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Amidst Rising Tensions, Seizing Historic Opportunity for Syria, Israel, and the US

This week, sectarian violence in post-Assad Syria came to a head with another cycle of violence between Druze militias and...

Bibi and Donald Eat Dinner at the White House

No Trump-Netanyahu meeting is complete without a cringey moment in front of the press, and last night’s dinner was no...

Hesitation to Alignment: How the US Entry Into the Iran War Reshaped Israeli Perceptions – And Validated Netanyahu’s Gamble

On June 21, the United States officially joined Israel’s campaign against Iran, launching strikes on nuclear facilities in Isfahan, Natanz...

Israel and Iran at War – What I Am Watching

For the 20 years that I have been in Washington working on issues of US foreign policy in the Middle...

Initial Reactions and Policy Analysis to Israel’s Strike on Iran – Jen Gavito

Withdrawal from the JCPOA made Israel less, not more safe. This newest setback to diplomacy will inflame the region even...

Initial Reactions and Policy Analysis to Israel’s Strike on Iran – Frank Lowenstein

Here are the questions that must be answered in the immediate aftermath of this attack.

Initial Reactions and Policy Analysis to Israel’s Strike on Iran – Larry Garber

An immediate resumption of negotiations at this point regarding Iran’s nuclear program appears futile, but the US and others should...

Initial Reactions and Policy Analysis to Israel’s Strike on Iran – Ilan Goldenberg

A diplomatic agreement that verifiably keeps Iran away from a nuclear weapon would have been a much more effective approach...

Initial Reactions and Policy Analysis to Israel’s Strike on Iran – Eran Etzion

Netanyahu has opened a new era in the Middle East. An era of Israeli-Iranian “nuclear war.” A war whose stated...