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What You Need to Know: July 2025 United Nations Conference on Two-State Solution

Last week, the United Nations in New York held the “High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question...

Israel Has the Power to End the War in Gaza and It Must

There is much more Israel can do to get the hostages out and get aid into Gaza. And the reality...

Israel’s Conscription Crisis – The Debate Over the Ultra-Orthodox Draft Law

The ultra-Orthodox parties have used their influence in successive coalition governments to block efforts to end or restrict their exemption....

Key Issues in Ceasefire Negotiations

Over the past two weeks, there has been renewed momentum towards a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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...