The Deal with Iran
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Israel-Palestine- On the Eve of Israel’s Do-Over: Final Maneuvers and Coalition PossibilitiesOn September 17, Israel is holding an unprecedented repeat election after April balloting failed to produce a coalition of 61 members in the 120-seat parliament. As the two main rival factions push toward this magic number, polls seem to converge on the idea that the right bloc is leading the center-left bloc, an outcome that could extend the long tenure of […]
- Netanyahu Is Endangering the Future of a Two-State SolutionIsraelis are about to go to the polls. It is tempting to call the upcoming national election on September 17 a referendum on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now Israel’s longest-serving leader, who faces corruption charges (all of which he denies). Perhaps because of these legal troubles, alongside his fear that smaller right-wing parties will sip […]
- Iraq’s Air Defense Conundrum: Options for U.S. PolicyOn September 10, an explosion rocked a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Iraq’s Anbar province, killing one militia member and wounding another. PMF spokesmen stated that Israeli drones entering from Syria were responsible for the strike; they also claimed it was carried out “under the cover of U.S. jets in the region as well as a large observation balloon […]
- How Will Palestinians Respond to Netanyahu’s Annexation Announcement?On September 10, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared that he would annex the Jordan Valley if he wins this month’s do-over election. While the announcement’s actual implementation and long-term implications will depend on a variety of factors, the short-term consequences are clear: it will create a political environment among the Palestinian p […]
- To Win Re-Election, Bibi Netanyahu Is Waging ‘Wars’ at Home and AbroadBenjamin Netanyahu is firing in all directions these days. Facing a tight re-election bid next Tuesday, the long-serving Israeli prime minister has just in the last two weeks launched air strikes against multiple neighboring Middle Eastern countries, pushed back against a potential U.S.-Iran detente, attacked the local media and his own Arab citizens, and ca […]
- On the Eve of Israel’s Do-Over: Final Maneuvers and Coalition Possibilities
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- On the Eve of Israel’s Do-Over: Final Maneuvers and Coalition PossibilitiesOn September 17, Israel is holding an unprecedented repeat election after April balloting failed to produce a coalition of 61 members in the 120-seat parliament. As the two main rival factions push toward this magic number, polls seem to converge on the idea that the right bloc is leading the center-left bloc, an outcome that could extend the long tenure of […]
- Netanyahu Is Endangering the Future of a Two-State SolutionIsraelis are about to go to the polls. It is tempting to call the upcoming national election on September 17 a referendum on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now Israel’s longest-serving leader, who faces corruption charges (all of which he denies). Perhaps because of these legal troubles, alongside his fear that smaller right-wing parties will sip […]
- Iraq’s Air Defense Conundrum: Options for U.S. PolicyOn September 10, an explosion rocked a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Iraq’s Anbar province, killing one militia member and wounding another. PMF spokesmen stated that Israeli drones entering from Syria were responsible for the strike; they also claimed it was carried out “under the cover of U.S. jets in the region as well as a large observation balloon […]
- How Will Palestinians Respond to Netanyahu’s Annexation Announcement?On September 10, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared that he would annex the Jordan Valley if he wins this month’s do-over election. While the announcement’s actual implementation and long-term implications will depend on a variety of factors, the short-term consequences are clear: it will create a political environment among the Palestinian p […]
- To Win Re-Election, Bibi Netanyahu Is Waging ‘Wars’ at Home and AbroadBenjamin Netanyahu is firing in all directions these days. Facing a tight re-election bid next Tuesday, the long-serving Israeli prime minister has just in the last two weeks launched air strikes against multiple neighboring Middle Eastern countries, pushed back against a potential U.S.-Iran detente, attacked the local media and his own Arab citizens, and ca […]
- The North Korean-Israeli Shadow WarIt was largely by chance that Israel scored one of its greatest ever intelligence coups in 2007. At the time, Mossad was running surveillance on the director general of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission, a pudgy, bespectacled bureaucrat named Ibrahim Othman. Othman was visiting Vienna that winter to attend meetings of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the Inter […]
- How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its DestinyOn September 5, Washington Institute senior fellows Dennis Ross and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum to mark the release of their new book Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny. They were joined by the children of two of the leaders featured in the book: Dalia Rabin, the chair of the Yitzhak Rabin Center […]
- Younger Palestinians More Moderate on Tactical Issues, But Not on Long-Term Peace with IsraelA detailed survey in the West Bank and Gaza this summer indicates that younger Palestinians have somewhat more moderate views than their elders on various current issues—though not on long-term ones. Respondents age 18-30 expressed a marginally greater interest in economic progress, internal political breakthroughs, personal contacts with Israelis, the Trump […]
- The Campaign Between Wars: How Israel Rethought Its Strategy to Counter Iran’s Malign Regional InfluenceThe state of Israel has rarely known peace; at best, it has enjoyed short periods of quiet between intermittent conflicts. These periods are cherished by Israelis and serve as incubators for the country’s extraordinary growth. Yet Israel’s enemies often take advantage of these periods as well, using them to refill their arsenals and evolve their tactics and […]
- What Israel Still Needs to Learn from Ariel SharonWith Israelis heading to the polls on Sept. 17, it is worth reflecting on the last Likud leader, Ariel Sharon, and the decisions he made on the Palestinian issue. As we note in our book, he was the driving force behind building settlements in the territories seized in the 1967 war, and would declare that giving up any territory taken from the Arabs would sig […]
- On the Eve of Israel’s Do-Over: Final Maneuvers and Coalition Possibilities
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