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ence Monitor How to piece Syria back together Editorial Article 3. Bloomberg Davos, the Iranian Chutzpah Festival Jeffrey Goldberg Article 4. The Washington Institute Will Israel and the United States Break Up Over Iran? Robert Satloff Article 5. The Diplomat Looking Ahead to Post-Obama U.S.-Iran Relations Ro

the two largest states on Israel's border, Egypt and Syria, it hasn't affected the stability in Israel's "near abroad"—the inner circle of Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. Even a hardened skeptic should note that the prospects for progress in Israeli—Palestinian negotiations are higher today than at any

a and Secretary of State Kerry certainly seem justified in acting on it. Dennis Ross is the William Davidson Distinguished Fellow and counselor at The Washington Institute. Previously, he served as the State Department's director of policy planning under President George H. W Bush, special Middle East coordinator unde

ng for Israel more than 25 years ago, while Israel would free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and slow down construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Mr. Abbas, who had vowed not to seek membership in international bodies until the April 29 expiration of the talks that Mr. Kerry started last sum

these multifaceted and unusually pro- ductive bilateral connections. MICHAEL EISENSTADT is director of the Military and Security Studies Program at The Washington Institute, focusing on irregular and conventional warfare and nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East. DAVID POLLOCK is the Kaufman fellow at The Wa

Jewish state as a means of diplomatically isolating it, limiting its military and economic options, and pressuring it to unilaterally withdraw from the West Bank (which, for some, would be a first step toward Israel's elimination). While such efforts have not garnered widespread support in the United States a

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rwhelming support. The United States is expected to block the move in the Security Council -- and, of course, Israel will not alter its policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip because of a U.N. resolution. Now, with the Palestinian dream of statehood stymied at every turn, a new generation of activists are

on what terms -- but also tell us much about the direction of Egypt during this time of transition in the Middle East. Dennis Ross is counselor at The Washington Institute. Ankle .1 Stratfor Israel and Gaza: Then and Now November 19, 2012 -- Four years ago on Nov. 4, while Americans were going to the polls to elect

solve the parliament and Western actors who supported him in those threats). When a Palestinian civil war erupted in June 2007, the governments in the West Bank and Gaza became more explicitly autocratic, to the detriment of Palestinians in both territories. EFTA_R1_00464342 EFTA01977726 Hardly anyone ha

Mon 5/21/2012 1:55:45 PM Subject: May 19 update 19 May, 2012 Article 1. NYT Talks With Iran: U.S. Sees Hopeful Signs Mark Landler Article 2_ The Washington Institute Prospects for Success in the Iran Nuclear Negotiations Patrick Clawson and Mehdi Khalaji Article 3. Foreign Policy How Obama Missed an Opportun

ony Blair. But it is perhaps the opinion of Palestinian citizens themselves that is most telling. A community leader in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank, once a center of conflict, compared the period before 2007, when "the camp was controlled by militias and thugs who partially financed their regi

im in Ukraine? Editorial Article 2. The Washington Post Iran deal could encourage rather than limit nuclear activity Yuval Steinitz Article 3. The Washington Institute Netanyahu and Obama to Review Progress on Iran Patrick Clawson Article 4. The Council on Foreign Relations Obama's March Summit with Prime Minis

aeli Parliament is newsworthy enough. But it was what he said that caused an uproar: Mr. EFTA00684259 Schulz quoted a young Palestinian he met in the West Bank, who had asked him: "How can it be that an Israeli is allowed to use 70 liters of water a day but a Palestinian only 17?" Though Mr. Schulz didn't