Israel-Palestine Crisis
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OK, Here We Are at Plan B
The collapse of U.S. diplomacy on the Israeli-Palestinian front has provoked predictably partisan sniping in Washington, with the Obama administration’s critics (and actually even some of its friends) charging it with incompetence.
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After Abu Mazin? Letting the Scales Fall From Our Eyes
In the wake of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement that he would not seek a second term, any further attempts at some form of peace process must not ignore a few basic realities about the settlements, Hamas, and Palestinian politics.
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The Nobel Prize: Obama's Poisoned Chalice?
President Obama should use the opportunity presented to him by winning the Nobel Peace Prize to make bold and concrete movements toward reducing stockpiles of nuclear weapons and restarting the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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European Conflict Management in the Middle East: Toward a More Effective Approach
For the EU to be an effective player in the Middle East, it should seek an efficient division of labor with the United States and pursue greater political engagement in the Palestinian territories, Syria, and Lebanon.
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Palestine and Israel: Time for Plan B
Negotiations over a two-state solution have reached a dead end. International efforts should focus on a short-term cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that can pave the way for a sustainable armistice.
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President Obama and Middle East Expectations
Barack Obama's election was celebrated throughout the Middle East. But enthusiasm could quickly turn to hostility if the new administration does not back up its rhetoric with concrete changes to U.S. Middle East policy on three key issues: Palestine, Iraq, and political reform.
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Gaza After the War: Egypt's Equities and Limitations
Egypt has two principal interests related to Gaza: avoiding taking on responsibility for the 1.5 million Palestinians living there, and transferring control of Gaza back to the Palestinian Authority.
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Palestine and Israel: Time for Plan B
Negotiations over a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have reached a dead end. International efforts should focus on a short-term cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that can pave the way for a sustainable armistice.
Experts
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Nathan Brown
Brown is a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He has recently been a member of the international advisory committee on drafting the Palestinian constitution and consultant to the UNDP's program on governance in the Arab world. -
Michele Dunne
Formerly a specialist at the State Department and White House on Middle East affairs, Dunne has also been a visiting assistant professor of Arabic language at Georgetown University. -
Amr Hamzawy
Hamzawy previously taught at Cairo University and the Free University of Berlin. He writes a bi-monthly op-ed for the leading Arab daily al-Hayat. -
Marina Ottaway
Before joining the Endowment, Ottaway carried out research in Africa and in the Middle East for many years and taught at the University of Addis Ababa, the University of Zambia, the American University in Cairo, and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.
