All Policy Analysis by David Makovsky

Although the Shalit deal may help Netanyahu, the massive prisoner release will backfire on him if there is a spate of terrorist attacks.

In the wake of the UN speeches and Netanyahu's acceptance of unconditional talks, Abbas now seems to be the odd man out, though renewed Israeli construction in east Jerusalem could alter that dynamic.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders should look to 1947 for a lesson on the importance of political pragmatism rather than focusing on an all-or-nothing approach.

On September 12, 2011, Ghaith al-Omari, Amos Yadlin, and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. al-Omari, executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine, previously served as director of international relations in the Office of the Palestinian President and as advisor to then prime

Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Because the issue of U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority has become intertwined with the upcoming Palestinian bid for United Nations membership, I feel it is necessary to address these two issues together. I would like to say, from the outset, that

On September 23, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is slated to address the United Nations to request full membership for the "State of Palestine." The Obama administration has pledged to veto any such move at the UN Security Council, but with a two-thirds majority vote of the General Assembly, the