Dennis Ross To Haaretz: Sanctions Against Iran Are Working
Dennis Ross, until recently U.S. President Barack Obama's senior Middle East adviser, believes international sanctions against Iran are working. "T...
Dennis Ross, until recently U.S. President Barack Obama's senior Middle East adviser, believes international sanctions against Iran are working. "T...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.12.2012
Area C, covering about 59% of the West Bank, includes the entire Jordan Valley (with small exceptions for Jericho and the village of Uja), as well as all areas of natural West Bank development, and it is the area of focus for Palestinian activists of late.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.10.2012
WASHINGTON -- Last August, Dennis Ross, President Obama's top Middle East peace negotiator, paid a visit to a pro-Israel think tank in Washington. Spe...
AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 01.10.2012
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday lost a second key Mideast adviser in six months at a time when Israel and the Palestinians are...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.22.2011
Any Israeli military analyst (as well as Israeli diplomats in the U.S.) would agree that the Obama Administration has offered Israel an unprecedented level of unhindered, unrestricted military support and cooperation.
Steve Sheffey | Posted 09.20.2011
We're going to hear again and again from Republicans about how President Obama is supposedly not strong on Israel. But President Obama has provided more security assistance to Israel than any president in history.
Sunil Adam | Posted 07.26.2011
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David Suissa | Posted 05.30.2011
Had the Palestinian Authority spent the last two decades educating their people for peace, they'd have their own state by now and we'd be talking today about common projects, not Qassam rockets.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011
While the political situation for the Palestinians is steadily improving, this can be easily shattered by one mistake by a militant thinking he knows best.
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011
It is hard to describe the state of affairs of the Arab-Israeli conflict at this particular juncture without using adjectives such as "sad," "unfortunate" or even "tragic," which I think is the most appropriate description.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
The White House missed a bullet by the latest Israeli settlement talks collapsing. This now gives the President significantly more latitude in going back to a broad stakeholder approach to a deal.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
What does "unwavering" mean for our Israel policy? If it means following the same unsuccessful strategy as before then Obama's "unwavering" commitment is something worrisome.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
After the announcement that Tom Donilon would succeed General Jim Jones as President Obama's National Security Adviser, Donilon went from being the busiest man in the White House to the even-busier busiest man. This is good, and bad, news.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Thousands of Israelis have been killed as a result of policies that the conservative "pro-Israel" lobby has supported. Yet they sail on, never looking back, labeling anyone who opposes the status quo "anti-Israel."
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama is occasionally photographed carrying a weighty and important book around with him. One of those books -- which he seemed to carry aro...
Matthew Duss | Posted 05.25.2011
Josh Rogin reports that "Ross is the latest U.S. official to link the Obama administration's drive to secure peace between Israelis and Arabs to the overall goal of bringing greater stability to the region and combating the threat from Iran." This is pretty significant.
Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in Washington shortly after President Barack Obama's victory on health care reform had both symbolic significance and practical implications for the Likud leader.
William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011
It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
The silent protest began in Imam Khomeini Square in front of the forbidding Ministry of Telecommunications, which was busy cutting off cellphones but ...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011
As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.
David Makovsky | Posted 05.25.2011
Past American presidents have often thought they could reshape the Middle East, believing that our preoccupations and fears were shared by those in the area.
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's pointman on Iran is moving from the State Department to the White House to better coordinate inter-agenc...
Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011
Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be relieved of his duties, sources in Washington told...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011
While Iranians yearn for an end to their isolation, what has driven hundreds of thousands to the polls and subsequently into the streets is the boiling resentment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ismael Hossein-zadeh | Posted 05.25.2011
In terms of actual policy measures, President Obama and his foreign policy team have not taken any steps to reverse or mitigate the hostile policies their predecessors put into effect against Iran.
Haaretz | Posted 02.15.2012