Communications

As the US presidential transition approaches, indications are multiplying that the incoming Trump administration will seek a regional accord with Saudi Arabia and Israel. Building on the Abraham Accords and the work of the Biden team, the deal would include a defense treaty between the United States and Saudi Arabia, normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and...

According to election-night polling, Vice President Kamala Harris won an impressive share of the Jewish American vote. The highest quality poll reported 71% support for Harris and 26% support for former president (and now President-Elect) Donald J. Trump. Surveys of Israeli Jews, meanwhile, suggested an opposite set of preferences. Asked which candidate would better serve...

A few weeks ahead of the November 5 presidential election, we now have a few relatively high-quality polls of Jewish Americans. The picture coming into focus is of a community that has retained its party commitments, is deeply worried about the future of American democracy, and continues to express high levels of support for Israel and concern about antisemitism. Here are five...

During a talk a few years ago at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Martin S. Indyk distilled the central lesson he learned from a long career as a diplomat and scholar of the Middle East. It is particularly relevant today, as Israel faces great challenges on several fronts and seeks to balance short term needs with longer term strategic goals. After serving...

Even aside from the political turmoil in the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the joint session of the US Congress came at a charged moment. The war in Gaza is in its tenth month and Hamas still holds 120 hostages (of whom about half are still thought to be alive). A genocide case against Israel is playing out in the International Court of...