Jimmy Carter’s legacy of radical pragmatism enabled him to broker peace between Egypt and Israel, and his approach can serve as a model for current leaders to address the Israeli-Palestinian

At times, military ego can overshadow even the most disciplined armed forces. Currently, Israel, the IDF, and its veteran leadership, driven by a desire to restore their reputation, may heighten the risk of stand-offs with Hamas.

This cease-fire is still fragile, and working toward a Palestinian solution and a wider Mideast accord will require intense work by the Trump administration.

In 1977, before the Camp David talks, Begin and Sadat had a preliminary meeting at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. On July 22, 1946, Begin, leading the Jewish Irgun militia, led a terrorist attack on this hotel and 91 were killed and 47 were injured.

E ven before the ceasefire in Gaza Donald Trump had begun to reshape the Middle East. He was influential in pushing Israel to a truce with Lebanon in November. The fragile deal struck between Israel and Hamas on January 15th further reduces the intensity of the fighting in the region and resets Israel’s domestic politics.

Carter, an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, is being honored with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

If President-elect Donald Trump wants Mideast peace he will have to godfather a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

Jimmy Carter, who died last week, was a lifelong Christian and often referenced his faith in key political moments

America has always used a blend of hard power and soft power. We both flex and listen. With the stakes this high, we will need to do both in the coming years.

‘Arab unity means the liquidation of Israel and the expansionist dreams of Zionism’ he told a crowd in 1965. [47] Nasser’s background did not of course rule out a later change of course. In 1953, his friend and combatant Anwar al-Sadat praised Adolf ...

The announcement came shortly after President Trump rescinded Biden-era sanctions on Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists raided Palestinian villages in protest against the cease-fire in Gaza.

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