Elliott Abrams assesses President Obama's speech to the AIPAC Policy Conference.
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Elliott Abrams assesses President Obama's speech to the AIPAC Policy Conference.
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Leslie H. Gelb says maneuvering by Washington and Tehran to head off an Israeli attack against Iran is a process of intriguing diplomatic gamesmanship.
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Elliott Abrams argues that such a thing as conservative foreign aid exists, but the current GOP presidential candidates have yet to define it.
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Elliott Abrams discusses a recent letter from a group of American leaders urging President Obama to adopt a Middle East policy far more critical of Israel.
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Leslie H. Gelb warns against overreaction by Israel to the protests at its borders.
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Richard N. Haass profiles Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2011.
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Dana H. Allin and Steven Simon say that while the WikiLeaks disclosures were reckless, Washington does not have to change its course on dealing with Iran.
Leslie H. Gelb challenges misperceptions about Israel's efforts toward peace in the Middle East.
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Leslie H. Gelb says that while Israel will likely take Obama and Clinton's $3 billion offer in exchange for a settlement freeze, a peace deal would depend on a dramatic step not by the Israelis, but by the Palestinians.
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Leslie H. Gelb says failure of the Middle East peace talks will be worse than not negotiating.
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Elliott Abrams says that hostility toward Israel should be left out of the debate over striking against Iran's nuclear program.
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Elliott Abrams says the United States--rather than Israel--may strike against Iran's nuclear program.
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Elliott Abrams tells the complex story of Arab-Israeli-Iranian relations over this summer.
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Daniel Senor and Saul Singer discuss Israel's role as a global innovation leader.
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Leslie H. Gelb discusses how President Obama's Middle East policy team has failed--and how the United States can move forward.
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Elliott Abrams argues, "President Obama makes the Middle East an even more dangerous place."
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Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Walter Russell Mead says, "...neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are really responsible for the mess that they are both in--and neither party can solve the problem on its own."
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Elliott Abrams says that amidst the international frenzy over the Gaza flotilla disaster, the Obama administration has abandoned Israel at the United Nations.
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Leslie H. Gelb says that while Israeli commandos mishandled the situation on the aid flotilla, Israel was right to storm a ship bound for Gaza.
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Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson argue that demilitarizing Hezbollah is crucial to rolling back Iranian influence in the Middle East and shaping an environment more conducive to Arab-Israeli accomodation.
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