Daniel Levy

Not Serious -- This Time

Erin Drankoski — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0500

Is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership, which is currently proposing to seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 border, about to shake up the Israeli-Palestinian paralysis in a game-changing way? The answer for now would appear to be "no." Both U.S. and EU officials were quick to distance themselves from the idea and label it premature. For their part, the Israelis took umbrage at this hint of Palestinian unilateralism. In case anyone

Mideast Political Uncertainty Stymies Peace Process | NewsHour

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:31:00 -0500

"They invested in it and explored the best way to go about it," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli negotiator who now directs the Middle East Policy ...

Does Obama Have a Plan B for the Middle East? | TIME

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:11:00 -0500

Daniel Levy, an Israeli peace negotiator at Camp David now based at Washington's New America Foundation, says the reason the Obama Administration fared ...

Missteps Marred Mideast efforts | Philadelphia Inquirer

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:07:00 -0500

Daniel Levy, a veteran Israeli peace negotiator now at the Century Foundation in Washington, summed up the administration's efforts as "amateur night at the ...

Analysts Criticize Administration's Mideast Efforts | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:24:00 -0500

Daniel Levy, a veteran Israeli peace negotiator now at the Century Foundation in Washington, summed up the administration's efforts in recent days as ...

Unsettling Questions

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:09:00 -0500

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped from the frying pan into the fire this weekend, when she sparked a controversy regarding U.S. policy toward Israeli settlements right after some tough days of public and private diplomacy in Pakistan. But was the controversy as serious as it seemed? And what does it means for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts? Here, a fact check on some settlement myths and misconceptions.

1. What is the significance of Clinton's linguistic acrobatics?

US Sends Mixed Signals About Israeli Settlement Policy | Worldfocus

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:05:00 -0500

Daljit Dhaliwal talks about the latest developments with Daniel Levy, co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation. ...

Jones Signals White House Support for J-Street Cause | The Washington Independent

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:13:00 -0400

One of J Street's founders, Daniel Levy, said he believed the presence of Jones and the retention of 148 members of Congress on the host committee show that ...

Who Speaks for America's Jews? J Street Lobby Group Works to Loosen Big Beasts | The Guardian (London)

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:28:00 -0400

They predicted that J Street and the men who launched it -- Jeremy Ben-Ami, a former domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton, and Daniel Levy, ...

Wexler Stepping Down To Join Middle East Think Tank: Why Is He Giving Up Seat? | TPM

Erin Drankoski — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:06:00 -0400

New America Foundation senior fellow Daniel Levy tells us: "Wexler may be doing this to assist the Obama team in strengthening support -- especially in the Jewish community -- for the administration's drive to achieve a two-state solution in the next 24 months."... Original Article