The Israeli Government’s Old-New Palestine Strategy Joint USMEP-ICG report | March 28th 2022

Little has changed in the calculations of the main actors in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, despite the dramatic upsurge in violence almost a year ago. To prevent a reprise, outside powers should push for interim steps as they revisit the core assumptions of their diplomacy.

Daniel Levy briefing statement to UN Security CouncilDaniel Levy | October 19th 2021

Thank you to the Council and the Kenyan Presidency for giving me this opportunity to brief you today. Thank you Special Envoy Tor Wennesland. I would like to enter into the record of this meeting a report published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the U.S./Middle East Project, the latter of which I head, entitled “Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo”, and  to acknowledge my co-authors in that report, Zaha Hassan, Halla Keir and Marwan Muasher.  In short, that report calls for a rights-based approach to Israel-Palestine, building o...

Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine Joint USMEP-ICG report | August 10th 2021

The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.

Biden’s Old Playbook Won’t End Israeli-Palestinian ViolenceDaniel Levy - Daniel Levy - Foreign Policy | May 13th 2021

The United States is not responsible for the new wave of violence, death, and destruction that is now engulfing Israel and the Palestinian territories it occupies and controls. But Washington should have seen it coming. This explosion is the inevitable consequence of the permanent denial of basic Palestinian rights and freedoms by Israel, the matrix of discrimination and control that Israel imposes on every facet of Palestinian life, and the ongoing blockade of Gaza making life there ever more untenable. The U.S. government under President Joe Biden has adopted a depressingly familiar stanc...

Why Palestinian Elections Should Get Back on Track Joint USMEP-ICG initiative | April 30th 2021

Citing Israeli obstruction, President Mahmoud Abbas has put off elections that were slated to begin in May. The decision is disappointing, as Palestinian institutions need refreshing. The polls should be rescheduled, with the full backing of outside powers, including the European Union and United States.

Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo New report | April 19th 2021

After decades of on-and-off negotiations and failed peace initiatives, it is time for a shift in U.S. policy toward Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Jettisoning former president Donald Trump’s Peace to Prosperity plan is a vital step, but it will not be enough to move beyond the status quo. Instead of reviving a moribund peace process or simply abandoning U.S. engagement, President Joe Biden’s administration should place a rights-based approach at the center of its strategy.