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Week in Review

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sept. 27, 2023.

Analysis

Despite rift over Gaza, Biden and Netanyahu find common ground on Iran

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

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Biden-Netanyahu spat more play to electorates than showdown over Gaza

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions Treasury Undersecretary For Domestic Finance Nellie Liang as she testifies before the Senate Banking Committee Feb. 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Interview

Van Hollen: Israeli restrictions on Gaza aid 'not currently in compliance' with US policy

US President Joe Biden meets with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023.

Analysis

Netanyahu holds firm, for now, against Biden pressure

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center left) meets with KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Feb. 29, 2024.

Analysis

Biden administration backs ‘resilient’ Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Biden

Analysis

As Hamas loosens its terms, can Biden pull Netanyahu toward deal?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US President Joe Biden (L), sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Analysis

Biden inches Netanyahu toward pause in Israel-Hamas war

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with former Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (R) and former Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2024.

Blinken’s cease-fire shuttle diplomacy crashes in Israel

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US President Joe Biden greets military personnel on arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on Feb. 2, 2024, to attend the transfer of the remains of three US service members killed in the drone attack on the US military outpost in Jordan.

Analysis

Biden should respond to Iran with more than military strikes

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

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Analysis

Iran says it won’t interfere in Lebanon-Israel border talks

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Samuel Wendel

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti , Samuel Wendel

(L-R) Bloomberg Television's journalist Francine Lacqua, Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde, Co-chairman of the private equity firm of The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attend a session on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 19,

Analysis

From Davos, all roads lead to the Middle East

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22, 2023.

Analysis

Middle East hopes to weather storm before the calm

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti