In this opinion piece for the Financial Times, Michael Herzog, a Fellow at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy, argues that if Israel wishes to garner international support it must outline its own peace initiative.

Leslie H. Gelb says that President Obama's speech on the Middle East was sensible, courageous, and fair, but it has been challenged for reasons good and bad in a region unable to transcend its ancient grudges.

Elliott Abrams discusses President Obama's suggestion that Israel return to its 1967 borders.

In an interview conducted by Edmund Sanders of the Lost Angeles Times in Jerusalem, Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister, discusses Netanyahu's US trip, Israel's need to make a bold peace proposal, and whether Israel can work with the newly unified Palestinian Authority.

Robert Danin argues that President Obama, in his speech on the Middle East, provided an American response to the Middle East uprisings that was bold and ambitious, but his plans for an Israeli-Palestinian settlement lacked a clear way forward.

Isobel Coleman says that while President Obama sought the middle ground in his speech on the Middle East, it may leave both sides disappointed.

Elliott Abrams says that while President Obama had some fine language in his speech on the Middle East, his points on the Arab Spring and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were wrong.

Elliott Abrams discusses George Mitchell's resignation as President Obama's special envoy for the Middle East.

David Makovsky considers the conditions under which Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu woudl consider peace negotiations with Palestine.

Elliott Abrams discusses continuing Palestinian refusal to come to terms with the existence of the State of Israel.

Leslie H. Gelb warns against overreaction by Israel to the protests at its borders.

In this Washington Post op-ed, David Makovsky, distinguished fellow at and Director of the Washington Institute's Project for Middle East Peace Process, argues that when Netanyahu addresses the U.S. Congress next week, he had better come prepared with a plan to renew peace negotiations with Palestinians.

Anthony Shadid of the New York Times offers a picture of what life may be like for Israel if pressure continues on Bashar al-Assad to step down.

With envoy George Mitchell's departure, U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict changes, from the quest for an end of the conflict to the search for a strategy to manage the current crisis, says CFR's Robert Danin.

Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health and the Council on Foreign Relations and Lawrence Gostin, Professor of Global Health at Georgetown University Law Center, discusses what the upcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva will likely address and possible reforms to the World Health Organization.

With Israel facing a regional democratization movement, a unity pact between Hamas and Fatah, and a possible UN vote on Palestinian statehood in the fall, Prime Minister Netanyahu should offer a swap of territory in return for Palestinian acceptance of a Jewish state, says Israel expert David Makovsky.

Robert M. Danin argues that Hamas and Fatah have unified, but not yet reconcile.

Fuad Siniora, former prime minister of Lebanon, discusses the implications of Osama bin Laden's death for the Middle East, the Hamas-Fatah agreement, and the U.S. role in supporting the Arab Spring with Mohamad Bazzi, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.