The Palestinian Territories

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Bahrain, watch during the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

What prompted the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization of relations with Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Palestine and the Arab World: A relationship in crisis?

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM AST

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

Order from Chaos

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

U.S. President Donald Trump waves next to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to announcing his Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Israel

In American eyes, annexation is like playing with fire

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Reports

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks during a cabinet meeting of the new Palestinian government, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC18BBEC7170

Middle East & North Africa

From confusion to clarity: Three pillars for revitalizing the Palestinian national movement

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Egyptian intelligence chief Khaled Fawzi (C) walks with head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri and Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad as they sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Report

Palestinian reconciliation and the potential of transitional justice

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike in Gaza, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot - RC1B4F7D7DE0

U.S. Foreign Policy

Ending Gaza’s perpetual crisis: A new U.S. approach

Hady Amr, Ilan Goldenberg, Kevin Huggard, and Natan Sachs

December 2018

A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision on Jerusalem, near the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RC1D250522B0

The Palestinian Territories

How the peace process killed the two-state solution

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Palestinians take part in a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in Gaza City May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Report

Still in ruins: Reviving the stalled reconstruction of Gaza

Sultan Barakat and Firas Masri

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Blog Posts

Palestinian Americans and supporters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Order from Chaos

What Americans think about the looming Israeli annexation and Trump’s Middle East plan

Shibley Telhami

Monday, June 29, 2020

People enjoy themselves at a restaurant as some businesses reopened at the end of last month under a host of new rules, following weeks of shutdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 4, 2020. Picture taken June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Order from Chaos

Reopening the World: Israel reopens, but the risks persist

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in Jerusalem, Israel on May 13, 2020. Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday (13) for a lightning visit during the which will talk about the Iran issue and the proposed annexation by the occupied West Bank.

Order from Chaos

Israel’s annexation puzzle in the age of great power competition

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

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Events

Israeli annexation and the future of Palestine

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM AST

Rethinking the Palestinian National Project: Challenges, Opportunities, and a New Way Forward

12:00 AM - Friday Jul 19, 2019 12:00 AM EDT

London, United Kingdom

Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, From Balfour to Trump

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: Traffic moves past a Blue and White party election campaign poster, depicting party leader Benny Gantz, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

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What does the Gantz-Netanyahu coalition government mean for Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds as he and U.S. President Donald Trump deliver joint remarks on a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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What does Trump’s Middle East plan mean for Israel and Palestine?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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Podcast Episode

Will the Bahrain workshop lead to progress on Middle East peace?

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

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