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SPOTLIGHT: Arab-Israeli Relations


Reuters/Nayef Hashlamoun - An elderly Palestinian woman gestures during a protest against Israeli Jewish settlers near the West Bank village of Susia

Save to My Portfolio Does the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Still Matter?

Shibley Telhami, June 2008

In this Saban Center Analysis Paper, Shibley Telhami analyzes emerging trends in public attitudes and whether there has been a change over time in the degree to which Arabs assign importance to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the prospects of Middle East peace. In addition, Telhami addresses the ramifications of the divide between Hamas and Fatah, between the government appointed by President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and the Hamas-appointed government in Gaza.   Read More

Arab-Israeli Relations, Israel, Middle East, Islamic World, Polling and Public Opinion

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Ian Livingston - Thomas Friedman (l), Martin Indyk and Marwan Muasher (r)

Save to My Portfolio The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation

Monday, June 16, 2008
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

Arab moderates who embrace a future of regional peace and democracy appear to be losing ground in today’s Middle East. On June 16, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Jordan and Thomas L. Friedman for a discussion of Muasher's new book, The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation, and how to make a moderate future more possible in the Middle East. Read More

Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Democracy Promotion, Jordan

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Martin Indyk and Martha Raddatz discuss the Middle East

Save to My Portfolio Middle East Policy Options for the Next President

Martin S. Indyk and Martha Raddatz, May 07, 2008

In this interview with ABC News senior White House correspondent Martha Raddatz, Martin Indyk discusses the state of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations toward a peace settlement; the rising influence of Iran in the region; and the consequences of a U.S. pullout from Iraq. Read More

Middle East, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Arab-Israeli Relations

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Reuters/Ismail Zaydah - Palestinians attend a protest organized by PLO factions calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the northern Gaza Strip

Save to My Portfolio Is Peace Possible in 2008? A Palestinian Perspective

Friday, April 25, 2008
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

The Saban Center and the American Task Force on Palestine hosted Yasser Abd Rabbo, the secretary general of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and policy adviser to Palestinian President Abbas, for an assessment of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the prospects for a final status agreement before the end of the Bush administration. Read More

Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Israel

SPOTLIGHT: Syria


Reuters/Reuters/Yonathan Weitzman - A Soviet-built Syrian tank sits near a vineyard near Israel's Golan Heights village of Merom Golan

Save to My Portfolio The Future of U.S.-Syrian Relations

Martin S. Indyk, April 24, 2008

In congressional testimony, Martin Indyk argued that the current policy of isolating Syria has had mixed results. He believes that the next U.S. president should consider a different approach that could foster a more productive relationship allowing mutual goals to be realized in the troubled region. Read More

Syria, Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Iraq, Israel

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Save to My Portfolio Israel, Hamas and the Challenge of Gaza

Martin S. Indyk, March 05, 2008

"I think the message of [Israel's] 60th anniversary is that time is not on the side of the Palestinians. Time is not on the side of peace. And, we really need, all who want to see a reconciliation, who want to see a Palestinian independent state living side-by-side with Israel, to redouble their efforts to try to achieve this before it’s too late."

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Save to My Portfolio Views from the Middle East: Public Opinion in the Arab World

Monday, April 14, 2008
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

The Saban Center for Middle East Policy hosted the release of a new University of Maryland/Zogby International opinion poll reflecting public attitudes in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Counterterrorism Trip Report: Israel and Jordan

Daniel L. Byman, April 2008

During Daniel Byman’s trip, Palestinian militants fired rockets against Israeli cities, an attack occurred in the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and Israel took retaliatory measures. Byman found that the mood was one of frustration and gloom. Israelis felt trapped between their sense that inaction would encourage more violence and their recognition that the military and political options looked unpromising. Jordanians fretted that the Israeli reaction to the violence would strengthen the radicals politically. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Israel & India: New Allies

Bruce Riedel, March 21, 2008

Bruce Riedel addresses the Israeli-Indian relationship in light of increased military and intelligence cooperation among the two nations. Arguing that the United States has played a role in fostering the friendship, he believes that the "connection in commercial military and space intelligence fields is good for both countries and for the United States." Read More

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