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No One Knows What’s Next, But It Cannot Be the Old Two-State Solution
By Elliott AbramsThe future for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is far from clear, but it’s high time to take the moribund formula off life support.
Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and is the chairman of Tikvah.
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Why the Two-State Solution Is Dead—and What Comes Next
By Elliott Abrams, Jonathan SilverElliott Abrams and Jonathan Silver discuss why the two-state solution is likely dead—and what the most realistic path forward might be.
Monthly Essay ·
There Never Will Be a Palestinian State. So What’s Next?
By Elliott AbramsOctober 7 was not Palestine’s independence day, but the final nail in the two-state solution’s coffin. Is confederation with Jordan all that remains?
Observation ·
Israel’s Attack on Iran Is Reshaping the Middle East
By Jonathan Silver, Elliott Abrams, Amiad Cohen, Assaf Orion, John SpencerOperation Rising Lion.
Observation ·
The Genial, Jewish Joseph Lieberman
By Elliott AbramsA practicing Orthodox Jew, the late senator lived his faith; no political triumph ever seemed to dent his graciousness.
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The Best Books of 2023, Part I
By Elliott Abrams, Cynthia Ozick, Neil Rogachevsky, Dr. Ruth WisseFeaturing prime ministers, kidnappings, popes, silences, exiled shadows, portraits, intellectual origins, the best minds, and more.
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What Kissinger Really Thought
By Elliott Abrams, Norman Podhoretz, Jonathan SilverInterviews with Norman Podhoretz and Elliott Abrams recreate the foreign-policy debates of the cold war, and illuminate Kissinger's attitudes toward Israel and the Jewish people.
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The Best Books of 2022, Chosen by Mosaic Authors
By Elliott Abrams, Tamara Berens, Andrew Koss, Daniel Polisar, Neil Rogachevsky, Sarah Rindner, Jonathan SilverFeaturing wars, peacemakers, two cultures, pogroms, plays, four ages, wild problems, caves, magic, letters, American conservatives, liberal parents, radical children, and more.
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Watch the Recording of Our Event on Israel’s Place Between the U.S. and China
By Assaf Orion, David Feith, Elliott Abrams, Jonathan SchachterA China expert, a veteran American diplomat, and a retired Israeli general walk into a Zoom to talk about Israel and where it fits into a new cold war.
Observation ·
The Best Books of 2021, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part I)
By Elliott Abrams, Richard Goldberg, Neil Rogachevsky, Jonathan Silver, Dr. Ruth WisseFive of our writers pick several favorites each, featuring a duke's children, Jewish treasures, zealots and emancipators, revolts, dual allegiances, spies, and more.
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What Can Be Done Politically to Weaken Hamas
By Elliott AbramsPalestinians deserve a chance to elect a decent government without corruption or terror. Political reform can make Gaza better, and Israel more secure. Here's how it could happen.
Observation ·
The Best Books of 2019, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part I)
By Elliott Abrams, Diana Muir Appelbaum, Matti Friedman, Haviv Rettig Gur, Daniel Johnson, Moshe Koppel, Daniel PolisarSeven of our regular writers pick several favorites each, featuring sieges, spies, cultural revolutions, family papers, useful enemies, new fields of inquiry, and more.
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Middle East Strategy? What Middle East Strategy?
By Elliott AbramsTo Michael Doran, the administration’s many statements and actions concerning the Middle East reflect a "coherent vision." If true—which is doubtful—it's the wrong vision.
Observation ·
The Best Books of 2018, Chosen by Mosaic Authors
By Elliott Abrams, Haviv Rettig Gur, Moshe Koppel, Daniel Polisar, Sarah Rindner, Neil Rogachevsky, Michael Weingrad, Dr. Ruth Wisse, David WolpeLetters, antidotes, eternal lives, outcasts, secret worlds, pogroms, and more.
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Israel Mustn’t Let Its Economic Relationship with China Threaten Its Political Relationship with America
By Elliott AbramsDoing so would be profoundly dangerous.
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Who Speaks for American Jews Now?
By Elliott AbramsMajor Jewish organizations often represent no one but their own major donors. But would elected representatives offer an improvement?
Observation ·
Some Key Founders of the International Human Rights Movement Were Also Zionists
By Elliott AbramsLike Zionism, the global human rights movement was the product of Jews motivated by the need to find a refuge for their beleaguered people.
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How to Ensure the Future of the U.S.–Israel Relationship
By Elliott AbramsIs a defense treaty a good idea, and would it increase or decrease popular American support for the Jewish state?
Observation ·
Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors
By Elliott Abrams, Peter Berkowitz, Daniel Polisar, Neil Rogachevsky, Michael Weingrad, Dr. Ruth Wisse, David WolpeSpy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.
Observation ·
Between American Jews and Israel: Are Pressure Tactics Fair Game? An Exchange
By Dr. Daniel Gordis, Elliott AbramsDaniel Gordis and Elliott Abrams debate the proper response to the Israeli government's recent decisions on prayer at the Western Wall and conversion to Judaism.
Observation ·
Thinking about Suspending Support for Israel Over the Western Wall and Conversion Disputes? Think Again.
By Elliott AbramsFurious and extreme proposals in response to two Israeli government decisions are ill-reasoned and immature.
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The Need to Change Palestinian Political Culture
By Elliott AbramsAbsent a change in Palestinian attitudes, a deal creating a Palestinian state will lead only to revanchism and more violence.
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American Jewry Will No Longer Be the Center of the Jewish World
By Elliott AbramsIn the 20th century the American Jewish community was the world's largest and strongest, and helped establish and protect the Jewish state. The 21st century will be different.
Monthly Essay ·
If American Jews and Israel Are Drifting Apart, What’s the Reason?
By Elliott AbramsThe conventional wisdom says the problem is Israel. It’s wrong.
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The Peace Process Is Defunct—but Israel Mustn’t Appear to Be Giving Up on It
By Elliott AbramsIsrael's allies won't support an out-and-out renunciation of the two-state solution.
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What the President Thinks He’s Doing
By Elliott AbramsThe ideological roots of his disastrous Iran strategy.
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Keeping the Status Quo, and Improving It
By Elliott AbramsTrapped between certain chaos in the West Bank if it withdraws and loss of international legitimacy if it doesn’t, can Israel still act affirmatively? Can we?
Monthly Essay ·
What Now for Israel?
By Elliott AbramsCommon enemies and shared interests have aligned the Saudis, the Egyptians, and other Arabs with the Jewish state. That's the good news.
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Two Words
By Elliott AbramsIt's time for American Jews to say thank-you to evangelicals—and to act accordingly.
