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LevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Recalculating Route: America and Israel on Divergent Paths
Jan 3, 2017Yousef Munayyer
In May 2016, I wrote that the Obama Administration should carefully weigh options for how to address the Israeli/Palestinian issue during its last months in of…
Washington Policy Weekly
IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Congressional Update – November 17, 2016
Nov 17, 2016
(1) Congressional Elections Senate Results: The failure by the Democrats to gain control of the Senate is a bitter loss for the Democratic Party. A few short w…
Washington Policy Weekly
LevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Congressional Update – October 13, 2016
Oct 13, 2016
Congress remains adjourned until mid-November when it will return to face a crowded legislative agenda. The House will return on Monday, November 14 with the S…
Washington Policy Weekly
Saudi ArabiaUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Congress Overrides Presidential Veto of JASTA Legislation
Sep 29, 2016Roxanne Perugino
Despite an intensive lobbying effort by Saudi Arabia’s many lobbyists against the Justice against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), the House and Senate…
Washington Policy Weekly
Saudi ArabiaUS Domestic Politics and Elections
House Passes JASTA Amid White House Opposition: Implications for the US-Saudi Relationship
Sep 13, 2016
The US House of Representatives passed by unanimous voice vote on September 9, S2040, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a bill to allow fa…
Washington Policy Weekly
LevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Congressional Update – The Relationship between Israel and the Palestinians
Jun 15, 2016
On June 14 the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, S2943, by a vote of 85-13. The vote occurred after a compromise manager’s amendment by Se…
Washington Policy Weekly
LevantProtests and Activism
Congressional Update – Combatting BDS Act
Jun 15, 2016
On June 14 the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, S2943, by a vote of 85-13. The vote occurred after a compromise manager’s amendment by Se…
Washington Policy Weekly
LevantProtests and Activism
Congressional Update – Combatting BDS Act of 2016
Jun 6, 2016
On Monday, June 6 the Senate began consideration of the FY 2017 Defense Authorization bill, S2943. Senators are expected to consider nearly 100 amendments to t…
Policy Analysis
LevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Why the World Shouldn’t Panic About Trump
Jun 1, 2016Joe Macaron
“Everything I say right now is a suggestion, I am not the President,” the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Fox News on May 13. However, his …
Washington Policy Weekly
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
The War against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
Jun 22, 2015Roxanne Perugino
Roxanne Perugino