Middle East Task Force: Publications, Events and More

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

"By engaging from day one, you can actually go through some months of impasse and then pivot to bigger issues as the administration now appears to be doing," said Daniel Levy of the New America Foundation think tank in Washington. ...

We come from varied ethnic backgrounds and religious faiths that are diverse. We are Democrats and Republicans. We are veterans of war and of the struggle for peace. Together, we are all Americans.

We find common cause in supporting strong U.S. leadership to achieve a negotiated, sustainable resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – a fundamental American interest that crosses racial, ethnic and religious lines.

On September 16, General Danny Rothschild (Ret.) of the Israeli Defense Forces and Major General Peal D. Eaton (Ret.) of the US army discussed Israel and the United States' shared strategic interests with an emphasis on how the two-state solution has become a matter of both Israeli and US national security. The topics discussed ranged from the potential for settlement evacuation to Israel's incursion into Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009. The event was moderated by Daniel Levy, Director… more

Daniel Levy, a senior fellow directing Middle East peace initiatives at the Century Foundation and the New America Foundation, agrees that the United States ... and more »

Daniel Levy of the New America Foundation says, "The most likely scenario, unfortunately, is the business as usual one which carries with it the attendant risks of possible escalation and deterioration that come with this unresolved conflict and will futher erode the viability of a two-state outcome (and would erode America's own security). ... But such bleak scenarios are not inevitable." ... Original Article

Daniel Levy, the co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, joins Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss the issue of settlements and ...

... are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt,” said Amjad Attallah, director of the Middle East program at the New America Foundation, a think tank. ... and more »

The only accurate foreign poll was conducted by the BBC and ABC News, through the New America Foundation (NAF), about a week before the election. ... and more »

Amjad Atallah of the New America Foundation interviewed with Reuters.

US President Barack Obama -- meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak -- said there were some "encouraging" signs out of Israel on the Mideast peace front. ... Original Video

Daniel Levy, a senior fellow and co-director of the Middle East Initiative at the New America Foundation in Washington, believes Mr Netanyahu's comments ... and more »

... which could embarrass other Arab states that have suggested a willingness to move forward with confidence-building measures," said Daniel Levy at the ... and more »

“Attempts to get normalization gestures at this point may be a useful exercise,” said Daniel Levy, director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative of the ...

“It [the Saudi comments] is drawing a very clear line in the sand which could embarrass other Arab states that have suggested a willingness to move forward with confidence-building measures,” said Daniel Levy at the New America Foundation in Washington, referring to countries such as Morocco and Bahrain, which the US believes may be more inclined to make concessions.