"Wexler will be treated
by leaders in the region as the person who has Obama's ear," said Daniel Levy,
co-director of the New America Foundation's Middle East
task force. "He is close to Obama, is well accepted in the Jewish community and
knows everyone in Congress." ... Original Article
... Israeli government's actions," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who heads the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation. ...
President Obama's efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab states, including a Palestinian state, received a much appreciated, if surprising, boost with the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to the US president. It's fair to assume that the Nobel prize committee is hoping that the award will promote Obama's diplomatic efforts across a range of issues.
Daniel Levy, a former adviser to the Israeli government who is now a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, says the Israeli political system has some ...
Daniel Levy in Foreign Policy: "By holding Israel's feet to the fire over
settlements for a sustained period, America may actually have achieved
a great deal in strategically advancing the two-state goal. ... Original Article
"Netanyahu's preferred approach was to focus on interim issues and CBMs and to
avoid negotiating the core issues on which his positions are the most
unreasonable," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiations currently
based at the New America Foundation.
...
Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy believes the Administration's pivot on the issue smartly boxed Netanyahu into a negotiating process the Israeli ...
Headlines are now being prepared following U.S. President Barack Obama's convening of a trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American peace summit today in New York. Many will seek to belittle the president's efforts thus far. The summit was being dismissed as a photo-op before it even happened.
"They are blocking off his escape hatches," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator. "They’re saying, if you can’t do the interim, then we’ll do the final status." ... Original article
