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Israel's Not the Issue; Pass It On
As U.S. and British forces readied for battle Sunday, President Bush telephoned a handful of world leaders to give them warning. Prominent among them: Israel. Why? The answer should be clear, given the democratic values we share and the common enemies we face. Based on its size and population, no
Oct 10, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
The Other Twin Towers
They are the tallest towers in town, a pair of them in the hub of the city's financial district. And thanks to some good intelligence and smart police work, which nabbed the terrorists before they completed their mission, the buildings are still standing today. In this real-life story the city
Oct 8, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Syria's Accession to the UN Security Council and U.S. Policy
The internal Bush administration debate over the "broad coalition/narrow target versus narrow coalition/broad target" in the war against terrorism will be put to a test Monday, when the United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to vote in secret ballot on the nomination of Syria as a non-permanent member of the
Oct 5, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Bush's 'Vision' of a Palestinian State
"The idea of a Palestinian state has always been part of a vision, so long as the right of Israel to exist is respected." With those words, President Bush on Tuesday launched U.S.-Middle East diplomacy into new and uncharted waters. The idea of Palestinian statehood has not, of course, "always"
Oct 3, 2001
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Robert Satloff
In-Depth Reports
War on Terror:
The Middle East Dimension
Note: The proceedings of the 2001 Weinberg Founders Conference were published as a monograph edited by Robert Satloff. please See that listing for a full description. Keynote addresses by Bernard Lewis, Samih Buttikhi, and Ami Ayalon. With Martin Kramer, Ibrahim Karawan, Ehud Ya'ari, Khaled Abu Toameh, Moshe Arens, Kanan Makiya
Oct 1, 2001
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Robert Satloff
In-Depth Reports
After Arafat?
The Future of Palestinian Politics
How Washington responds to the passing of Yasir Arafat depends largely on forecasts of internal Palestinian political dynamics, in both the short- and medium-term. The three concise essays in this special Policy Focus publication provide just such analyses. Each is written by a close and informed observer of the Palestinian
Sep 30, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Terror against America:
Assessment and Implications (Part I)
On September 13, 2001, Robert Satloff and Dennis Ross addressed a special Washington Institute briefing on the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Sep 19, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Times Bomb
Imagine the New York Times covering the sinking of the Titanic with only a passing reference to the iceberg. Absurd? Not really. On July 26 the nation's newspaper of record devoted 5,681 words to a retrospective by Jerusalem bureau chief Deborah Sontag titled "Quest for Mideast Peace: How and Why
Aug 13, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Middle East Assassinations, 50 Years On
On Friday, July 20, 1951 - exactly 50 years ago today Jordan's King Abdullah bin Hussein was walking out of Jerusalem's al-Aksa Mosque following noontime prayers when he was shot dead by an unemployed Palestinian tailor. Twenty years ago this October, Egypt's Anwar Sadat was presiding over an annual military
Jul 20, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
End Dialogue If Arafat Stays Unresponsive
As he approaches the half-year mark on the job, President Bush's record on Arab-Israeli issues looks quite heartening. With wisdom born of his predecessor's sour experience, Bush has struck a balance that supports Israel's need for an end to violence, keeps PLO leader Yasser Arafat at arm's length and still
Jul 12, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Ceasefire Monitoring and the U.S. Role:
What Powell Did and Didn't Say
As car bombs inside Israel and the Israeli targeting of Islamic Jihad operatives postpones for another day the start of the seven-day "no incident period" arranged by Secretary of State Colin Powell last week, yesterday's retaliatory attack by Israeli F-16 aircraft against a Syrian radar station in the Bekaa Valley
Jul 2, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
From Tenet to Powell:
Assessing a Policy in Flux
With Secretary of State Colin Powell's trip to the Middle East this week, following on Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's visit to Washington, U.S. diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli arena will reach its most intensive level since the advent of the Bush administration. The rationale for this heightened diplomacy is, in
Jun 25, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority:
Impressions from a Regional Tour
At Camp David/Taba, the Palestinians left the Israeli bride at the altar, so to speak, by turning down the agreement. Regional actors have responded differently. Some Arab leaders, especially Egyptians, are in denial, arguing that former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak's proposals are still valid and that the peace process
Jun 18, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
U.S. Policy, the Mitchell Report, and the Palestinian Uprising:
Assessment and Prospects
The Bush administration confronts a certain context on the ground in Israel and the Palestinian territories: Increasing violence. The violence gets worse and worse, and seems to have a logic and momentum of its own. There has been a descent into what may only be described as "communal violence." Leaders
May 30, 2001
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Dennis Ross
Robert Satloff
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This Is No Time for Another 'Peace' Process
Yesterday, facing a mounting death toll among Israelis and Palestinians, Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed the contours of an international report on the ongoing conflict and issued what he termed a "clarion call" for an "unconditional cessation of violence." The sequence of events he proposed — a complete ceasefire
May 22, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Punting on PA/PLO Responsibility for Violence:
Assessing the PLO Compliance Report
Last week, President George W. Bush pointedly called upon Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat to "stop the violence," and Assistant Secretary of State Edward Walker testified that Arafat has "made no statements that would indicate that he is opposed to violence or that he even wants to see it stop." Yesterday
Apr 4, 2001
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Robert Satloff
David Schenker
Brief Analysis
The Arab League Summit:
Opportunities amid the Vitriol?
In the Middle East, this week witnessed a series of events occurring at such breakneck speed that it is important not to lose the significance of each: • On Thursday, President Bush issued an unprecedented statement calling on Chairman Yasir Arafat to "stop the violence," a statement that could lay
Mar 30, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Intifada 2000, The Foggy Bottom Version:
A Review of the Human Rights Report
Five months after the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising, the U.S. government yesterday issued its first systematic assessment of the intifada-related actions of Israelis and Palestinians in the form of the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the year 2000. A close reading of the twenty-four page
Feb 27, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Sharon's Victory:
Implications for the Peace Process and U.S. Policy
Meaning of the ElectionThe Israeli people spoke in the most dramatic and convincing fashion. Viewed in the U.S. context, Ariel Sharon won a larger share of the vote 62.5 percent than any presidential candidate in history. Essentially, Israel voted to express one word: "enough!" enough violence, enough concessions, enough perception
Feb 7, 2001
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Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Inside Clinton’s Peace Proposals:
A Textual Analysis
While the White House has made no comment on the substance of President Bill Clinton’s proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC) have published what they say are respectively the Israeli and Palestinian minutes of the president’s December 23 oral
Jan 5, 2001
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Robert Satloff
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