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Biden hosts Israel’s new prime minister, with Iran at the top of the agenda
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For the first time in more than a decade, an Israeli prime minister not named Netanyahu is arriving in Washington to visit the president of the United States at the White Hous...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Former Jerusalem mayor lobbies against US opening consulate to Palestinians
An Israeli politician and former mayor of Jerusalem is urging the Biden administration to abandon its plans to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians, cal...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations
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Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. And a very public no-surprises agreement on Iran.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in R...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden names his picks for ambassador to Mexico and Israel.
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President Biden on Tuesday announced his long-awaited first slate of ambassadors, including his nominees for key posts in Mexico and Israel, as he made his first trip abroad s...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After High-Wire Act, Biden Faces Tough New Middle East Tests
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As a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas came together late Thursday afternoon, White House officials who helped to mediate the agreement were divided over a crucial next step...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden is said to have taken a firmer line in his call with Netanyahu
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President Biden on Monday delivered a firmer message in private to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel than he has done in public, warning that he could put off growin...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden Is Boxed In on Israel-Gaza, Able Only to Urge a Cease-Fire
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After days of declining to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden reversed course. Whether it makes a difference on th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden wants ‘calm’ in the Mideast. So much for peace.
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The Biden administration would like Israelis and Palestinians to “calm” down. Ideally, a “sustainable calm” that comes because the two sides “deescalate tensions” and bring a ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Violence Shakes Trump’s Boast of ‘New Middle East’
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It was, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed in September, “the dawn of a new Middle East.” Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump was announcing new diplomatic accords betwee...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Gaza doom loop
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Dozens have already died in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, and more will perish if the fighting continues to escalate. But there is little chance that the root cause o...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Amid warnings of a 'full scale war,' Biden administration dispatches envoy to Middle East
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The Biden administration dispatched a top State Department diplomat to the Middle East "immediately" to try to de-escalate the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas, Secret...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden struggles to respond to Israeli-Palestinian violence after Trump refused to criticize Israel
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After four years of President Trump’s refusal to condemn or even mildly critique any Israeli act, the Biden administration faces soaring Israeli-Palestinian violence equipped ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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What the Latest Fighting Between Israelis and Palestinians Means for Biden
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To understand what the latest fighting means for Washington, Foreign Policy spoke to Ilan Goldenberg, who served as a senior State Department official in the Obama administrat...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Licensed to Kill: How Russia Uses Israeli Drones to Bomb Civilians in Syria
When Israeli-licensed military drones first took off from Syrian air force bases to stalk opponents of Bashar Assad’s regime, shortly after Russia’s 2015 intervention, they we...
By Samuel Bendett
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The UAE-Israel deal is Trump's first genuine foreign policy success, experts say
The groundbreaking agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has delivered a political lifeline to Israel's embattled prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and repres...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Mysterious explosions keep happening in Iran. Israel is likely behind it.
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For weeks, Iran has faced a deadly wave of explosions and fires at sensitive military and civilian sites, including one incident that caused immense damage to an important nuc...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel
"I've had people tell me, ‘Things have shifted more in the past two weeks than I’ve seen them shift in the past ten years,’” Emily Mayer said. Mayer is the co-founder and poli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Suspicions Mount Of Foreign Hand In Fire At Sensitive Iranian Nuclear Site
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There is growing support among outside security experts for the notion that an "incident" at Iran's main nuclear-enrichment facility last week was an act of sabotage in a shad...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS Announces Task Force on a New U.S. Agenda Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce its task force on developing a new U.S. agenda toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The task force, wh...
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Trump’s foreign friends race to lock in gains
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Israel might start annexing territory claimed by the Palestinians. Taiwan is pushing for a historic free trade agreement. North Korea is desperate for sanctions relief. And Po...
By Ilan Goldenberg
