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Beyond the Vote (Part 1): Implications for U.S. and Allied Intelligence
Two former senior intelligence officials assess the new challenges of collecting, sharing, and acting on information about Iran's nuclear activities, political decisionmaking, and regional intentions under the JCPOA.
Sep 18, 2015
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  • Ellen Laipson
  • Amos Yadlin
Articles & Testimony
Long-Term Palestinian Views on Israel: Two States Now, One State Later?
Recent survey results present policymakers with an opportunity to take steps toward short-term peaceful coexistence, but also with a severe challenge: that of contending with the possibility that even a "final status" agreement might not be truly final.
Sep 3, 2015
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  • David Pollock
Brief Analysis
Egyptian Offshore Gas Find Curtails Israel's Options
The major discovery is good news for Egypt but will likely impede Israel's much-delayed plans to exploit and export its own offshore reserves.
Aug 31, 2015
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
New IDF Strategy Goes Public
The IDF's first-ever public strategy paper highlights the complex challenges posed by substate actors in a fast-transforming landscape, and it could serve as a basis for U.S.-Israeli security dialogue on the Iran nuclear deal.
Aug 28, 2015
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  • Michael Herzog
Brief Analysis
Securing the Sinai MFO Without a U.S. Drawdown
The Obama administration should dispel the current uncertainty over the MFO's future by conferring with Egypt and Israel about how best to secure the peacekeepers, and by improving counterterrorism coordination in the Sinai.
Aug 26, 2015
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Half of Jerusalem's Palestinians Would Prefer Israeli to Palestinian Citizenship
Findings from a new poll suggest that those who care about democracy and peace should pay more attention to the desires of the Palestinians who actually live in Jerusalem, not just of those who claim to speak on their behalf from outside the city.
Aug 21, 2015
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  • David Pollock
Video
How to Navigate the Politics of Israel on Campus: Advice from a Parent
Washington Institute executive director Robert Satloff offers parents and students practical advice on how to address anti-Israel activism on campus and engage constructively on the politics of the Middle East.
Aug 20, 2015
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  • Robert Satloff
Fikra Forum
Fikra Forum
An Egyptian American View on Israel
An Egyptian student reflects on how living and studying in Israel helped reshape everything he had been taught about 'the enemy.'
Aug 13, 2015
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  • Haisam Hassanein
Articles & Testimony
How Iran Plans to Destroy Israel
Tehran's commitment to surrounding, besieging, and eliminating the 'Zionist entity' has not changed, and countering this goal will require pushing back against Iranian advances in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and elsewhere.
Aug 10, 2015
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  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
Hezbollah and Israel Are Upping the Ante
The Israeli-Hezbollah battlefield seems to be shifting east as both sides continue to take action along the Syrian border, increasing the risk of escalation.
Aug 3, 2015
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  • Nadav Pollak
Articles & Testimony
The Secret Plan to Turn the Gaza Disengagement into a Coordinated Peace Effort
A previously unpublished 're-engagement' proposal negotiated just before Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza reveals some new twists in our understanding of the peace process.
Jul 30, 2015
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  • Ehud Yaari
Articles & Testimony
Why Jonathan Pollard's Release Means Little
Given the current state of the region, close U.S.-Israeli security and intelligence cooperation is more vital than ever, but repairing the rift between the two governments will require much more than symbolic gestures.
Jul 28, 2015
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  • David Makovsky
Brief Analysis
Israel's Developing Relationship with Cyprus
President Anastasiades will likely use this week's summit to build momentum toward the development of offshore gas reserves, with Iran and other issues making the agenda as well.
Jul 27, 2015
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Israel Confronts the Iran Nuclear Deal
Israelis fear that the deal will legitimize Iran as a nuclear threshold state, embolden its highly destabilizing role in a volatile Middle East, and trigger nuclear proliferation and a conventional arms race in the region.
Jul 24, 2015
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  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
New Poll Shows Most Palestinians for Practical Progress, Tactical Compromises with Israel
Outside advocates and political figures would do better to stray from their well-traveled hard line and follow the relatively pragmatic lead of the Palestinian people instead.
Jul 23, 2015
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  • David Pollock
Articles & Testimony
We Should Not Let Euphoria About the Iran Nuclear Deal Cloud Our Judgment
Complacency could put regional security at greater risk, so the international community must not drop its guard against an emboldened regime.
Jul 14, 2015
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  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
How to Salvage Some Security From the Botched Iran Deal
If the United States and its partners do not stand firm in the coming days and years, Israelis feel they may be left alone to face the ayatollahs.
Jun 29, 2015
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  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
The Palestinian Case Against BDS
Whereas the movement's spokespeople live in comfortable circumstances abroad, boycotts will result in increased economic hardships for actual Palestinians.
Jun 25, 2015
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  • Bassem Eid
In-Depth Reports
Fatah Central Committee Profiles
These twenty-three profiles detail the personal background, political trajectory, and career aspirations of the members of Fatah's Central Committee.
Jun 19, 2015
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  • Adam Rasgon
Brief Analysis
Syria's Druze Under Threat
Recent attacks on the Syrian Druze community threaten to further roil sectarian tensions, radicalize Druze elements, and potentially draw Israel into the civil war.
Jun 17, 2015
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  • Noam Raydan
  • Matthew Levitt

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David Makovsky
David Makovsky is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations.
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Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute.
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Ehud Yaari is the Lafer International Fellow at The Washington Institute.
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