Policy Analysis

Isolation in Europe narrows Israel’s diplomatic maneuvering space with EU partners and increases Israel’s asymmetric dependence on the United States.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last week by the Trump administration and Iran is a welcome and necessary step to ending a disastrous war of choice that the US and Israel never should have started.

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Six months after the October 10, 2025 announcement of a Gaza ceasefire, the 20-point peace plan announced by President Trump has largely stalled on all its promises beyond the initial pause in fighting, hostage exchange, and surge in humanitarian aid.

American policymakers seeking to stabilize the Middle East and prevent a further conflagration in the West Bank should focus on reversing Israeli actions that undermine the Palestinian economy and have no security benefit. This issue brief breaks down the steps Israel has taken, assesses their impact, and recommends short- and long-term policies to reverse the downward trajectory of the West Bank economy.

Israel’s election has now officially been scheduled for Tuesday, October 27. The next three months will be filled with analysis of candidates participating in the different party lists and their respective platforms, projections from various polls, and the potential coalitions that may emerge following the elections. Less attention will be paid to the legal framework and the administrative formalities. Israel’s election process has consistently received positive ratings from external monitors like Freedom House. Nonetheless, in this era of “election denialism” and conspiracy theories designed to undermine confidence in the integrity of election processes, it is worth understanding the critical components of the Israeli system and identifying concerns that have been raised this time around.

The recent signing of a US-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, until recently envisioned as an incentive to the Kingdom to pursue normalization with Israel, represents one of the most consequential nuclear diplomacy developments in recent years.

The Board of Peace’s (BoP) announcement of a new roadmap to full implementation of the October 2025 Gaza Ceasefire Agreement has the potential to be a very significant step forward.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) prisoner payment program, known by Palestinians as the Martyrs Fund and by many Israelis and American Jews as “pay-for-slay,” is being overhauled pursuant to a February 2025 decree by PA President Mahmoud Abbas.