After a year of well-intentioned but counterproductive diplomatic effort, President Barack Obama’s interest in and ability to achieve a diplomatic solution to the conflict between…

The announcement of a routine planning approval for 1,600 dwellings in the East Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo precipitated a crisis in relations that…

The formal inauguration of proximity talks between Israel and the PLO signifies the high-water mark of 17 months of diplomacy conducted by the Obama administration.…

The settlement moratorium is set to expire on September 27, 2010. While existing restrictions on settlement construction have had no lasting impact, their extension beyond…

The Obama administration is now attempting to win from Israel a two month re-imposition of the moratorium in order to convince PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas…

Administration officials have often declared that the United States cannot want peace more than the parties themselves, but if there is a defining character to…

Letter to the President of the European Council TO: Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council (dated 2 December 2010) Lady Catherine Ashton, High…

Despite declarations to the contrary, the U.S. effort to revitalize talks in the wake of the failure of the settlement freeze effort lacks both content…

Having failed to win a settlement freeze and now focused on the extraordinary developments throughout the Arab world, Washington has apparently exhausted its ability to…