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Join us for a live video conversation with the leader of the first Arab party to join an Israeli governing coalition.

The response to a series of drone and missile attacks from the Iran-backed Houthis spotlight the cooperation Emirati and Israeli representatives have been building for years in Washington

The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Supports Enhanced Focus on Chinese, Russian Challenges to U.S. in the Region The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is launching a new research program devoted to the policy challenges of Great Power competition in the Middle East, the organization announced.

Now that some Arab leaders see Israel as part of a solution to their challenges and are unencumbered by the enmity of the past, what will it take to deepen these relationships and extend them to other states?

Where does current Israeli and Palestinian public opinion fall on the two-state question, and what deeper insights does the data hold?

Chinas Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L) attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Lintao Zhang) Over the past two decades, China has increasingly challenged America’s economic and political influence in the Middle East, including in Israel. At the same time, Washington remains Jerusalem’s strongest ally and patron, which raises questions about how the U.S. relationship affects Israel’s polic...

U.S.-Israel political parallels (and perils) New leaders in Jerusalem and Washington will contend with a bilateral relationship thats become more political than diplomatic. June 4, 2021 — 5:45pm Text size Copy shortlink: A campaign poster for the 2019 Israeli election — one of four in just two years — showed a smiling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands. But not with a coalition partner, or even reaching ...

March 15, 2021   The following statement on U.S. policy toward Palestinian Authority elections has been endorsed by Washington Institute experts on the Middle East peace process: Elections are an important building block of democratic government, and the Biden administration should welcome moves toward the conduct of elections within the Palestinian Authority. However, should the PA decide to conduct elections with the participation of Hamas, this could have significant implications for the ab...

Brief Analysis The centrist party leader discusses key domestic and international policy issues ahead of the upcoming Knesset elections, with follow-up analysis by political and polling experts. On March 1, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum with Yair Lapid, David Makovsky, and Tamar Hermann. Below is a lightly edited transcript of Lapid’s conversation with Institute executive director Robert Satloff, followed by a rapporteur’s summary of Makovsky and Hermann’s remarks....

Fourth vote in two years seems mostly about Netanyahu, but should be more about the nation.