Tamara Cofman Wittes

Palestinians inspect damaged buildings that were hit by Israeli airstrikes during the recent military conflict between Israel and the Palestinian enclave controlled by Hamas. Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the ceasefire after days of fighting in which around 230 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes and 12 people in Israel were killed by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Congratulations on the ceasefire. Now the hard work begins.

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 21, 2021

Molotov cocktails are thrown by Arabs at Jewish right-wing protesters during clashes amid a night-time curfew in the mixed Israeli-Arab city of Lod.

This is what the death of the two-state solution looks like

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 14, 2021

The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Advice for new appointees to consider as they enter the Biden administration

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall in the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM)

On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, practical steps are more important than grand visions

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, December 18, 2020

A combination picture shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Osaka, Japan June 29, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem February 9, 2020. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY and REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool

Saudi-Israeli relations: The curious case of a NEOM meeting denied

Natan Sachs and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

White House at Sunset. Source: Shutterstock.

A list of specific, actionable foreign policy ideas for the next president

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi speaks during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Francois Hollande at the presidential palace of al- Orouba for the official visit of the French president, Cairo on April 17, 2016. Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2016. Photo by Etienne Bouy/ABACAPRESS.COM

The needed reset for the US-Egypt relationship

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, September 10, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a peace deal that will lead to the full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that Trump helped broker, at White House in Washington, U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Around-the-halls: Experts analyze the normalization of Israel-UAE ties

Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Jeffrey Feltman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Suzanne Maloney, Shadi Hamid, and Salam Fayyad

Thursday, August 13, 2020

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.- In the photo taken on April 11, 2020, thousands of people in the main cities of Brazil protested on Saturday night from the windows of their houses against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro. Under the slogan "Fora Bolsonaro", thousands of people beat their pots and pans from their windows and balconies, in protest at the way the Executive has been handling the health crisis of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Civil society creativity around the world can sustain protests in the coronavirus era

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, June 4, 2020

People demonstrate in commemoration of George Floyd near the American embassy at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2020. About 200 people gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the German capital to protest against police brutality racism and hate. 46-year-old African-American, George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer was kneeling on his neck for several minutes during his arrest. The controversial act of police brutality sparked violent demonstrations throughout the U.S with reports of riots in Minnesota, California, New-York and more. Reports also mention that Derek Chauvin, one of the police officers allegedly involved in the incident was arrested and will be charged with Third-degree murder. (Photo by: Omer Messinger)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Promoting human rights abroad when they’re being trampled at home

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, June 3, 2020