روابط عرب و اسرائیل

By granting Israel much more say over the sovereignty of a future Palestinian state and its ability to absorb refugees, the document may undermine the administration’s ability to build an international coalition behind its policies.

As currently constituted, the plan cannot be accepted by any Palestinian who cares about self-determination, but implementing some of its economic provisions might create room for negotiations down the road.

Bahrain, Oman, and the UAE have evidently decided that good relations with the White House are more important than echoing Palestinian anger or appeasing Iran.

تشکیلات خودگردان فلسطینی به احتمال زیاد برای منزوی ساختن واشنگتن و پیشگیری از حمایت اعراب از طرح آمریکا واکنش خود را به فشارهای دیپلماتیک محدود می‌کند، اما هرگونه اقدام اسرائیل برای الحاق زمین به خاک خود می‌تواند موجب برانگیخته شدن اقدام شدیدتری شود.

مقامات آمریکایی، خواه یک طرح صلح جامع منتشر کنند، یا فقط یک سند انگیزه‌بخش ارائه دهند، هنوز نیاز دارند اهداف‌شان را روشن کنند، آن‌هم در شرایطی که انتخابات نزدیک است و مشارکت فلسطینی‌ها بسیار بعید به ‌نظر می‌رسد.

A host of crucial multilateral interests are baked into the U.S. presence, from keeping the Islamic State down, to protecting vulnerable regional allies, to preventing Iran from taking Iraq's oil revenues.

The top contenders from round two were unwilling to compromise, but new primary challengers, shifts in voting patterns, and potential plea bargains may make their inflexibility a moot point by March.

In summer 2006, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 1701 with the goal of ending the war between Israel and Hezbollah and preventing a recurrence. Among its terms was an expansion of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, a multinational peacekeeping body created in 1978. UN reports over the

The Israeli prime minister’s failure to form a government suggests he will not prevail this time, but a decisive outcome will likely require yet another round at the polls.