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I had a phone interview with Daniel Levy, a senior fellow at the New American Foundation, and former peace negotiator on behalf of the Israeli government in the past.

I asked him how he views the U.S. military officials' growing worries over the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Levy said it was astonishing to listen to Petraues at that hearing and that some of his remarks were quiet remarkable. ...

U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Turkey this week indicates that he is looking to Ankara to help implement his diplomatic strategy in the Middle East, a role to which Turkey aspires but has not yet demonstrated the capacity to fulfill. A predominantly Muslim democracy located at the intersection of Europe and the Middle East, Turkey has enjoyed a strategic partnership with the United States for nearly 60 years. But the nature of the alliance has come into question recently as result of the American invasion of Iraq as well as changes within Turkey itself.