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The administration seemingly cannot decide if its plan is an opening gambit to trigger a compromise or a fait accompli that precludes one.

As currently constituted, the plan cannot be accepted by any Palestinian who cares about self-determination, but implementing some of its economic provisions might create room for negotiations down the road.

الحاق یکپارچه شهرک‌های یهودی‌نشین به اسرائیل، توانایی اسرائیل را برای جداسازی خود از فلسطینی‌ها، ناگزیر، تضعیف خواهد کرد و تشکیل یک دولت واحد را در نتیجه محتمل‌تر می‌کند.

هم ترامپ و هم خامنه‌ای پس از بحران اخیر نیازمند راه خروج هستند و پوتین می‌تواند نقش میانجی بازی کند.

If the United States signals its readiness to do more militarily while also considering compromise, it could spur other governments to apply more effective collective pressure on Tehran.

کنگره باید کمک‌های خود را به بیروت و بغداد به صورت مشروط ارائه کند تا آنها مجبور به پاسخگویی به شکایات شهروندان خود شوند. بسیاری از این شکایات ناشی از فرقه‌گرایی، فساد و خشونت تحت حمایت ایران است.

Despite long-documented public weariness with Middle East conflicts, Trump’s successor could well recognize the value of reestablishing American credibility in the region.

Even though they did not share the same ideologies, Ben-Gurion, Begin, Rabin, and Sharon did share a common view of leadership and the role of the prime minister.

به گفته یکی از ناظران، حالا بسیاری در منطقه می‌گویند: «اگر روی پوشش آمریکا حساب کنی، برهنه خواهی ماند.»

Tehran seems to believe that anything goes, and the wrong U.S. response may just reinforce that conviction.

In the current circumstances of deep disbelief on both sides, stabilization and development go hand in hand.

U.S. pressure has put Iran in a corner economically but not politically or militarily, so the Supreme Leader seems to believe there is little to lose unless Washington shows it will ease sanctions or launch strikes.

Advocacy groups, congressional delegations, and Trump administration officials should all be asking Israel the same tough question: how can we help you rethink settlement expansion and thereby preserve separation as an option?

Two Washington Institute fellows join the children of former Israeli prime ministers to discuss how their legacy of leadership informs the country’s biggest looming challenge: maintaining the possibility of separation from the Palestinians.