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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, Aug. 18, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Palestinian succession battle heats up as Biden prepares to take office

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 In the run-up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Mohammed Dahlan, the former leader of the PLO’s Fatah faction in Gaza, has launched a major media campaign against Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. On...
U.S. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland, who is U.S. President-elect's nominee to be U.S. attorney general. Credit: The White House via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden to name Merrick Garland as nominee for US attorney general

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate U.S. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general, according to media reports on Wednesday. Garland, 68, who is Jewish, currently serves on the U.S. Court...
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman with Yossi Cohen, national security adviser to the prime minister of Israel, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 18, 2015. Credit: U.S. Department of State.

Biden expected to tap more Obama alumni for national security posts

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tap more alumni from the former Obama administration for national security positions, according to media reports. Biden is expected to nominate Wendy Sherman, who was the lead negotiator...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The swamp returns to Washington

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Washington, D.C., is built on a swamp at the convergence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. Like all swamps, it is subject to periodic flooding. The D.C. foreign policy swamp has well and truly returned....
Left: Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. Right: President-elect Joe Biden. Source: U.S. State Department/Joe Biden via Facebook.

The Saudi dilemma

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The peace deal with Morocco is the fourth accord between Israel and an Arab state to sideline the Palestinian issue. While the leaders of Abu Dhabi, Manama and Khartoum had all pledged their continued...

Biden to nominate four-star retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as defense secretary

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he will nominate retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as his secretary of defense. If confirmed, Austin, 67, would be the first African-American to lead the...
U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Elliott Abrams. Credit: U.S. State Department.

Abrams predicts Iran unlikely to retaliate for Fakhrizadeh assassination

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Iran is most likely not going to retaliate in the wake of the assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, so as not to jeopardize the chance of...

Those prickly Jews …

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I’ve been binging on “The West Wing,” and there was an episode where the president’s assistant gives him the gift of a Joe Biden,Biden Administration,Reema Dodin,Anti-Israel Bias. The president is enamored with the map...
Janet Yellen. Credit: U.S. Federal Reserve via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden names top economics picks, both Jewish: Janet Yellen, Jared Bernstein

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced on Monday that he will nominate former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be secretary of the Treasury. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Yellen, who is Jewish, would...
A satellite image of the Middle East that was captioned by NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield: “The Nile and the Sinai, to Israel and beyond. One sweeping glance of human history.” Credit: Julian Herzog/NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

Transformations in the Middle East: Challenges and opportunities

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When the dust settles on the Trump presidency, historians will try to assess Donald Trump’s reshuffling of the Obama legacy toward the Middle East. Indeed, the Middle East of 2020 is far different from...