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Secretary Blinken’s Middle East Tour
May 31, 2021 On April 29, 2018, Mike Pompeo made his first visit to Israel as Secretary of State. This is how Prime Minister Netanyahu started off their joint press conference: “Secretary Pompeo, it’s wonderful to welcome you. “This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Blinken, Gaza, Iran nuclear deal, Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority, Pompeo, Turkish foreign policy
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The Gaza Cease-fire
May 24, 2021 With the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire taking hold last Friday, the 11-day Gaza conflict is hopefully over. By and large, this latest episode also conformed to the pattern of Gaza confrontations. There were clashes at Jerusalem’s holy sites; Israel … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Jerusalem, Netanyahu, Palestine, Turkish foreign policy, two-states vision
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Gaza Violence (2)
May 17, 2021 In my last post I tried to highlight the roller-coaster pattern of Israeli-Palestinian violence. In his New York Times article of May 14, titled “Arab World Condemns Israeli Violence but Takes Little Action”, Eric Erlanger started off … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem.Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestine, Turkish foreign policy, two-states vision
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Gaza Violence
May 13, 2021 Palestinians remain more than frustrated with the status quo and in the absence of any progress towards the two-state solution their discontent usually hits the surface in the form of some violence. And whenever there is violence, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Accords, Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestine, Peace to Prosperity, Trump, Turkish foreign policy
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Waiting for the Call
February 15, 2021 Despite his heavy domestic agenda President Biden has been calling foreign leaders. Last Thursday, in a Jerusalem Post article titled, “What signals is Biden sending about his Middle East policy?”, Herb Keinon took a look at why … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Biden call, Israel-US, Netanyahu, Obama, Trump, Turkey, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy
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“Deal of the Century”
February 2, 2020 Last week, I watched President Trump’s and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s White House remarks on television. I also read the transcript[i]. President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke for 47 minutes. During those 47 minutes there were 71 … Continue reading
“Recognizing the Reality”
May 16, 2018 President Trump has called his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “recognition of the reality”. His National Security Advisor John Bolton, speaking to ABC’s “This Week” on May 13 said, “If you’re not prepared to recognize … Continue reading
Turkish-Israeli Reconciliation
June 27, 2016 Prime Ministers Yıldırım and Netanyahu personally announced to the world that Turkey and Israel have decided to restore diplomatic relations. This is concrete evidence that even for the ruling Justice and Development Party (JDP) “precious loneliness” was … Continue reading
France Launches “Middle East Peace Initiative”
June 9, 2016 Israeli-Palestinian talks sponsored by the US collapsed in April 2014. On July 8, Israel launched “Operation Protective Edge” in Gaza in response to rocket attacks by Hamas. 2,143 Palestinians and 71 Israelis lost their lives with 11,000 … Continue reading
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Sending a Reminder
October 29, 2015 Palestinians remain deeply dissatisfied with the status quo and in the absence of any progress towards the two-state solution their discontent hits the surface usually in the form of some violence. And whenever there is violence, Israel … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel-Palestine, Israel-US relations, Isreal-Palestine conflict, Kerry, Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu
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