amman: Implications for Regional Stability
Dec 19, 2022
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  • Louis Dugit-Gros
  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Bilal Wahab
Kurd/Palestine Flags
Brief Analysis
KRG and PA: Reprioritizing Governance over Symbolism
Dec 2, 2022
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Bilal Wahab
Mahmoud Abbas Checking His Watch
Brief Analysis
Biden-Abbas Meeting Is About Symbolism, Not Diplomatic Progress
Jul 8, 2022
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
Three-star rank insignia of a US Army Lieutenant General
Articles & Testimony
How Pentagon Bureaucracy Could Undermine West Bank Security
Jun 16, 2022
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  • Shira Efron
  • Ghaith al-Omari
Israeli police respond to a shooting in Tel Aviv - source: Reuters
Brief Analysis
Terror and Turbulence in Israel and the West Bank
Apr 8, 2022
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  • Anna Ahronheim
  • Matthew Levitt
  • Ghaith al-Omari
Brief Analysis
Managing New Israeli-Palestinian Tensions During Ramadan
Apr 1, 2022
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • David Pollock
All Policy Analysis by Ghaith al-Omari
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