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Hamas’s Surrender Must Be Israel’s Goal
It will only happen when its leadership believes it faces imminent annihilation.
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross has served in senior positions in several administrations, most recently (2009-2011) as a special assistant to President Barack Obama. His new book is Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama.
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To Deter Iran, America Should Give Israel a Big Bomb
The ayatollahs may doubt whether the U.S. would use it; they won’t have any trouble believing that the Israelis will.
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Striking the Proper Balance on Saudi Arabia
The U.S. must find a way to chastise, while still supporting, this problematic but necessary ally.
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The Nuclear Deal Doesn’t Prevent the U.S. from Punishing the Ayatollahs for Mistreating Their People
The U.S. should follow Ronald Reagan’s example.
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Anti-Semitism’s Long History in America’s Organs of Foreign Policy
Valerie Plame’s dual-loyalty accusations are all too typical.
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Bolstering the U.S. Alliance with Friendly Arab States Can Help Revive the Peace Process
Reverse linkage.
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Enforcing the Ceasefire May Be America’s Way Forward in Syria
Keeping Russia in check.
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What a New Biography of Yitzḥak Rabin Illuminates
A life with consequences.
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Is Saudi Arabia on the Cusp of a Transformation?
More likely to moderate than Iran.
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Discredit Islamic State by Force of Arms
Also, exploit social media and contain Iran.
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Russia Won’t Help Bring Peace to Syria
Putin aims to demonstrate that Russia, and not America, is the main power broker in the region.
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Nothing in the Middle East Happens by Accident—Except When It Does
By Dennis RossIt is not often that one agrees with the general conclusion of a thesis and rejects its premise. But in reading Michael Doran’s essay, “Our Man in Moscow,” that is where I find myself. His conclusions...
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Will the Palestinians Face Consequences for Rejecting Peace?
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