‘Harlem Shaking’ It Up Across the Middle East
Just when the Gangnam Style craze began to fizzle, and we thought that the world would be spared another viral dance phenomenon, enter the Harlem Shake. It began as a 2012 heavy bass instrumental...
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QUICKTAKE: What’s Really Stalling Middle East Peace?
New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East; President Barack Obama is scheduled to make his own trip to the region soon. Syria and Iran are high on the U.S. agenda but the Middle East...
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INSIGHT: Israel’s Next Front – Syria
For the better part of 40 years, the Syrian border has been the quietest of Israel’s frontiers. Notwithstanding Israel’s 1973 capture and subsequent annexation of Syrian territory in the Golan and...
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INSIGHT: Takeaways from Obama’s Visit to Israel, the West Bank
The main news story of President Obama’s Middle East trip was his intensive focus on engineering an emotional reset with both the leadership and people of Israel. His two prepared texts (the speech to...
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QUICKTAKE: PLO’s Envoy to US Says Arab Land Swap Initiative Nothing New
In a fresh bid to jumpstart long-stalled Middle East Peace talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Arab League officials in Washington this week to discuss possible changes in the 2002 Peace...
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INSIGHT: Israel’s Syria, Hezbollah Challenge
Israel in early May reportedly carried out its heaviest attacks on targets in Syria since the uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad began in March of 2011, hitting a military convoy...
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INSIGHT: The Day After a Strike on Iran
All eyes are on what it will take to prevent Iran from getting its hands on a nuclear weapon. If sanctions and diplomacy prove incapable of containing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions – and soon – a military...
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INSIGHT: Three Major Challenges for Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiations have resumed after a prolonged hiatus. Six Middle East trips, and tireless efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made this resumption possible. The...
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QUICKTAKE: Can Israel Block a Deal With Iran?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to reassure the Israeli people that his positions regarding Iran’s nuclear program have not changed. He told an audience at Israel’s Bar-Ilan...
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INSIGHT: Nuclear Deal a Win-Win for US, Iran – Even Israel
The ink was not dry on the historic Geneva nuclear accord with Iran before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced it as a “historic mistake” that would allow Iran to cheat and get closer...
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