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If Jordan Doesn’t Want to Accept Displaced Palestinians, It Has to Come Up with a Better Plan for Gaza
The king meets the president.
Ghaith al-Omari
Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. From 1999 to 2006 he served as an adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team and participated in numerous rounds of negotiation at settings including the 2000 Camp David summit.
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Only Hamas’s Defeat Can Pave the Path to Peace
Jihadists’ strengths lie not in their ideas, but in their ability to act on them.
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Reforming the Palestinian Authority Will Take a Lot More Than a New Prime Minister
Making sense of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s resignation.
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Podcast: Ghaith al-Omari on What Palestinians Really Think about Hamas, Israel, War, and Peace
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Ghaith al-OmariCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Palestinian Authority Lost Its People’s Trust
Which it would need to govern Gaza.
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Seeing the Gaza War through Arab Eyes
Israel wasn’t the only country caught off guard.
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How the Jewish State Became So Important to the Self-Conception of the Arabs
By Ghaith al-Omari, Jonathan SilverOn September 28, Mosaic hosted a conversation between Aboubakr—the author of September’s feature essay on the role of the Nakba in the Arab imagination—and Ghaith al–Omari, a leading analyst of Pale...
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The West Bank Is at Risk of Descending into Chaos. Here’s What Can Be Done
After Mahmoud Abbas, the deluge?
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The Abraham Accords Aren’t an Abandonment of the Palestinians, but an Opportunity
Meanwhile, terrorists are gaining influence in the West Bank.
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Only with Good Governance Can the Palestinian Authority Restore Its Legitimacy
How America can help, and why it should.
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Downgrading the American Military Liaison between Jerusalem and Ramallah Is a Mistake
A rare success in U.S. policy.
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President Biden’s Meeting with Mahmoud Abbas Is about Symbolism, Not Substance
The more uneventful it is, the more both will see it as a success.
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What the Jordan-Israel Water and Energy Deal Means for the Future of Middle East Peacemaking
The Abraham Accords can deepen, as well as broaden, Israel-Arab relations.
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Why the King of Jordan’s Visit to Washington Matters—to Israel and to the U.S.
Beset by challenges, Amman needs the assistance of its allies.
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The Cancellation of Palestinian Elections Poses Many Dangers
Even if it is the least dangerous course of action.
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The Jordanian Monarch Isn’t Going Anywhere, but Neither Are the Problems Underlying the Recent “Coup”
Amman shouldn’t blame Israel for its recent troubles.
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Palestinian Elections Risk a Hamas Victory
A repeat of 2006?
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Elections Could Worsen, Rather Than Alleviate, the Palestinian Crisis of Political Legitimacy
The U.S. should instead focus on corruption, stability, and humanitarian concerns.
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The Palestinian Turn Away from Arab Moderates Could Backfire
Embracing Qatar and Turkey is bad both for Mahmoud Abbas and for his neighbors.
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The Palestinian Authority’s President Is Eighty-Four Years Old and Has No Clear Successor. What Will Come after Him?
The deluge?
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The Palestinian Authority’s Self-Inflicted Fiscal Crisis, and What the U.S. Can Do about It
A new prime minister faces budgetary collapse.
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Has Oslo Achieved Anything for the Palestinians?
A mangled legacy.
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The Palestinian Authority’s Security Forces Are Crucial to Keeping the Peace. The “Peace Process” Could Be Their Ruin
An army without a state.
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How Mahmoud Abbas Fans the Flames in Gaza
For now, Hamas’s real quarrel is with the Palestinian Authority.
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Instead of Another Failed Peace Process, Washington Should Focus on Palestinian Reform
The Trump administration can learn something from George W. Bush.
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Palestinians Aren’t Ready to Make Peace with Israel. That Doesn’t Rule Out a Peace Deal.
By Ghaith al-OmariIn his Mosaic essay, “ Do Palestinians Want a Two-State Solution? ” Daniel Polisar concludes that the Palestinian public does not, in fact, want such a solution. Instead, by large and consistent maj...
