Articles tagged with: Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tuesday, 26 Mar, 2013
Now that US President Barack Obama has returned to Washington and the dust is settling on his visit to the Holy Land, we can take stock of what actually transpired during his trip.
Expectations for the trip to Jerusalem, Ramallah and Amman were intentionally set lower than Dead Sea elevation, so it seems overly optimistic to go searching for concrete achievements. But what lessons should informed observers be taking from Obama’s Middle East mission concerning US foreign policy?
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Wednesday, 20 Mar, 2013
Barack Obama lands in Israel today for his first official visit to the Jewish state as US president. According to conventional wisdom, he will not bring any new policy initiative to resurrect the currently defunct Palestinian–Israeli negotiations.
He is, say aides, coming to “listen” to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas, whom he will meet later in Ramallah. Obama also intends to speak directly to the Israeli people; he p...
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Tuesday, 27 Nov, 2012
Now that US President Barak Obama has earned a second term, so goes a canned Beltway conceit, he may pursue policy objectives unfettered by the restraints of electoral politics...
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Thursday, 25 Oct, 2012
Bruce Riedel has served in the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House and has advised four presidents of the United States on South Asia and the Middle East issues....
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Wednesday, 2 May, 2012
Khaled Meshaal, the exile-based leader of Hamas, is, if nothing else, a political survivor. As the head of a religious militant group that prioritizes party discipline and orga...
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Tuesday, 4 Jan, 2011
Uncertainty continues to surround recent media reports, first announced by the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai. of a secret American channel established between Syrian and Israeli off...
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