Arab-Israeli Relations

Despite the recent escalation, the United States has options for preventing, or at least limiting the scope of, a regional showdown in Syria.

It is time to create a stark public choice for Hamas: stop escalating tensions, and important rebuilding work will begin.

In a rare public address in Washington, D.C., Israel's defense minister explained his government's strategy for dealing with challenges including the emergence of a direct Iranian front to the north and recurrent mass protests along the Gaza border to the south.

Although the event's impact on bilateral Arab relations with Israel will likely be minimal, the issues addressed in its resolutions and the way they are framed will indicate how far leaders are willing to go in publicly engaging the state.

The recent clashes were intended as the first salvo in a longer-term border confrontation, so the potential for escalation is high.

The PASF have become a dependable peace partner, but can they maintain stability amid U.S. aid cuts and imminent political storms?

Nearly four decades after Egypt and Israel signed their peace treaty, security cooperation between the former foes is arguably stronger than ever. Limited economic cooperation also prevails through Qualifying Industrial Zones, areas in which Egyptians manufacture products using Israeli materials, thereafter exporting the goods to the United States duty-free. Yet

On the anniversary of their landmark treaty, anti-Israel rhetoric and actions by the Egyptian government remain one of the biggest obstacles to further normalization.

In the hit show, Queen Elizabeth II puts the British prime minister in check for his secret plan to attack Egypt, but in real life he was checkmated by David Ben-Gurion.