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Obama and Netanyahu:

Divergence and Convergence

Between May 19 and May 24, 2011, President Barack Obama and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered three landmark speeches that generated significant controversy regarding the status of relations between the two leaders and Washington's near-term plans for the peace process. At a time when the Palestinian Authority seems bent

David Makovsky

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The Real Issue Is Political Leadership

Recent polls indicate that Middle Eastern public opinion is becoming more amenable to Israeli-Palestinian peace, but at a time of immense regional upheaval, such sentiments are not pushing governments in that direction.

David Pollock

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Obama Walking a Fine Line on Borders Issue

The specific Israeli-Palestinian territorial principles enunciated by President Obama have within them the seeds of deepening tension between the United States and Israel, and perhaps even a rift.

Robert Satloff

Obama, the Arab Spring, and the Peace Process: Assessing a Pivotal Moment in U.S. Middle East Policy

On May 20, 2011, J. Scott Carpenter, Andrew J. Tabler, and Robert Satloff addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Carpenter is the Institute's Keston Family fellow and director of Project Fikra, which focuses on empowering Arab democrats in their struggle against extremism. Mr. Tabler is the Institute's

J. Scott Carpenter
Andrew J. Tabler
Robert Satloff

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Israel Must Set Out Its Parameters for Peace

As Hamas-PA reconciliation accelerates momentum toward an attempted statehood resolution at the UN, Israel should seize the initiative and announce its own peace parameters rather than standing still.

Michael Herzog

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Obama Puts the Onus on Hamas, Where It Belongs -- and 1967 Borders, with Swaps, Makes Sense

President Obama surprised most observers by publicly recognizing that the primary stumbling block preventing forward movement on the peace process is not settlements, or even the status of Jerusalem or the right of return, but Hamas.

Matthew Levitt

President Obama, the 'Winds of Change,' and Middle East Peace

Robert Satloff responds to Obama's recommendations regarding Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, made today in his "Winds of Change" speech at the State Department.

Robert Satloff

Articles & Testimony

What Would Netanyahu Do for Peace?

Washington cannot easily demand that Netanyahu make major concessions on peace as Abbas joins forces with a group sworn to Israel's destruction, but the Israeli prime minister should still arrive in Washington this week with a plan for renewed talks.

David Makovsky

In-Depth Reports

The Arab Spring: Implications for America and the Middle East

On May 13, 2011, Hisham Kassem, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, and Amb. James Larocco addressed The Washington Institute's 2011 Soref Symposium. Mr. Kassem, former publisher of al-Masry al-Youm, is an independent journalist and one of Egypt's most prominent democracy activists. Maj. Gen. Yadlin is the Kay fellow at The Washington

Hisham Kassem
Amos Yadlin
James Larocco

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Michael Stein Address on U.S. Middle East Policy

On May 12, 2011, National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon delivered the Michael Stein Address on U.S. Middle East Policy at The Washington Institute's 2011 Soref Symposium. Mr. Donilon is national security advisor to President Obama, a post he has held since October 2010. During the Clinton administration, he served

Thomas Donilon

A Political Vision for Israel

An Interview by Bernard Gwertzman, CFR.org Israel marked the sixty-third anniversary of its independence yesterday against the backdrop of the Arab Spring roiling the Middle East. The democracy movement holds out promise but also challenges for Israel, says Israel expert David Makovsky, because while Israel welcomes the idea of fellow

David Makovsky

Will PA-Hamas Reconciliation Threaten Other Palestinian Commitments?

On May 4, Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas is slated to sign a reconciliation agreement with Hamas leaders in Cairo, a development first announced last week. The move will mark an end to the period of estrangement between the two factions, which began in summer 2007 when Hamas expelled

David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

The Long View: The Middle East Needs More Israels

The Arab Spring may well produce a few more strong, reliable, democratic, pro-American allies in the Middle East, but until that moment arrives, Washington would be wise to strengthen and protect the only such ally it has in the region.

Robert Satloff

Articles & Testimony

Crossing Thresholds for Peace Process

Unless Netanyahu and Abbas cross historic threshold over the next month, the prospects for peace are likely to slide backward just as so much of the Middle East is trying to surge forward.

David Makovsky

Goldstone's Regret: Implications for Israel and Others

In a remarkable April 1 article published in the Washington Post, Judge Richard Goldstone -- chairman of the UN fact-finding mission that investigated the military conflict in Gaza in 2008-2009 -- expressed regret for some of the most damning findings against Israel in his mission's report. His article declares that

Tal Becker

The Fogel Murders: A Call to Combat Incitement

Incitement to violence, long a secondary issue in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, has returned to the front burner. About a year ago, the Israeli government began publishing an "incitement index" that tracked Palestinian Authority (PA) statements and publications. Then, on March 11 of this year, the Fogel family was massacred in the

David Pollock

Winds of Change in the Middle East: A View from Israel

The former head of Israeli military intelligence delivered the fourth annual Zeev Schiff Memorial Lecture on Middle East Security.

Amos Yadlin

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Why Palestinians Should Learn about the Holocaust

Teaching the Holocaust to Palestinians is a way to ensure they do not go down the blind alley of believing their peace process with Israel is as hopeless as one would have been between Nazis and Jews.

Mohammed Dajani
Robert Satloff

Is a Palestinian Uprising Next?

In view of the major, unexpected mass protests in Arab societies -- from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, and now even Syria -- it must be asked whether similar protests could break out in the West Bank, Gaza, or both. On March 15, approximately 10,000 Palestinians demonstrated in

David Pollock

The Arab Revolutions: An Israeli Perspective

Israel has been watching the ongoing upheaval in the Arab world with steadily growing concern. While they hope to see a happy, democratic end to the popular eruptions of protest and discontent against dictatorial regimes, Israelis are bracing themselves for a series of less optimistic outcomes. A different Middle East

Ehud Yaari

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