PAST EVENT
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Monday, November 16, 2009
On November 14-16, 2009, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings brought together top Israeli and American policymakers, journalists, and members of the public and private sectors to Jerusalem for discussions on the most critical issues in the Middle East. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, November 09, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
On November 9, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a policy discussion with H.E. Mohamad Chatah, the Lebanese minister of finance, H.E. Ghassan Khatib, director of the Palestinian Government Media Center, and H.E. Ayad Al Samarrai, speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on the project of inclusive national dialogue and state-building in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, and Iraq. The speakers examined past and current nationally-driven conflict resolution efforts. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, October 01, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On October 1, Shibley Telhami, Saban Center nonresident senior fellow and Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland, presented results of the 2009 University of Maryland/Zogby International opinion poll, conducted in August 2009, that surveyed Israeli Arabs and Palestinian public opinion. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC
On September 9, the Saban Center at Brookings hosted a policy discussion with Alon Pinkas, former Consul General of Israel in New York and current President of the U.S.-Israel Institute at the Rabin Center in Tel Aviv. The discussion came in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to New York to attend the UN General assembly and amid debate over the health of the United States-Israel relationship. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martin S. Indyk, May 15, 2009, Council on Foreign Relations
In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, Martin Indyk downplayed the prospects of any confrontation over the Mideast peace process between President Barack Obama and new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their first meeting. Still, he said, Netanyahu could have trouble reconciling Obama's desire for a two-state solution with the Palestinians with opposition from his political base. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, May 14, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Washington, DC
On May 14, Foreign Policy at Brookings held a journalist roundtable to discuss upcoming meetings between U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Martin Indyk, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, and Tamara Cofman Wittes, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Democracy and Development Project, explored the issues and answered questions. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
On April 15, the Saban Center at Brookings hosted Nahum Barnea, Israel's leading political columnist and former Kreiz Fellow at the Saban Center. Barnea discussed Binyamin Netanyahu's second term as Prime Minister of Israel and was joined by Martin Indyk, Director of the Saban Center. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
On March 31, 2009, the Brookings Doha Center hosted Saeb Erakat, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department, for a policy discussion. Erakat opened the session by responding directly to the inauguration speech given a few hours earlier by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. He expressed disappointment in Netanyahu’s failure to highlight the two-state solution in his speech and said that the Israeli leader's call for Palestinians to rule themselves is not a possibility when they must live in a continued state of occupation. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, March 20, 2009
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
On March 20, the Saban Center hosted Itamar Rabinovich, Charles and Andrea Bronfman Distinguished Visiting Fellow, to present a comprehensive analysis of the interaction of American, Israeli, and Syrian policies over the last three decades. He was joined by Frederic Hof, CEO of Armitage Associates, L.C. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Itamar Rabinovich, March 02, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In this Saban Center Analysis Paper, Itamar Rabinovich examines the history of the U.S.-Syrian relationship and the Israeli-Syrian conflict to offer policy options for the Obama Administration. Rabinovich presents a comprehensive analysis of American, Israeli, and Syrian interests that accounts for the successes and shortcomings of U.S. and Israeli engagements with Syria over the past three decades. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, February 19, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
After voters split over who should lead Israel following parliamentary elections, Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni continue to woo smaller parties to build a coalition government. On February 19, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy hosted a discussion analyzing the results of the elections. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martin S. Indyk, February 13, 2009, International Herald Tribune
Following parliamentary elections in Israel, Martin Indyk writes that even though the right-wing bloc won a majority and a hard-liner has become the kingmaker, it is premature to declare the end of the two-state solution and the death of the Middle East peace process. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bilal Y. Saab, February 01, 2009, The World Today
Bilal Saab writes that Israeli and Palestinian leaders are either incapable or unwilling to think strategically about ways they can resolve, or at least effectively manage, the many issues that have divided their people for more than sixty years. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bilal Y. Saab, January 30, 2009, Jane’s Foreign Report
Following a three-week war with Israel, Hamas officials have recently emerged from weeks in hiding for a "victory celebration." Bilal Saab argues that while support for Hamas remains strong, anger and fears have been on the rise among Palestinians. Saab examines the war in Gaza and where Hamas can go from here. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
With a fragile cease-fire in place in the Gaza Strip, President Obama is sending very different signals to the Middle East and the larger Arab world than his predecessor. In a web chat moderated by Politco’s Fred Barbash, Brookings expert Tamara Cofman Wittes answered questions on how these new messages are being received and the challenges that await the new president in the region. Read More