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How Not to Play Peacemaker: Ten Reasons Why Europe Should Reject the Palestinian Statehood Bid at the United Nations
Amos Yadlin and Robert Satloff counter the ten arguments posited in favor of Palestinian statehood by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari and former EU foreign-policy chief Javier Solana in a recent New York Times op-ed.
Sep 21, 2011
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  • Amos Yadlin
  • Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
The IDF and PA Prepare for Disturbances
As the UN prepares for consideration of the Palestinian bid for statehood, both Israel and the PA are bracing for demonstrations and other disturbances in the West Bank.
Sep 21, 2011
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  • Jeffrey White
Articles & Testimony
The Perils of the Palestinians’ Big Moment at the UN
The Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN could bring yet another tsunami to a region already swept by a maelstrom.
Sep 19, 2011
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  • Michael Herzog
Brief Analysis
The Palestinian Bid for UN Membership: Rationale, Response, Repercussions
On September 12, 2011, Ghaith al-Omari, Amos Yadlin, and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. al-Omari, executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine, previously served as director of international relations in the Office of the Palestinian President and as advisor to then prime
Sep 19, 2011
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Amos Yadlin
  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
Promoting Peace? Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority, Part II
Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Because the issue of U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority has become intertwined with the upcoming Palestinian bid for United Nations membership, I feel it is necessary to address these two issues together. I would like to say, from the outset, that
Sep 14, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
In-Depth Reports
The Palestinian Bid for UN Membership:
Rationale, Response, Repercussions
On September 23, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is slated to address the United Nations to request full membership for the "State of Palestine." The Obama administration has pledged to veto any such move at the UN Security Council, but with a two-thirds majority vote of the General Assembly, the
Sep 8, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
What Do the Arabs of East Jerusalem Really Want?
According to reliable, face-to-face surveys, more Palestinians in east Jerusalem would prefer to become citizens of Israel rather than citizens of a new Palestinian state.
Sep 8, 2011
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  • David Pollock
New Tremors in Egypt-Israel Relations
An Interview by Bernard Gwertzman, CFR.org Renewed hostilities along Israel's border with Egypt's Sinai are leading to questions about the future of the flailing Middle East peace process, says expert David Makovsky. The political climate in Egypt has shifted in favor of the country's various Islamist groups, Makovsky says, and
Aug 23, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
Brief Analysis
Implications of the Negev Terrorist Incident
The terrorist attack in the Negev threatens to escalate into both a wider Israel-Gaza conflict and an Egyptian-Israeli diplomatic crisis.
Aug 19, 2011
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  • Jeffrey White
  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
Critiquing Israeli Construction in Jerusalem: Another U.S. Miscue with the Quartet
With the Palestinian train heading toward the UN, the light at the end of the tunnel is really just Quartet diplomacy heading in the wrong direction.
Aug 17, 2011
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
The Cost of Palestinian Unilateralism
Given the robust rhetorical support for the unilateral Palestinian statehood campaign, recent revelations that the PA cannot pay its employees their full salaries due to unfulfilled donor pledges is all the more surprising.
Jul 7, 2011
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  • Michael Singh
In-Depth Reports
A Coming Storm?
Prospects and Implications of UN Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
Barring a diplomatic breakthrough, Palestinian leaders plan to pursue a statehood resolution at the United Nations in September. Yet, the most striking feature of the debate surrounding this development is how little attention is being paid to the context of this initiative and what may happen the day after the
Jun 28, 2011
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  • Tal Becker
Brief Analysis
An Israeli Labor Party Perspective on Peace
On June 16, 2011, Isaac Herzog addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute to discuss Israel's next steps in the wake of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington. A member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Mr. Herzog has served in a number of senior
Jun 20, 2011
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  • Isaac Herzog
Brief Analysis
The IDF and the Marches on Israel's Borders
This weekend may witness another Palestinian attempt to breach the frontier with Israel in a repeat of May 15's "Nakba (Catastrophe) Day," when thousands marched on border fences and crossing points during the annual Arab commemoration of events following Israel's 1948 founding. June 5 is being labeled "Naksa (Setback) Day,"
Jun 3, 2011
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  • Jeffrey White
In-Depth Reports
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
Jun 2, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
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.
Jun 1, 2011
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  • David Pollock
Articles & Testimony
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.
May 26, 2011
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  • Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
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
May 24, 2011
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  • J. Scott Carpenter
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
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.
May 22, 2011
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  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
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.
May 20, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt

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