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Congressional delegation visit coincided with Israel and Iran squaring off in a direct military confrontation.

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Slavin in AFP on President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision

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Dispatch from Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s bunkers as Iran war erupts

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Sarah Zaaimi

The stakes are higher as two opposing rhetorics about the region’s future are at play: Pan-Abrahamism and Revolutionary Islamism.

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Slavin in AFP on President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision

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Jun 14, 2025

Israel’s Iran strike provides a historic chance for Middle East realignment

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Frederick Kempe

History will remember this moment less for the Israeli strikes themselves and more for what follows.

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Dec 6, 2017

Slavin in AFP on President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision

By Barbara Slavin

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In the News

Sep 27, 2017

Shaffer Joins Israeli Public Radio to Discuss Recent Gas Shortage in Israel with Keren Neubach

By Brenda Shaffer

Listen to the full discussion here.

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MENASource

Jul 26, 2017

Fifty Years On, a Defeat at Israel’s Hands Haunts Egyptian Military Veterans

By Farid Farid

Staggering and confused from the heat and the rapid capitulation of the Egyptian army during the short lived Six Day War, Ibrahim El Sayed was dumbfounded when the Israeli soldier who was to capture him as a prisoner of war spoke to him flawlessly in an Egyptian Arabic accent.

Israel North Africa

In the News

Jul 13, 2017

Hof Quoted in YNet News on Syrian Cease-Fire Concerns

By Frederic C. Hof

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Israel

In the News

Jul 10, 2017

Miller in Foreign Affairs: How Identity Issues Keep India and Israel Apart

By Manjari Chatterjee Miller

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India Israel

In the News

Jul 3, 2017

Saab Quoted in Newsweek on Hezbollah Tensions in Israel

By Bilal Saab

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In the News

May 23, 2017

Alyahya Quoted in the New York Times on Israel-Palestine’s Relation to Saudi Arabia Visit

By Mohammed Khalid Alyahya

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In the News

May 21, 2017

Cohen Joins Fox News to Discuss Israeli Concerns Over US Weapons Deal with Saudi Arabia

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

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New Atlanticist

May 19, 2017

Pipeline Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean

By Firas Maksad and Jean-François Seznec

A creative solution to a quarrel over maritime borders could serve the interests of Lebanon and Israel Recent oil and gas developments in the eastern Mediterranean have brought back into the spotlight the issue of an ongoing maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon that has created uncertainty among prospective foreign investors over the potential […]

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In the News

May 15, 2017

Alfoneh Quoted by Panorama on Israel-Hezbollah Conflict

By Ali Alfoneh

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