Infected: The impact of the coronavirus on the Middle East and north Africa
The coronavirus has hit the Middle East and north Africa at a time when the region is already burdened with multiple problems, including a series…
Israel / Palestine
Open letter: Grave concern about US plan for Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US President Trump’s Middle East plan contradicts internationally agreed parameters for the Middle East peace process, relevant UN resolutions and the most fundamental principles of international law, say 50 former foreign ministers and leaders from across Europe in a joint statement. Eleven ECFR Council Members have also signed it.
The UN is right to track businesses in Israeli settlements
A disinformation campaign against a new UN database aims to legitimise the Israeli settler movement and those who illegally profit from it.
Trump’s “Deal of the Century” debunked: is there something in it for Palestine at all?
When US-President Donal Trump revealed his much-awaited plan for peace for Israel and Palestine it was set to solve one of the world's longest-running conflict
From negotiation to imposition: Trump’s Israel-Palestine parameters
Comparing the US “peace plan” for Israel-Palestine with ECFR’s own work on future parameters illuminates how Donald Trump is departing from longstanding international consensus positions
Trump’s deal for Israel-Palestine: Entrenched unequal rights and annexation
Although the Trump deal marks a radical break from past American support for a two-state solution, it aligns with ideas put forward by supporters of Israel’s settler movement
What a Corbyn government could mean for the Middle East
Dramatic shifts are on the horizon for British policy on Israel-Palestine and Saudi Arabia, should Corbyn win power this week
22 Nov
EU Differentiation and the Push for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: What Can Italy Do?
Hugh Lovatt will present the findings of ECFR’s new Differentiation Tracker which analyses over 260 bilateral agreements with Israel signed by the EU, the EU’s 28 member states, and Norway
7 Nov
Israeli Foreign Policy in a Changing World
A breakfast discussion on Israeli foreign policy under Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu
24 Oct
UNRWA im Krisenmodus: Risiken und Herausforderungen für Deutschland und die EU
Diskussionsrunde in Kooperation mit der SWP zur Krise der UNRWA