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New Atlanticist

Oct 23, 2009

Obama and Israel: Different Middle East Peace Strategies

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Unless former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, President Obama’s special Middle Eastern envoy, is prepared to commute by government executive jet for the next five to 10 years, this isn’t a bad time to turn in his badge. Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s vice prime minister and minister for strategic affairs in Israel’s 32nd government, talked his way […]

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New Atlanticist

May 3, 2009

Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Threat

By Don Snow

I attended a panel discussion Friday in which the topic of Iran’s nuclear program came up. The two principal commentators on the subject were the dean emeritus of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies (Dr. Robert S. Wood) and a retired U.S. Navy admiral, William Pendley, who has had direct experience by virtue of being […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 10, 2009

The Lieberman Question

By James Joyner

Several Haaretz correspondents worry that the expected appointment of hardliner Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister in a coalition government led by Bijamin Netanyahu would harm Israel’s relationship with the United States.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2009

Israeli Election: Netanyahu Loses, Right Wins

By James Joyner

While Binyamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party had a much poorer showing than expected, with Tzipi Livini’s Kadima Party apparently winning more seats, all indications are that Israel’s next government will be more nationalistic and strident than the current one.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 12, 2009

The Crisis Beyond Gaza

By Don Snow

The Israeli assault against Gaza grinds on. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has put dusty boots on the ground (it doesn’t rain enough for them to be muddy), and the bombing and shelling by both sides continue. Civilians, as is usually the case in this part of the world, bear the brunt of the suffering. […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 9, 2009

Can Israel Win?

By James Joyner

Time‘s Tim McGirk asks, “Can Israel Survive its Assault on Gaza?”  While rather hyperbolically phrased, it’s a good question.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 8, 2009

Red Cross Condemns Israel

By James Joyner

Just when you thought Israel’s PR couldn’t get any worse: The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday that it had found at least 15 bodies and several children — emaciated but alive — in a row of shattered houses in the Gaza Strip and accused the Israeli military of preventing ambulances from reaching […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2009

Polls: Gaza and Sarkozy

By James Joyner

Our new poll asks, “Who is most to blame for the current violence in Gaza?“ Is it Hamas, whose refusal to stop terrorist rocket attacks on Israeli civilians provoked the attacks? Or is it Israel, for swatting at a gnat with a sledgehammer?

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New Atlanticist

Jan 5, 2009

Transatlantic Divide on Israel Attacks in Gaza

By James Joyner

In a post titled “Transatlantic Differences,” Alex Massie muses about how differently Americans would react than Brits to news that two members of the shadow cabinet of the conservative party had entered (separately) into homosexual civil unions.

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