Egypt’s Half-Hearted Gaza Initiative

MENASource
Jun 24, 2025

Dispatch from the Gulf: Finding middle ground amid Israel-Iran war

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Allison Minor

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

Iran
Israel

Egypt’s Half-Hearted Gaza Initiative

MENASource
Jun 18, 2025

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

By
Sarah Zaaimi

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

Civil Society
Iran

Egypt’s Half-Hearted Gaza Initiative

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Jun 14, 2025

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

By
Frederick Kempe

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

Iran
Israel


Israel-Hamas war

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MENASource

Jul 17, 2014

Egypt’s Half-Hearted Gaza Initiative

By Khaled Dawoud

The most significant development in Egypt’s reaction to the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas, that left a heavy death toll among Palestinian civilians and forced millions of Israelis to hide in bunkers for a week so far, was how slow and neutral Cairo’s role appears to be.

Israel Middle East

In the News

Jul 15, 2014

Oren on Clinton’s Middle East Legacy

By Michael Oren

Politico quotes Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren on whether the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas is a stain on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s legacy: 

Israel Middle East

In the News

Jul 14, 2014

Oren: A Smart Way Out of the Gaza Confrontation

By Michael Oren

Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren writes for CNN on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas: 

Israel Middle East

Article

Jul 2, 2014

Column: Israel Shouldn’t Turn Tragedy into Fiasco

By Barbara Slavin

The murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank has sent shock waves through Israeli and Palestinian society and raised fears that the relatively quiescent Arab-Israeli front will explode into a new war. A stormy Israeli cabinet session considered a variety of retaliatory options for the killings of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal […]

Israel

News

Jun 12, 2014

Oren on Bergdahl Release

By Michael Oren

The National Journal quotes Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren on what the United States can learn from the Israeli experience in examining the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl and thinking about possible future prisoner exchanges: 

Israel

In the News

Jun 3, 2014

Oren on New Palestinian Unity Government

By Michael Oren

The New York Times quotes Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren on Israel’s refusal to engage in peace negotiations with the new Palestinian government which incorporates the Hamas party:

Israel Middle East

Event Recap

May 22, 2014

The Collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: A Review by Amb. Michael Oren

“Israel cannot return to 1967 lines,” Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren cautioned on Thursday. “From a security standpoint, it’s very problematic. ’67 borders is the Western Wall, it’s central Jerusalem.”

Israel Middle East

In the News

May 17, 2014

Oren on Why Israel is Not an Apartheid State

By Michael Oren

Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren writes for the Los Angeles Times on why he believes Israel is not, nor ever will be, an Apartheid state: 

Israel

In the News

May 7, 2014

Oren: “Israel Doesn’t Spy Against the United States”

By Michael Oren

YNet quotes Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren on Israel’s response to a Newsweek report that claims that Israeli intelligence officials have “crossed red lines” in the United States:

Israel

In the News

Apr 28, 2014

Slavin: Looted Egyptian Artifacts Go to Israel, Switzerland

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on the whereabouts of looted Egyptian artifacts: 

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