The Palestinian Territories

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party election campaign banner depicting his main rival Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White party sitting with Arab politician Ahmad Tibi, of the Joint List party, and Hebrew writing reading: "Without Ahmad Tibi, Gantz doesn't have a government", is seen in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, February 25, 2020. Picture taken February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

Israel’s Arab parties may help determine who runs the next government.

Omar H. Rahman

Friday, March 13, 2020

Palestinian demonstrators take part in a rally in support of President Mahmoud Abbas and against the U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Order from Chaos

Trump’s Middle East peace plan: What’s there to be upset about?

Salam Fayyad

Friday, February 21, 2020

Israel

Israel’s fury over UN settlement ‘blacklist’ is only the beginning

Omar H. Rahman

Monday, February 17, 2020.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations in New York, U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Order from Chaos

The real threat to Palestine is a crisis of leadership

Omar H. Rahman

Thursday, February 13, 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

Omar H. Rahman

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

Mia Swart

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

Khaled Elgindy

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

A general view shows a meeting of the Arab League's foreign ministers after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan, in Cairo, Egypt, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Order from Chaos

Trump’s Middle East plan: What does America stand for?

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive at a joint news conference to discuss a new Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Order from Chaos

Netanyahu traded Israel’s independence for the ‘deal of the century’

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk in the midst of a joint news conference on a new Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Brookings experts on the Middle East react to the White House’s peace plan

Natan Sachs, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Bruce Riedel, and Hady Amr

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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

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

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Ending Gaza’s perpetual crisis

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Multimedia

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

Podcast Episode

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

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood take part in a sit-in against the Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner's visit to Jordan, near the U.S. Embassy, in Amman, Jordan, May 28, 2019. Picture taken May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC16915627A0

Podcast Episode

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

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policewoman over the removal of a Palestinian tent whose owners said they were informed by the Israeli forces that they didnt obtain a permit to erect the tent, in Susiya village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RC15417709C0

Podcast Episode

Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?

Khaled Elgindy and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, April 19, 2019

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