Israel-Hamas war

Experts from across the Atlantic Council are providing insight and analysis at speed and in depth on the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, Israel’s response, and how the emerging conflict is upending the Middle East and the world.

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In the News

Mar 26, 2019

Lipner quoted in USA Today on Trump-Netanyahu relationship

By Shalom Lipner

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 26, 2019

Lipner quoted in The Washington Post on Trump-Netanyahu collusion

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 25, 2019

Lipner quoted In The Wall Street Journal on Israeli election

Elections Israel

New Atlanticist

Mar 24, 2019

Mr. Netanyahu goes to Washington

By Shalom Lipner

Netanyahu's arrival in the United States comes now — and not coincidentally — at precisely the moment when he needs to seize the agenda and pivot to his strengths.

Israel United States and Canada

In the News

Mar 22, 2019

Lipner quoted in The Washington Post on Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Mar 21, 2019

Trump’s support for Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights may hurt Israel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

While there is perhaps more than a touch of politics behind the timing of the tweet, an actual shift in US policy on this sensitive issue could have serious consequences.

Israel Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Mar 21, 2019

Hof Quoted in The Guardian on Trump Recognizing Israel’s Sovereignty over Golan Heights

By Frederic C. Hof

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Israel

SyriaSource

Mar 21, 2019

Annex the Golan, make Assad’s day

By Frederic C. Hof

A new flurry of reports suggesting Israel may formally annex the occupied Golan Heights is music to the ears of Bashar al-Assad, a mass murderer who would welcome a decisive change of subject from his own criminality to what he will characterize as Israel’s theft of Syrian land. Among the delighted will be Iran and Hezbollah, whose resistance pretentions will be gratuitously elevated above their sewer of transnational terror, drug running, and money laundering. As there is nothing substantive to be gained by Israel through formal annexation and much to be potentially lost, one wonders why its proponents are so eager to do it.

Israel Syria

IranSource

Mar 19, 2019

The unsaid threat to Iran during Netanyahu’s navy cadet speech

By Shemuel Meir

The Israeli elections are well underway and the Iranian issue is taking a central part in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s electoral campaign. Putting Iran on the agenda helps the prime minister maintain a never-ending security tension. Thus, the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has become a […]

Iran Israel

In the News

Mar 15, 2019

Lipner quoted in The Times of Israel on rocket fire on Tel Aviv

Israel Terrorism

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