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May 30, 2011

Israel
The Third Man

In late May President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered two speeches each in Washington, debating how to understand events in the Middle East. But the third man was missing: Mahmou…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 23, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
The Kerry Negotiations

Secretary of State Kerry continues his "peace process" efforts at hammering out a comprehensive deal, or at least a framework deal, between Israelis and Palestinians. Two recent articles are reminde…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 23, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
Will Kerry Continue the Jerusalem-Ramallah Shuttle If Hamas and Fatah Unite?

Secretary of State Kerry has put enormous effort into the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Most recently, there has been talk of a three-way deal wherein Israel releases 426 prisoners (some of them …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 10, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
Rebuilding Gaza Starts Slowly--Very Slowly

The Hamas claim of victory in last summer’s conflict with Israel was based largely on the associated claim that life in Gaza would now change to the great benefit of the people living there. A vast r…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 29, 2012

Israel
Hamas Breaks From Syria

While the “Friends of Syria” were meeting in Tunis last week, Hamas was separately taking its own steps to disavow the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. In a significant move, Hamas officials announc…

Syria's president Bashar al-Assad shakes hands and welcomes Hamas leader Khaled Meshal before a meeting in Damascus on January 24, 2009—three years before Meshal would break with the former (Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters