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U.S. Could Do More to Deter Iran Gray Zone Strategy, Experts Say
When American administrations develop a deterrence strategy for Iran in the Middle East, a model to follow could be how Israel runs a covert military campaign against Iran in ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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As Netanyahu claims win, Israel loses U.S. Democrats
After Monday’s parliamentary election in Israel, the third in less than a year, the country faced a familiar reality. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party appeared ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Unveils the “Giveaway of the Century” on Middle East Peace
Three years after he said that peace in the Middle East was “not as difficult as people have thought,” President Donald Trump unveiled a lopsided plan that gives Israel much o...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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What Kushner's canceled trip to Israel might mean
The decision of Jared Kushner to cancel the peace team's visit to Israel, citing weather conditions and delayed flight, left experts in Washington and Jerusalem confused. It i...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Kushner’s Global Role Shrinks as He Tackles Another: The 2020 Election
When senior administration officials gathered in the Situation Room on Tuesday for a meeting to discuss the repercussions of the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Vice Pr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Faces Dimmer Prospects Than Ever
The prospects for a Trump administration plan to strike a Middle East peace deal have been receding for months, thanks to a protracted political stalemate in Israel and the re...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Crushes Palestinian Hopes Again
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Monday that the United States no longer considers civilian Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands a violation of international law. T...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Impeachment Inquiry Not Expected to Affect Rollout of the Peace Plan
The decision of House Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry against US president Donald Trump is not expected to affect in any way the time frame to roll out the peace plan...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East analyst Ilan Goldenberg offers opinions on Israel
Ilan Goldenberg is hoping to bring back insight about Israel’s recent military success countering Iran, to delve into the Palestinian conflict and to get a pulse of the nation...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Most Undiplomatic of Diplomats Is Trump’s Man in Middle East
As the top American envoy to one of the world’s most volatile regions, David Friedman is anything but diplomatic. Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel broke the mold of non-pa...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Lebanon Prepares for War While Israel Is at War with Itself
On Sunday, Lebanon was rattled by two air raids. As the dust settles, the small Mediterranean republic is now waiting anxiously to see if simmering Iranian-Israeli tensions wi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Kushner seeks Arab leaders’ support to Mideast peace plan seemingly going into effect
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, accompanied by a White House team including Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and State Department o...
By Nicholas Heras
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Even some Trump allies want Kushner to ice his peace plan
Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace plan isn’t even out yet, but there are already intensifying calls to scrap the rollout — including from some Trump allies. Prominent conserva...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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U.S. Political Affairs: Whither the Peace Process?
As any cook learns on his first day of culinary school, it is not safe to defrost a dish and then store it back in the icebox. Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt worked for mo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Trump-Kushner “Deal of the Century” Was Just Torpedoed By Israel's Political Chaos
Jared Kushner arrived in Israel Wednesday looking to make a deal — but his negotiating partner was, to put it mildly, distracted. While President Trump’s son-in-law was ready...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Israel, Saudi Arabia and Trump aides want confrontation with Iran. Will Trump listen?
President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to extract the United States from wars in the Middle East. But his national security adviser, Republicans in Congress and trusted...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump peace package for Middle East likely to stop short of Palestinian statehood
President Trump’s proposal for a “deal of the century” to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict promises practical improvements in the lives of Palestinians but is likely to stop ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Netanyahu can thank populist leaders around the world for his victory, including Trump
Despite what can only be described as a bruising year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to hold on to power after Tuesday’s elections in his country. Even ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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No Matter What Happens In 2020, Trump And Netanyahu Will Keep Their Big Win
As Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to begin his fifth term as prime minister of Israel — after working with an openly racist party and promising an unprecedented seizure of land ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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5 things to know about one of Israel’s most important elections in decades
Israelis head to the polls Tuesday in what could be the most consequential election in decades. Right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, who has spent a total of ...
By Ilan Goldenberg