79 Results
  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Regional events figure heavily in developments this quarter as the Saudi Arabian crown prince steps out of the shadows of secret meetings with Israeli and U.S.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    International soccer’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), delivered its final ruling on the Palestinian attempt to get Israel suspended from international competition this quarter.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Amid the shifting regional dynamics, there were signs that Bahrain was ready to normalize its relationship with Israel.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Trump’s Ambassador on Settlements

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    UNHRC

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Despite Israeli and U.S. pressure to delay or suspend the vote, Interpol’s general assembly approved Palestine’s petition for full membership on 9/27, with 75 mbr. states in favor, 24 against, and 34 abstaining.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Following persistent reports of Israeli forces confiscating EU-funded construction materials and demolishing EU-supported infrastructure projects in the West Bank, 8 European govts. signed onto a letter demanding that the Israeli govt. pay them more than €30,000 (approx.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Netanyahu’s outreach efforts on the African continent suffered a setback this quarter. On 9/11, the Jerusalem Post reported that the Africa-Israel Summit, which in many ways was the culmination of Netanyahu’s diplomatic campaign, had been indefinitely postponed.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    The Ad Hoc Liaison Comm., the main policy-level coordination mechanism for development assistance to the Palestinians, convened on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York on 9/18. Hosted by UN undersecy.- gen.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    After mos. of prevarication on the fate of the 7/14/2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Trump took his first major step to abandon the Iran nuclear deal this quarter.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    The Turkish-Israeli rapprochement, which was sealed with the 2 countries’ 6/27/2016 agreement to normalize relations (see JPS 46 [1]), suffered a setback this quarter because of the 9/25 Kurdish independence referendum.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Internal Lebanese politics became the focal point of longstanding regional tensions at the end of the quarter (see “Regional Affairs” below).

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Boycott

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    U.S. pres. Donald Trump continued work on a peace initiative this quarter, without any resolution to lingering uncertainties on key issues (e.g., whether the U.S. should move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; see JPS 46 [4] and 47 [1]).

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    After the flare-up of violence surrounding new Israeli security measures at Haram al-Sharif last quarter, Israeli-Palestinian violence returned to pre-crisis levels. As a result, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli actions this quarter fell to 21, down from 38.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    “HISTORIC COMPROMISE”

     

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    The following data come from a poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between 9/14–16/2017. The results are based on a survey of 1,270 Palestinians from the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    The Egyptian govt., particularly its intelligence apparatus, was instrumental in brokering the new Palestinian reconciliation agreement. Dir.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    Neither the Israeli nor the Jordanian govt. made any effort to restore diplomatic relations after an Israeli security guard killed 2 Jordanians on 7/23 and the Israeli govt.’s subsequent recall of its embassy staff from Amman.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    The Israeli govt.’s discontent with last quarter’s U.S- and Russia-backed cease-fire in southwestern Syria, which went into effect on 7/9 (see JPS 47 [1]), persisted throughout the quarter.

  • August 16, 2017November 15, 2017

    The growing rift between Iran and its growing sphere of influence, on the one hand, and the Saudi-led so-called Sunni axis, on the other, escalated further this quarter, with unresolved tensions over the previous quarter’s Saudi-led boycott of Qatar, which had repercussions as far away as Lebanon

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    Kicking off his first international trip as U.S. president, Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia on 5/20–22. He met with King Salman and the leaders of various other Arab states, called on “Muslim nations” to “take on the burden” of defeating terrorism, and signed an agreement to sell $110 b.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    This quarter witnessed a series of machinations that threatened regional stability and escalated the conflict between Iran and its growing sphere of influence, on the one hand, and the Saudi Arabia-led Sunni axis, on the other.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    Persistent tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border led to a minor diplomatic conflict in late-6/2017. The dir. of Israel’s military intelligence, Maj. Gen.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    The IDF continued to interfere in the Syrian civil war this quarter, particularly during one significantly violent week in late 6/2017.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    The following data come from a poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between 6/29–7/1/2017. The results are based on a survey of 1,200 Palestinians from the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    U.S. pres. Donald Trump attempted to advance his Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative this quarter, traveling to the region on his first major international trip as president. While both the Israeli govt.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    DISCORD AND STRIFE

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    Jordan played a key role in the crisis at Haram al-Sharif in 7/2017.

  • May 16, 2017August 15, 2017

    Cairo was in a unique position this quarter at the nexus of otherwise marginally related trends. On the one hand, Pres.