An acute crisis has been unfolding in the Gaza Strip for over a decade. Its nearly 2 million residents live amid a man-made humanitarian disaster, with severe urban crowding, staggering unemployment, and a dire scarcity of basic services, including electricity, water, and sewage treatment. Three rounds of open warfare have devastated Gaza while placing Israelis under constant threat. Recent weeks have seen a sharp escalation in fighting, again illustrating the precarious balance of this situation. Moreover, the continued political and physical separation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank hinders Palestinian national development while making a two-state solution even more remote.
On December 3, the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings and the Center for a New American Security launched their new report, “Ending Gaza’s Perpetual Crisis: A New U.S. Approach.” The authors, informed by the deliberations of a high-level task force on the future of U.S. policy toward Gaza, argue that the United States should no longer accept the perpetuation of the current state of affairs in Gaza, given its moral, security, and political costs. They propose instead a route by which American policymakers can help bring an end to this continued state of crisis.
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Panel II: Discussion
Agenda
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December 3
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Introduction
Bruce Jones Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @BruceBrookingsVictoria Nuland Former Brookings Expert -
Moderator
Indira Lakshmanan Executive Editor - Pulitzer Center, Washington Columnist - The Boston Globe @Indira_L -
Panel one: Report presentation by the authors
Hady Amr Former Brookings ExpertIlan Goldenberg Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Security program - Center for a New American Security @ilangoldenbergNatan Sachs Director - Center for Middle East Policy, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy @natansachs -
Panel two: Discussion
Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen Director, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program - U.S. Institute of PeaceDennis Ross William Davidson Distinguished Fellow - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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